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Thousands of visitors turned out Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 17-20, for the annual Deutschesfest celebration in downtown Odessa. The event featured beer, brats, chicken dancing, above, and bed racing. There was also the inaugural Hot Dog Eating Contest, vendors in the park and, of course, a parade. More Deutschesfest coverage is on Pages 5, 7 and 8....
DAVENPORT — First-day student enrollment counts in area schools show some with more students and others with fewer. Davenport schools opened the year with 612.15 full-time equivalent students, down 36.28 from September last year. Superintendent Chad Prewitt said the decline is due to a large graduating Class of 2026. September counts show 22.05 12th-grade full-time enrollees. The past two years were the district’s highest enrollment on record, Prewitt said, noting the count is moving toward earlier averages. Full-time enr...
Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 9 a.m. Thursday, September 24: Airway Heights $5.04 at Aireway Heights Food Mart. Cheney $5.31 at Maverik. Colfax $5.54 at Chevron, Cenex and 76. Davenport $5.49 at Exxon. Ephrata $5.23 at Hawk Fuel. Grand Coulee $4.99 at Coulee Gas. Moses Lake $4.93 at Chevron and Colville Fuels. Post Falls, Idaho $4.53 at Walmart. Ritzville $5.24 at Love's Travel Stop and Maverik. Spokane $4.85 at Costco....
DAVENPORT — City officials are moving through the calendar that leads to next year’s budget, even though a preliminary spending plan has not gone to the council. City Administrator David Leath said the administrator prepares that draft and the council has not begun its part of the process. Capital requests were due in August. A preliminary estimate was due to his office Sept. 11, he said. The mayor is scheduled to meet department heads Friday, Sept. 25. Adopted city budgets have grown and shrunk with capital projects ove...
HARRINGTON — Motorists passing through town Saturday should be prepared to detour around Harrington Fall Festival activities Saturday, Sept. 26. Detours will be in effect from 10:30 a.m. until about 5 p.m. The route will take motorists around the 11 a.m. parade and festivities in the town park. Detour signs will be posted about 10 a.m., event organizer JoAnn Gossett said. Town Clerk-Treasurer Cassandra Nixon said festival-goers can park along Main Street, in the library lot and on nearby residential streets. Nixon said she h...
SPRAGUE — The High School has a new science teacher covering most of the building’s science load. Tylar Sewell was hired to fill the vacant high school science position after finding the opening on a job-posting site, interviewing and getting the job. He has a master’s degree from Eastern Washington University in 2024. Before Sprague he completed a long-term substitute job at Central Valley High School and taught online in Coeur d’Alene. Superintendent/Principal Ray Leaver said Sewell’s range across the science disciplin...
DISPATCH LOG DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from Sept. 14-20: Sept. 14 Traffic stops: 0 12 a.m. — Security check. 2:38 a.m. — Commercial alarm, Waukon Road. 4:49 a.m. — Code violation, West Alder Street, Sprague. 6:26 a.m. — Vehicle collision, Milepost 260. 6:33 a.m. — Theft; fully redacted. 7:29 a.m. — Assist resident, Miles Creston Road, Creston. 10:52 a.m. — Wanted person; fully redacted. 11 a.m. — Animal problem, Main Street, Davenport. 1:48 p.m. — Civil s...
DAVENPORT — A man wanted on Lincoln County warrants was picked up at a Spokane County jail on Wednesday, Sept. 16, after that facility finished with him on its own charges, according to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office records. Lukas Kipkorir Chirchir, 24, of Spokane, was transferred from Geiger Corrections to Lincoln County to face charges of driving under the influence and third-degree driving while license suspended. Bail was set at $20,100....
DAVENPORT — Davenport High School homecoming is Friday, Sept. 25. The Gorillas play Entiat at 7 p.m. Athletic Director Tim Rasmussen confirmed the game time and opponent. Principal Jennifer Hargrave listed dress-up days as decades day, age day, dress like your hallway, class color day and red and white day. Homecoming queen finalists are Hailee Ensor, Tatum Hupp and Jordyn Stein. King finalists are David Coriell, Joel Odenrider and Gage Reinbold....
DAVENPORT — Commissioners approved paying a $2,160 annual maintenance bill for jail cell sensors from the county opioid settlement fund. Sheriff Gabe Gants said the sensors were installed in 2024 in two cells used for inmates in detox or substance-use treatment. The original project cost $12,300 and was approved July 1, 2024. He said the county has received $160,542.49 in settlement money that was not in the original budget and that the fund balance is about $316,302.39. Commissioner Rob Coffman said the board approved the p...
DAVENPORT — A woman wanted on a Lincoln County warrant was picked up at the Spokane County Jail and booked locally Monday, Sept. 14. Leona Marie Atterbury, 47, of Moses Lake, was transferred after Spokane County Jail staff told deputies she had been booked there on a hold-only warrant Sept. 11 and was still waiting to be picked up, according to sheriff’s office records. She is charged with fourth-degree assault-domestic violence....
DAVENPORT — A complaint that a pickup tried to force another vehicle off the road in downtown Davenport was closed the same day with no traffic report needed, according to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office records. Timothy Joseph Hillyard, of Davenport, called deputies about 1:41 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, to report a red Ford F-350 dually was trying to hit his vehicle and run him off the road near First and Second streets on Main Street, according to sheriff’s office records. He said it was an ongoing issue with the red truck...
Data Center siting and community tradeoffs What is a data center? The definition, according to the artificial intelligence responding to my ChatGPT query: "A data center is essentially a specialized building-or group of buildings-filled with computers and the equipment needed to keep those computers operating continuously and reliably. At its simplest, you can think of it as a large industrial facility whose product is computing rather than a physical good." "The cloud" lives...
The hypocrisy surrounding state mail-in voting is astounding. While Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs is cheering the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Sept. 14 that effectively halted the federal government from accessing and auditing voter rolls prior to the Nov. 3 election, his office has been giving the same information away to a not-for-profit group — the Electronic Registration Information Center — for years. And it’s not just Hobbs; 21 other states and the city of...
Neal Jones Nov. 10, 1944 to Sept. 14, 2026 Neal was born in November 1944 to George and Mary Jones. He was their third child and their "change-of-life" baby, joining the family after his older brothers were nearly grown. He grew up helping his father in his gas station and full-service garage in Reardan, Wash. He also helped his mom at home in her large garden. He especially enjoyed tending to the family goats which remained a favorite all of his life. Neal was an excellent...
Davenport Birthdays Sept. 24 - Roberta Hein, Jim Reinbold, Kolt Skalisky Sept. 25 - Norm Brock, Keni Deal, Nita Woodland-Hollis Sept. 26 - Kylee Balance, Luke Jacobsen, Brandon King, Derik Oliver, Lane Sewall, Sept. 27 - Dallas Gustaveson, Callie Jessup Sept. 28 - Katie Vesneske Sept. 29 - Carissa Abbott, Aaron Carruth, Nick Marriott, Cody Murdock, Matthew Parsons, Shane Stiles, Ethan Wynecoop, Sept. 30 - Everett Bailey, Sydney Carrell, Theo Hein, Rick Roemer Anniversaries Sept. 24 - Clay and Sidney Fleming Sept. 25 - Brandon...
Susan Fredrickson Aug. 14, 1963 to Sept. 5, 2026 Susan Fredrickson, age 63, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2026. She arrived on August 14, 1963, in the midst of a union strike at Memorial Hospital in Redding, Cali. Her parents, Elmer and Lois (Haynie) Arneson, had to cross picket lines while armed guards stood at the hospital entrance during record high temperatures. That day would set the stage for Susan's life: a love of sunshine and a good fight. The family returned to...
ODESSA - Deutschesfest opened Thursday with tryke races at 6 p.m. on First Avenue, followed by the bed races. The junior high team won the bed-race final in 31.92 seconds. The sophomore team was second in 33.75. All seven bed-race crews were dressed as pirates. The junior crew was Kendyl Rosman, Kolter Watson, Ella Schlomer, Cannon Robertson and Sophia Martinez. The sophomores were Kaleb Walter, Colt Lewis, Hudson Walter, Aubrey Iverson and Paige Martin. Heat times before the...
ODESSA – A local high school freshman was crowned champion of the inaugural Deutschesfest Hot Dog Eating Contest on Saturday, Sept. 19. Nevaeh Hicks of Odessa downed five hotdogs in less than 3 minutes to win the award. Jaydon Wilson of Harrington was second and Connor Evans of Harrington third. "My name is Nevaeh Hicks, I'm 14 years old, in ninth-grade, and I just ate five hotdogs," she said after winning the event on the main stage in the heart of the Deutschesfest c...
DAVENPORT - Davenport outlasted Chesterton Academy of Notre Dame, in a girls soccer shootout Tuesday, Sept. 22, after 80 minutes and two golden-goal overtimes at Hering Field. With the score still 0-0, Davenport made 2 goals in a shootout; Chesterton Academny made 1. Coach Monty Soliday said the match will go in as a 1-0 shootout win. The Gorillas were without junior Charlotte Soliday, their captain and top attacking piece. "We're kind of reeling," Soliday said. "We lost the...
DAVENPORT — The girls volleyball team topped Kettle Falls, but lost matches in Newport and Colfax. Coach Jill Morrison said the Gorillas lost 15-25, 20-25, 23-25 at Newport on Sept..22. Eighth-grader Layla Hammond had 12 kills. Junior Rebecca Choate had 17 assists. Junior AJ Alfante had two aces. Eighth-grader Paxtyn Oestreich had a block. Senior Tatum Hupp had 18 digs. “Had a great set 3 just couldn’t get the momentum we needed,” Morrison said. “They continue to work hard and are having great moments on the court.” A...
ROCKFORD - Reardan took a 28-26 lead midway through the fourth quarter Friday, Sept. 18, but the Scotties scored the final 13 points to win 40-28 in a Northeast 2B matchup. “We played well for chunks of the game, but we have to continue to work on executing more consistently,” Reardan head coach Matt Clouse said. “We had our opportunities in this game, but we couldn’t convert in the crunch time.” The Screaming Eagles (2-1) opened with a two-point safety on a Freeman punt, then HK Bird returned the ensuing kickoff 67 yards...
