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DAVENPORT—One Fruitland woman was killed and a Fruitland man was injured in a one-vehicle crash six miles north of the city on State Highway 25 Tuesday, Aug. 15. Melinda S. Curd, 53, was pronounced deceased at the scene after authorities ruled her red 2003 Dodge Dakota pickup truck left the highway at milepost 5.8, crashed into power lines and vaulted into an embankment around 2:57 p.m. Tuesday, according to a State Patrol press release. Next of kin was completed by family members, the release said. 21-year-old passenger R...
ODESSA — Barring a last-minute miracle and influx of valid mail-in ballots, the candidates for town mayor and councilmember No. 5 in the November general election appear to be set after a second round of tallying primary election votes Thursday, Aug. 3. The top two vote-getters in each race advance to the general election. Incumbent mayor Bill Crossley dusted his two opponents in the primary election that closed Aug. 1, with 216 votes that was 71.52% of the voting total. His opponent in November will likely be Jeremy S...
HARRINGTON - The largest Lincoln County fire in the last week was controlled by local crews from Fire District No. 6 and No. 5. A roughly 50-acre blaze near Kloster and Rocklyn Roads was knocked down by area firefighters late Wednesday, Aug. 2. District No. 6 commissioner Ron Mielke said the fire started on a combine draper and burned east toward Rocklyn. It mostly burned through stubble and Conservation Reserve Program land, with no wheat succumbing to the flames. Rocklyn...
DAVENPORT - Wheatland Bank has reached an agreement to join the Glacier Bancorp family of banks, the company announced in a press release Tuesday, Aug. 8. Wheatland will merge with Chelan-based North Cascades Bank, which has nine branches and 100 employees in the North Central Washington area. The merger is expected to occur in the fourth financial quarter of this year. The combination will include 23 branches and about 250 employees around the central and eastern parts of the...
DAVENPORT - For some Lincoln County wheat farmers, harvest is just getting started. For others further south, it's nearing completion...if completion hasn't been reached already. And this year's yield tends to vary between average to below-average, according to experts at HighLine Grain Growers. "In our southern footprint, which is the Odessa area, yields were down from historical averages, but not too much," HighLine grain marketer Taylor Warwick said. "And protein levels...
DAVENPORT — A jail/dispatch deputy who joined the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office force in May was fired shortly after, with his commission being officially revoked by the County Commissioners Monday, Aug. 7. Sam Tiffany was relieved of his duties by the Sheriff’s Office in July. He was replaced by Thor Foley of Davenport. 911 coordinator Brad Sweet declined to give comment on the reasoning for Tiffany’s dismissal, while Sheriff Gabe Gants was similarly nary to disclose details. “All I really could say is that every emp...
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 Traffic stops: 17 A Creston man said gas was syphoned out of his wife’s vehicle on the 100 block of Northeast Smith Street. Washington State Patrol reported a tow truck with a missing wheel dragging along...
DAVENPORT - The small schoolhouse structure seen today outside Lincoln County Museums looks a bit different than it did originally but stands proudly on the museum grounds serving as a window into the past. Its history spans many decades and if it could talk, would tell stories covering over 140 years of local history. The schoolhouse was originally built in Fall 1879 as a homestead cabin by William McRedmond (whose father, Luke, founded the city of Redmond) along with his...
State Dept. of Transportation spent time crack sealing along a stretch of U.S. Highway 2 between Davenport and Reardan this week. Dept. spokesman Ryan Overton said the work was done to prevent water from setting into the road, and added the work that backed traffic up was expected to be done by Thursday, Aug. 10. Travelers were forced to wait for a pilot car as construction was ongoing this week....
DAVENPORT — A Grand Coulee man who allegedly stole a pickup truck outside Subway reportedly led police on a chase through Wilbur into his hometown before being arrested Thursday, Aug. 3. 54-year-old Timothy Wilging was arrested and charged with motor vehicle theft and attempting to elude a police vehicle, records state. According to police records, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy Kurt Cuzzetto was told that a man stole a yellow Ford F-100 pickup truck registered to Richard Hallam and took off westbound on Morgan Str...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Commissioners heard a presentation from two members of the Environmental Protection Agency offering updates on the Upper Columbia River Site Remedial Investigation, which is studying contamination in the river and “affected uplands areas.” The study is covering 150 miles along the Columbia River from Grand Coulee Dam to the Canadian border. An initial human health risk assessment found “elevated concentrations of lead” in soil. Past studies, meanwhile, have found metals like arsenic, lead, cad...
DAVENPORT — A Seattle man was arrested here after allegedly trying to pick up controlled substances from Davenport Pharmacy he claimed were prescribed to NBA player Draymond Green. 37-year-old Mahad Abdi Jama was booked into Lincoln County Jail Friday, Aug. 4 on seven criminal counts, including possessing another’s identification, fraud, first-degree criminal impersonation, making a false statement to a public servant, possessing drugs with no prescription, possessing controlled substances with no prescription and pro...
1 years ago Local municipalities observed Friday, Aug. 10 as a holiday in observance of President Warren G. Harding’s funeral. Farmers reported averaged of close to 35 bushels per acre during wheat harvest. Two young girls bearing the Reinbold name drowned near what is now Detillion Campground. A 13-year-old Wilbur boy named Pennington was arrested, “it being alleged the lad stole a horse from Creston several weeks ago.” He apparently rode to Lincoln and told locals he had ridden from Texas on horseback. 75 years ago A sign...
Davenport birthdays Aug. 11: Renee Honey, Cody Parker, Austin Savelesky Aug. 12: Cody Coppersmith Aug. 13: Kyra Arland, Andrea Morgan Aug. 14: Faith Brooks, Landon Harrison, Jerri Madison, Lillian Phillips Aug. 15: Adney Lacy, Jared King, Stephanie Linstrum, Bob Novak Aug. 16: Andrew Schreck, Janelle Hiccox Aug. 17: Janie Schreck, Ketner Kragt, Everett Prewitt Davenport anniversaries Aug. 11: Caleb and Lana Bowdish, Bob and Donna Fisher, Ben and Ashley Brooks Aug. 12: Jerry and Jeanne Newcomb Aug. 13: Ken and Lynee...
ORIGINAL TRUSTEE SALE RECORDED ON 4/27/2023 IN THE OFFICE OF THE LINCOLN COUNTY RECORDER. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE File No.:21-127172 Title Order No.:210514015 Grantor: Virginia Mae Brizgaloff an unmarried woman Current beneficiary of the deed of trust: Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Mr. Cooper Current trustee of the deed of trust: Aztec Foreclosure Corporation of Washington Current mortgage servicer of the deed of trust: Nationstar Mortgage LLC Reference number of the deed of trust: 20180477535 Parcel number(s):...
NOTICE OF SURRENDER OF PRELIMINARY PERMIT (July 10, 2023) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Daybreak Power, Inc. Project No. 15088-000 Take notice that Daybreak Power, Inc., permittee for the proposed Halverson Canyon Pumped Storage Project No. 15088, has requested that its preliminary permit be terminated. The permit was issued on June 28, 2021 and would have expired on May 31, 2025. The project would have been located at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Lake Roosevelt in Lincoln County, W...
DAVENPORT — Every Tuesday, Lincoln County District Court offers an opportunity for people to resolve outstanding misdemeanor warrants. Anyone who wants resolution can contact the court to set a time in the court, and walk-ins are welcome. District Court Administrator Renee Honey said this program stems from a grant recently received by the court. The National Center for State Courts with the Pugh Charitable Trust offered a technical assistance grant program for courts around the United States and District Court was one of o...
DAVENPORT — City council completed its annual task of approving an updated six-year street plan at a regular meeting Wednesday, July 26. Most projects are pending application, but some for 2023 have received necessary funding to proceed. Approved and funded projects include: The second phase of building a trail from the baseball fields along State Highway 25 to Morgan Street for $325,000 in federal grant funds. Improving 10th Street from Morgan Street to Adams Street for $115,000 in Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) g...
DAVENPORT — The school board approved the district 2023-24 budget at its regular meeting Monday, July 31. The district constructed its budget around a projected enrollment of 591 K-12 students, 53.826 certificated employees and 34.778 classified employees. The district is budgeting for $10,567,156 in total revenues and $10,744,668 in expenditures, which would create a projected ending fund balance of $861,848 from a beginning fund balance of $1,067,000. Expenditures by program groups include: • $5,424,157 to regular ins...
1 years ago Senator Charles Myers of Davenport was named the Republican nominee for the Fifth Congressional District in a Supreme Court decision that ruled ballots cast by absentee voters in a special primary election were legal. The price of wheat remained the same as the previous week: 85 cents in Bluestem, 81 cents at Gold Coin and Club and 79 cents at Northern Spring. Drivers were reminded that by state law they were now required to possess a driver’s license. 75 years ago 10 farmers hauling grain to local warehouses r...
Davenport birthdays Aug. 4: Harold Thompson, Aaron Coley, Izaiah Bowdish, Ken Horner, Karom Thomas Aug. 5: Richard Gunning, Paula Furman Aug. 6: Jeff Gunning, Michelle Hopp, Kim Buchmann, Nick Colbert, Matt Schneider, Barb Zentz Aug. 7: Darci Linstrum, Chad Crandell, Cady Zellmer, Adeline Delafield Aug. 8: Olivia Plasencia, Tom Withey, Emma Street Aug. 9: Jim Linstrum, Gary Buck Aug. 10: Amber Wood, Alicia Cloud, Jerome Rosman, Mark Morgan, Michael Strite, Ashley Ann Gunning, Marcella Alderate, Dalilah Plumb Davenport...
Dean Everett Reinbold Mar. 27, 1943 – July 27, 2023 Dean Everett Reinbold 80, passed away at his home on July 27, 2023 after a long and courageous battle with health issues. Dean was a lifelong resident to the small town, born on March 7, 1943 to Robert and Helen Reinbold. Dean grew up on the family wheat and cattle ranch just North of Davenport in the Egypt area. Dean graduated from Davenport High School in 1961. At an early age Dean had a love for cars and worked at the l...
DAVENPORT - Seven members of the High School FBLA chapter spent June 25 – July 1 in Atlanta, to connect with top future business leaders and showcase their talents as future business leaders at the FBLA National Leadership Conference. The members competed in a variety of events against more than 12,000 FBLA members from across the United States. The team of Zackary Bruce, Samantha Odenrider and Josie Wynecoop placed 9th at Nationals in American Enterprise Project against 90 o...
DAVENPORT - Athletic director Tim Rasmussen officially had his interim high school football coach tag removed this week, accepting the job that was approved by the school board Monday, July 31. Rasmussen takes over the job that he inherited on an interim basis after Justin Young's resignation five games into the 2022 season. The Gorillas finished the season 2-2 in four games under Rasmussen. He accepted the job after candidates interviewed by the district "didn't work out"...
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION (60 DAYS) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN CASE NO. 23-4-00041-22 IN RE: THE INTEREST OF: EMERSYN AVERY SMITH DOB:07/04/2014 A person under the age of 18. Petitioners: Ruth L. Kammenga and Brian M. Kammenga. Repondents: Kimberly Gurnee and Jessie Smith Petition for Minor Guardianship. You must respond in writing if you want the Court to consider your side. DEADLINE: Your response must be filed and served within 60 days of the date this Summons is publishe...
