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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. Feb. 7 Traffic stops: 16 An Almira woman said her neighbor on West Main Street has multiple dogs out early in the morning and until midnight constantly barking and waking neighbors up. A Lincoln County Jail inm...
Mid-County Seniors The Mid-County Seniors held their quarterly meeting in January. Present were President Tim Campau, Lorraine Gilliland, Aileen Sweet, Billie and Gordon Herron. Discussion centered on the need for a substitute cook for Elizabeth Wolfe when she is unable to be there. The program is presently managing on donated funds, but more funding is needed to keep Senior Meals afloat. Since expenses are said to be higher than income each month, suggestions were to send a letter to organizations in town requesting yearly...
HARRINGTON—The school district here is seeking passage of a two-year replacement levy for collection in 2023 and 2024 to help fund several school expenses. The assessed value is less than in previous years, but the amount remains the same as the most recent levy. Voters will decide the levy’s fate in a special election Tuesday, Feb. 8. The two-year levy seeks $375,000 for collection in 2023 and 2024. The assessed impact on school district taxpayers is estimated at $2.25 per $1,000 in property value, which is a decline from th...
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. Jan. 24 Traffic stops: 10 A Springdale man reported a one-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 2. A landline call came from a home on the 7000 block of Highway 21 North in Odessa with a static line. A caller said he saw...
WILBUR – Wednesday, Jan. 19, the Tiger girls traveled to Wilbur to face Wilbur-Creston-Keller Wildcats, losing by a score of 25-44. Hayden Schuh was high scorer with nine points, followed closely by Tori Schlomer with eight. WCK 5 11 9 19 44 Odessa 6 6 0 13 25 Schuh also led the team in rebounds with nine. After bouts of illness last week, the girls looked like they were not back in form. This game was a makeup game that was originally scheduled for the previous week. The T...
WILBUR – The Odessa boys registered their third victory in a row by defeating Wilbur-Creston-Keller twice last week in the Jan. 19 game at Wilbur by a score of 65-59 and in the Jan. 22 game in Odessa by a score of 52-33. The Jan. 21 game scheduled in Odessa against ACH was cancelled due to positive Covid cases spiking on the ACH team. The Tigers have also had a few positives, but most players return to action after a few days of isolation. The Tigers were on fire against W...
Cops and courts 0127 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. Jan. 17 Traffic stops: 3 A caller reported a small black car driving on the wrong side of Highway 2 westbound from Davenport. A caller said her mother was being scammed by a man claiming she won...
DAVENPORT—Lincoln County has received a third broadband grant toward building fiber in local, small municipalities. This grant, courtesy of the state Broadband Office, is for $5,218,072 and will provide an eight-mile connection between Sprague and Lamont and a 13-mile connection from Creston to Hawk Creek. The county previously received a $1,963,920 grant from the Community Economic Revitalization Board for Almira, Creston and Harrington fiber-to-home connection and a $4,162,072 grant from the Public Works Board for R...
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. Jan. 10 Traffic stops: 4 A Fruitland woman requested a welfare check on her son in Creston. A violation of an order was reported in Odessa. A two-vehicle non-injury crash was reported in an undisclosed location. A c...
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. Dec. 27 Traffic stops: 13 A caller said she hit a cougar on Highway 2 near milepost 254.5. She said she watched the cougar get up and limp off the roadway. A Spokane woman requested a welfare check on her g...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington during the week of Jan. 7-13. Games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Jan. 7 Davenport basketball at Kettle Falls @ 6 p.m. (UPDATE: Games cancelled due to winter weather conditions) Reardan wrestling at Cheney @ 6 p.m. Reardan basketball vs. Northwest Christian (Colbert) @ 6 p.m. Harrington basketball vs. Wilbur-Creston @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8 Davenport wrestling at the Banks Lake Brawl in Coulee City @ 10 a.m. Reardan wrestling at...
It’s been an eventful year in east Lincoln County. Here’s a look back at the news that dominated the headlines in the first half of 2021. A recap of the news from the second half of 2021 will be in next week’s issue. January The first batch of COVID-19 vaccinations arrived at the Lincoln County Health Department. 200 doses of the Moderna vaccine were slowly distributed to healthcare workers and the elderly. Drew Lawson, now of Medical Lake and formerly of Vancouver, took the reins as editor of The Davenport Times. Lawso...
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. Dec. 20 Traffic Stops: 6 A caller reported her child’s car was backed into by an unknown car while parked on a Davenport city street. ADT Tyco Alarms reported a commercial motion alarm was going off in the basement of...
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. Dec. 13 Traffic stops: 10 A disabled vehicle was reported at the intersection of Badger Road and Sunset Highway. A suspicious 911 call came in with no noise on the other line until the end, where there was a scr...
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. Dec. 6 Traffic stops: 13 A Wyoming man said his landlord duct-taped an eviction notice to his table while he was away for military duty. A Chattaroy man said he hired an Edwall man to paint his 1977 Oldsmobile, but...
DAVENPORT—The Reardan wrestlers earned a second place finish at the Davenport Invitational Saturday morning, Dec. 4. The host Gorillas finished in sixth place out of nine competing schools. Lake Roosevelt won the invite with 262 points, while Reardan had 180.5. Kittitas was in third place with 140.5 points, while Kettle Falls was fourth with 97 points. Medical Lake had a fifth-place finish with 95 points, while Davenport had 91 points. Oroville had 55 points, Wilbur-Creston had 38 points and Innovation had 32 points. R...
LINCOLN COUNTY—The total population of the United States grew by 22.7 million, or 7.4%, between 2010 and 2020, according to census data. However, that growth rate didn’t hold in Lincoln County. Census comparisons between 2010 and 2020 indicate the county had a slim amount of growth from 10,570 to 10,876. Some areas of the county grew a significant percentage compared to that 307 population growth number, while others had striking decreases. Still others have nearly the same number of residents as 2010. For the purpose of thi...
DAVENPORT—Some of the road projects the Lincoln County Public Works Department wants to complete have the necessary funding, but most are just proposed ideas. Citizens have other concerns about roads, but the county doesn’t have the funding to immediately repair those roads either. All of these topics were discussed at a public hearing for the county’s six-year transportation plan, which public works director Rick Becker clarified is largely ideas outside of the few items that have secured funds. The plan included 20 proje...
DAVENPORT-The statewide process of redistricting has been confusing, bizarre and unconventional. Not so at the county level, where the proposed commissioner redistricting maps that occur every 10 years with the advent of new census data indicates just one change. West Larene and its 100 citizens would shift from Commissioner District No. 3, which is Rob Coffman's district, to Scott Hutsell's Commissioner District No. 2. The change was brought before a public hearing at the...
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. Nov. 29 Traffic stops: 42 A Lincoln County Jail inmate was transported to Lincoln Hospital for a COVID-19 test before being shuttled to Spokane County. A Reardan man said someone used his identity to open an acc...
OLYMPIA – The state Supreme Court on Friday, Dec. 3, declined to redraw new legislative and congressional maps. The decision follows an attempt by the Redistricting Commission to reapportion the state in the wake of the 2020 Census. And it means that the maps previously submitted by the commission will likely be the establishing documents for new legislative and congressional districts. If the maps are retained, Lincoln County, including the towns/cities of Odessa, Davenport,...
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. Nov. 22 Traffic stops: 10 Burglary was reported. An Odessa man said a bus driver saw an SUV in a field on the south side of Davis Road near Batum Road and wondered if it had been in a collision. Three Lincoln Cou...
*Editor’s note: Harrington will only field a girls basketball team this year. Dec. 10 vs. Valley Christian Dec. 14 vs. Chesterton Academy Dec. 17 at Odessa Jan. 7 vs. Wilbur-Creston Jan. 8 at Mary-Walker (Springdale) Jan. 15 vs. Almira-Coulee-Hartline Jan. 18 at Valley Christian Jan. 21 at Wilbur-Creston Jan. 22 vs. Mary-Walker (Springdale) Jan. 25 at Wellpinit Jan. 29 at Almira-Coulee-Hartline Feb. 1 vs. Wellpinit (Senior Night) Feb. 4 vs. Odessa Feb. 7-8 District Playoffs Round 1 Feb. 11-19 District Playoffs Round 2 at D...
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. Nov. 15 Traffic stops: 10 A Lincoln woman said a car rear-ended her car on Harrington-Tokio Road and left the scene. A caller said there was a Doberman loose on the 1400 block of Sinclair Street in Davenport. A cal...
MOSES LAKE – The Odessa Tigers defeated Liberty Bell at Lions Field in Moses Lake on Saturday, Nov. 20. It was a cold day for the fans, but the Odessa crowd nevertheless showed up to root for their Tigers. Liberty B 8 6 0 8 22 Odessa 14 34 0 14 62 Tiger quarterback Collin Martin completed five out of 10 passing attempts for gains of 144 yards passing and 48 yards rushing, or a total of 192 yards. Davey McMillan led the team in total yards with 217, gaining 68 yards with p...
