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DAVENPORT - The City Council is reconsidering plans for a four-way stop at the intersection of Washington and Fifth streets. During a Wednesday, Sept. 9, meeting, council members revised the idea for the intersection, where Davenport Elementary School parking lot is located, after the idea faded last year. The also discussed possible stop signs near the sports complex and a speed trailer. Councilman Michael Wilkinson said the city Street Committee talked about extra signs...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County has imposed a six-month emergency moratorium on permit applications for data centers and battery energy storage systems. Ordinance 26-02, signed by Commissioners Rob Coffman, Scott Hutsell and Jo M. Gilchrist, stops county employees from accepting or processing applications for those types of facilities. No building or occupancy permit, other development approval or business license may be issued, under the moratorium. And any permit issued in error would be voided. Commissioners said county code d...
DISPATCH LOG DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from Aug. 31-Sept. 6 Aug. 31 Traffic stops: 3 12:02 p.m. — Paper service; location not reported. 12:44 p.m. — Paper service; location not reported. 12:46 p.m. — Paper service; location not reported. 4:06 p.m. — Animal cruelty, North C Street, Sprague. 4:40 p.m. — Threat, Lake Roosevelt campground. 5:08 p.m. — Suspicious circumstance, Morgan Street, Davenport. 7:45 p.m. — Animal attack, Adams Street, Davenport Sept. 1...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County is in line for $802,500 in state historic-preservation money to repair the courthouse exterior, if the 2027-29 capital budget funds the program. The state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation told Lincoln County Commissioner Rob Coffman in a Sept. 1 letter that the Historic County Courthouse Grant Rehabilitation Program steering committee is recommending the award. The county would have to provide a $267,500 match. The money would go toward portico work, masonry, a new roof and g...
DAVENPORT — City Councilman Michael Wilkinson believes the city has too many projects that get talked about, but not finished. “I’m on the verge of being embarrassed to be a city councilman,” Wilkinson said during a Wednesday, Sept. 9, council meeting. Wilkinson said several projects need to be completed, including the gun range that still needs fence, power and a range master after the city paid Lincoln County $22,600 to move dirt. Other unfinished projects on his list include T-hangars dropped when costs jumped and a water...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County will pay its fiber contractor once a month instead of twice after construction invoices jumped last month, commissioners were told Monday, Sept. 8. Broadband Director Margie Hall said two prime contractors are running at full speed. Hall’s written update said $1.175 million was paid last month. Packet vouchers before the board included Paramount invoices of $499,569.98 for Deer Meadows, $78,302.16 for upper Seven Bays and $55,638.71 for lower Seven Bays. Hall and Auditor Chandra Schumacher met wit...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County commissioners discussed a draft coroner agreement with Adams County during a meeting Monday, Sept. 8. Under the proposed agreement, the counties’ coroners would be allowed to cover short absences for each other. Adams County will send the written agreement for review....
DAVENPORT —Fiber-optic internet services went live Aug. 25 in town, with two providers already signing customers. “Odessa is live,” Broadband Director Margie Hall told Lincoln County commissioners Monday, Sept. 8. Intermax and LocalTel are installing and adding accounts daily, Hall said, noting she expects about 200 live connections by the end of September. Inland Cellular reserved rack and power space, but has not asked to get into the colocation facility. “I kept them updated all the way up to Day 1,” Hall said. “They kno...
DAVENPORT — A county rumble-strip job should wrap up next week if the weather holds, Public Works staff told commissioners Monday, Sept. 8. The remaining rumble-strip paving is set for Tuesday and Wednesday. Paint — 17 five-gallon buckets — is already bought for about 4,000 linear feet of intersection work. The rumble-strip machine will follow....
DAVENPORT —Three Lincoln County Noxious Weed Board were reappointed Sept. 8. Keith Nelson was reappointed to the District No. 4 position; JoAnn Eagle to District No. 5 and Don Phillips to District No. 2....
George H. Arland April 26, 1943 to Aug. 30, 2026 George H. Arland, 83, passed away on August 30, 2026, in Davenport, Wash. George was born on April 26, 1943, in Tacoma, Wash., to Gilbert and Marian (McKay) Arland while they were working in the Puget Sound Shipyards during World War II. Following the end of the war, the family returned to Whitman County, settling in the city of Palouse Wash. He grew up there and graduated from Palouse High School in 1961. He then spent two...
HARRINGTON - Harrington's first farmers market closed its season Saturday the same way vendors said it ran all summer: small-town and steady. Event organizer Wende Fisk, 53, of Harrington said the Sept. 5 market was a sunny last day for a first-year effort that pulled people in from around Lincoln County. "I think it has been actually very successful, and it's been good to see different people from different communities coming in and supporting Harrington," Fisk said. "I...
1 years ago Enrollment in Davenport Elementary school is about 200 students for the year. The high school attendance is about 105, which is down about 25 from last year. More than a third of an inch of rain fell in the area last Tuesday and milder weather has prevailed since then. Three men wearing handkerchiefs over their faces used a gun to rob 3 men riding in a freight car near Odessa last week. The robbers netted about sixty dollars. 75 years ago Bay Construction Company of Seattle was awarded a nearly 1 million dollar...
Davenport Birthdays Sept. 10 - Scottie Kilps, Savannah Plasencia Sept. 12 - Chris Harper, Colt Johnston, Chloe Morgan, Elijah Morgan, Kasara Storer Sept. 13 - Danyel Deane, Sara Jacobsen, Kristen Wilkie Sept. 14 - Floyd Warwick Sept. 15 - Greg Buchmann, Susan Dashiell, Michael Dodson, Max Mielke, Stan Reider, Daxton Sewall, Sabrina Warwick Sept. 16 - Leona Carr, Marilyn Dorgan, Richard Hayes, Donna Mathis Anniversaries Sept. 10 - Tom and Samantha Wilkie Sept. 11 - Doug and Juliann Janke Sept. 12 - Erich and Janelle Hein...
DAVENPORT - Lind-Ritzville/Sprague outlasted Davenport in five sets Tuesday, Sept. 8, winning the Gorillas' patriotic-themed home opener 23-25, 25-21, 25-20, 17-25, 15-8. Zoey Mendez had 19 kills for the Broncos. Jayda Lobe added 23 assists, Allesandra Mendez had two aces and 23 digs, and Rose Fedie had a block. Davenport took the first set 25-23 and forced a fifth after winning the fourth 25-17. The Gorillas scored the first point of the fifth before LRS pulled away. "We're...
COLBERT — Davenport’s varsity boys were sixth at the Josh Wright Memorial 2-mile jamboree on Tuesday at Northwest Christian. Coach Brian Telford said it was the Gorillas’ first 2-miler of the year. “So we had no expectations in this race,” Telford said. “Just a fun run.” Jackson Henry led Davenport in 13 minutes, 7 seconds for 14th. Everett Prewitt was 25th in 14:13, Jackson Guhlke 30th in 14:59, Tecumseh Wilt 37th in 16:54 and Alex Wesselius 39th in 17:06. Freeman won with 19 points. Northwest Christian was second (54),...
INCHELIUM — Davenport opened the season with a 48-8 win Friday at Inchelium, flipping a loss to the same team a year ago. Coach Trenton Briney said the Gorillas’ defense held Inchelium to 8 points and the offense ran behind the line for 48. Three red-zone trips still came up empty. “We played pretty well and the players really showed a lot of growth from the previous season in which we lost to them,” Briney said. Titus Lathrop returned an interception 99 yards for a touchdown and picked off another pass on the next series....
DAVENPORT - Davenport blanked Lake Roosevelt 4-0 in girls soccer Tuesday, with one player scoring every goal. Junior Charlotte Soliday had all four. Assistant coach Ashley Gunning said the Gorillas played hard and showed improvement. Coaches moved players into different positions to find a stride and a different look. "We are very happy with their effort," Gunning said. Soliday scored 22 seconds in, with an assist from freshman Addy O'Connell. She scored again in the 38th...
editor@odessarecord.com?subject=Events Calendar submission&body=PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH AT LEAST THESE DETAILS: Event / Date and Time / Address of Event / PhoneSubmit an Event Saturday, Sept. 12 • 8 a.m. — Sprague Days, 101 E. First St., Sprague. • 9 a.m. — Vintage Harvest Festival, Red Barn 40801 State Route 2 E., Davenport.(runs all day) Sunday, Sept. 13 • 9 a.m. — Vintage Harvest Festival, Red Barn 40801 State Route 2 E., Davenport.(runs all day) Monday, Sept. 14 • 7 p.m. – Odessa City Council, Odessa Library, 21 E.... Full story
PUBLIC NOTICE APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Davenport Planning Commission that a hearing will be held on Wednesday, Sept 19, 2026, at 7:05 PM in the City Council Chambers, 411 Morgan Street, on the application of Wade Williamson for a variance on the setbacks of his property. The property involved is described as: Lots 4, 5, 6, and the West Half of Lots 3 and 8, Dillions Addition to the Town of Davenport (now city), according to plat thereof, recorded in Book “A” of the plats, page 35, records of Lin...
PUBLIC NOTICE APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Davenport Planning Commission that a hearing will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at 7:05 PM at the City Council Chambers, 411 Morgan Street, on the application of Delaini Disher for a variance on the setbacks of their property to put up a fence. The property is located at: Lot 1-3, Block 57, Columbia Addition to the City of Davenport, Lincoln County, Washington; more commonly known as 802 1st Street. The Lincoln County parcel number is...
