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Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Sept. 24: Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a woman at a Washington Street residence who was having breathing difficulties. Wilbur ambulance personnel assisted a 59-year-old woman at a North...
What came to be called the Apache Pass fire started the weekend before Fest at around 3:30 p.m. on September 9 as a fast-moving storm system moved through the area. Several lightning strikes were reported, but there was little or no rain and the dry grass and brush in the scablands went up like a torch. By the following Monday at 6 a.m., the Spokane County Incident Management Team took over the management role from the local volunteer fire departments. Personnel and equipment...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Sept. 10: A caller reported someone had cut the head off a deer after it was hit by a car on Menke Road. Swanson School and Schmierer roads were closed at their intersections with Hatten Road were...
Sustained winds of 22 - 25 miles per hour Monday took what is now called the Apache Pass fire from about 200 acres Sunday evening to more than 18,000 as of Tuesday morning. Extremely dry conditions in the scablands contributed to the blaze. All available firefighters from the Odessa area responded to the blaze, which at its closest point to Odessa was burning Monday afternoon about 12 miles north of Odessa, just north of Eagle Springs Road. Crews from Wilbur, Creston,...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Sept. 3: Odessa ambulance personnel assisted a woman who had been bucked off a horse in the vicinity of East Dobson Road. Minimal damage was reported to a vehicle involved in a collision with a deer o...
There was a time during the school term when Odessa school children, if not their teachers, too, looked forward to three glorious days of fall. It was the time of the “Teachers’ Institute,” so named no one seems to recall, when pupils got three days off from their studies while their teachers traveled to Spokane to hear lectures, attend forums and exchange views with other teachers. The teachers probably felt that Institute was worthwhile, but for the children it was pure joy It was respite from their classes, which only a fe...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Aug. 27: A railroad crossing malfunction was reported at the Mondovi crossing. A broken window was discovered at the Davenport city pound at Eleventh and Ross streets. A juvenile boy was identified...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Aug. 13: Sprague firefighters handled a brush fire at SR 23 and Ringwood Road. Two llamas were reported at-large on Fitness Lane near SR 28 near Davenport. A local logger's skidder was reported...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. July 30: After Lincoln County Pharmacy personnel reported a man had shoplifted two candy bars, two deputies had a suspect detained in the Davenport city park. Anticipating a visit to the area to asses...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. July 23: Two individuals were booked into the county jail for trespassing after a Riffe Road resident reported that a suspicious vehicle with headlights off pulled into a shop area. An argument...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. July 16: A county Public Works crew estimated they'd need a couple of hours to clear a tree that fell across the roadway at Downs and McKinley roads. Four horses in a pasture along SR 28 in the...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. July 9: A lightning strike set a tree on fire in the Neal Canyon area near Wilbur. Deputies were unable to locate a vehicle that a caller reported had run off Jones Bay Road and down a steep grade. A...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. July 2: Davenport deputies responded to a verbal dispute at a Fifth Street residence after a caller told dispatchers about loud shouting originating from there. Davenport ambulance personnel assisted...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. June 25: Dispatchers took a report of a truck that passed another vehicle on the shoulder, cutting it off, at the Spokane County line on SR 2. Damage was reported by the driver of the second vehicle....
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. June 18: A Bald Ridge Road resident described construction trucks traveling at unsafe speeds. A caller advised dispatchers that a vehicle tailgated him on Morgan Street through Davenport. Wilbur...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. June 11: Lincoln County authorities were asked by their Adams County counterparts to keep an eye out for a vehicle carrying two individuals suspected in an attempted robbery of a semi-truck driver on...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. June 4: Two vehicles were involved in a collision on SR 174 north of Wilbur. A moose calf was spotted behind the Davenport football field and near the Lincoln County Museum. A caller told dispatchers...
On May 24, nine schools from the Bi-County joined Odessa for the Third Annual Bi-County Science Challenge. Odessa, Wilbur, Davenport, Liberty, Lind, Sprague, Reardan, Ritzville and Harrington arrived at the Odessa Gym at 9 a.m. to compete in the third ever science-based “Junkyard Wars.” Each school brought a team of six students to vie against the other schools for the traveling trophy. Team Odessa consisted of Kira Powell, Markus Smith, Justin Hauge, Griffey Powell, Tho...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. May 28: A collision involving a vehicle and a deer took place on I-90 near Sprague. An extremely loud black motorcycle without a muffler was observed going through the Northridge area of Davenport at...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. May 21: Dispatchers learned of a verbal dispute between a man and his baby's mother in the Creston area. A Circle Road resident reported people were shooting from the roadway and noticed after a...
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. May 14: Dispatchers were advised by the state Fish and Wildlife Department of its helicopter looking for bighorn sheep in the Lincoln area. A county Public Works vehicle was involved in a collision...
District Champions The Titan baseball team won the district championship Monday, May 14, over Northport by a score of 8 to 2. They now advance to regional play Saturday, May 19, at Central Valley High School in Spokne Valley (821 S. Sullivan Rd, Spokane Valley). Saturday schedule: 10 a.m. Northport (Dist. 7 #2) vs. Colton (Dist. 9 #1), winner to 4 p.m. game, loser out. 1 p.m. Touchet (Dist. 9 #2) vs. Odessa-Harrington (Dist. 7 #1), winner to 4 p.m. game, loser out. 4 p.m....
Sheriff's Report INCIDENT LOG Editor's note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. May 7: Burlington Northern Santa Fe officials requested the Sheriff's Office to remove trespassers and not permit camping on railroad property. A CenturyLink sub-contractor advised of vandalism at a...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans Jr. High track team had a successful meet on Monday, April 30, at Wilbur. A total of nine team participated: Davenport, Liberty, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, Mary Walker, Odessa-Harrington, Reardan, Valley Christain, Wellpinit, and Wilbur-Creston. The 7th grade girls from O-H finished seventh with 25 points. Wilbur won with 186 points and Reardan was second with 77 points. The Titans were led by Keia Baird, who earned 10 points with a fourth-place finish in the shot put, a sixth-place finish in the 200...
This past winter, students from Eastern Washington University assisted the Lincoln County Economic Development Council (EDC) with a countywide strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) survey. The students analyzed the survey results, reported their findings and pointed out a couple of holes in our survey coverage (one being a shortage of input from our youth). The EDC went back out and gathered the missing data. A second team of students, this time from Gonzaga University, agreed to incorporate the new survey...
