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DAVENPORT--Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers will be visiting several communities over the next couple months to talk to constituents in public sessions. She will open her tour at 10 a.m. Friday, March 25 in the Southeast Washington Economic Development Agency Office, 1013 Bridge St., Clarkston. In April, the Spokane Republican representing Washington's 5th Congressional District will be in Republic, Spokane Valley, Pomeroy, Dayton, Davenport and Newport. Her April schedule is as follows: April 4 —10 a.m., Northern Inn, 8...
DAVENPORT-Lincoln County will have a new sheriff in town after 2022. Sheriff Wade Magers announced he won't seek a fifth term of office in this year's election cycle, drawing a close to a 32-year career in law enforcement that included 16 years as County Sheriff. Magers made the announcement in a news release Wednesday afternoon, April 13. "I have enjoyed seeing our office grow and improve in so many areas over the past 32 years," Magers said in the release. "I am proud of...
DAVENPORT – The Record-Times will be Lincoln County’s official newspaper of legal publications another year. The Lincoln County Commissioners approved a recommendation to accept a bid from Free Press Publishing, which owns the local newspaper, and referred it to the county Auditor’s Office at the commissioner’s meeting Monday, April 4. Free Press Publishing was the only company to submit a bid for legal county printing....
DAVENPORT—A local woman scheduled to make a court appearance after violating a previous court order managed to escape during that court date after saying she needed to smoke. Catherine Marie Herrman left the Lincoln County Courthouse after a judge ordered her to be remanded into custody during the Superior Court criminal docket Tuesday, March 29. According to court records, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office chief criminal deputy Kody Becker received a call from Kristen Blauert of the county Prosecutor’s Office saying Herrm...
Last week’s issue of The Record-Times contained two errors in the sports/recreation section. We misspelled Davenport senior baseball player Denton Deal’s last name in a photo caption. In another photo caption, we incorrectly stated that Hayden Schuh set an Odessa school record in the 300-meter hurdles race at Ephrata. That school record is held by Jana Jasman, who ran the race in 48.88 seconds....
DAVENPORT-A visit from the Colfax Bulldogs for the Gorillas and a trip to Kettle Falls for Reardan spelled losses for all local baseball and softball teams last Saturday, April 2, except for Reardan baseball splitting two games with their opponents. Colfax handled the Gorilla baseball and softball squads in both games of a doubleheader, which was the home opener for Davenport baseball and the season opener for softball. Kettle Falls softball also earned a sweep over Reardan....
REARDAN--High winds gusting between 40 and 60 miles per hour have been relentlessly pounding Lincoln County and the surrounding Inland Northwest area today. As of 4 p.m., downed trees had been reported in downtown Reardan on South Lake Street, Crescent Road north of town and Porcupine Bay Road north of Davenport. The Crescent Road tree trapped power lines and began to smoke, but Fire District No. 4 crews on scene said no one had lost power as of 3 p.m. (UPDATE: Avista...
DAVENPORT—The primary election is over four months away, but seven candidates running for office in Lincoln County this year have already registered their campaigns with the state Public Disclosure Commission. Three candidates for county sheriff and incumbents for auditor, prosecutor and assessor had registered by press time. Auditor Chandra Schumacher registered last Sept. 14, while prosecutor Adam Walser registered Jan. 11 and assessor J. Scott Liebing registered March 12. Opponents haven’t registered in any of those rac...
DAVENPORT—Garbage and refuse pickup rates for Sunshine Disposal and Recycling are going up 3% effective April 1 after council approved Sunshine’s request at its March 23 meeting. The city has contracted with Sunshine for garbage disposal services within city limits since April 2014. The rate increase comes for the second time in 15 months after council agreed to extend the contract that was due for extension March 31. It’s the largest rate increase amongst the last three increases. Rates increased 2% at the beginning of 2021...
DAVENPORT—A Spokane County judge quickly dismissed an elections lawsuit filed against the Lincoln County Auditor’s office and auditor Chandra Schumacher by the Washington Election Integrity Coalition United (WEICU) and Jerry Schulz of Reardan in October. Presiding judge Michael Price granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss Monday, March 28. The lawsuit accused the Auditor’s Office of election violations during the 2020 general election as WEICU filed similar lawsuits around the state that same week. The court found that WE...
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. March 21 Traffic stops: 12 An abandoned vehicle was reported on Lauer Road one mile south of Highway 28 near Odessa. A Davenport man said his neighbor’s aggressive dog was out again and on his property on the 140...
DAVENPORT—The school district is planning to broaden its search for a new principal by opening the door for a new elementary school principal and moving current principal Noelle Carstens to the middle/high school, the school board learned at its regular meeting Monday, March 28. Current high school principal and soon-to-be superintendent Chad Prewitt, presiding over Monday’s meeting in Jim Kowalkowski’s absence, said the move doesn’t guarantee Carstens will be moved to the secondary school. He said he wants the positio...
Manson band director Matt Brown leads a symphony of middle schoolers at the Bi-County Honors Group Concert at the Fox Theater in Spokane Monday, March 28. The concert featured students from Davenport, Odessa, Harrington, Reardan, Sprague, Wilbur-Creston, Ritzville and Almira-Coulee-Hartline performing in high school band, middle school band and high school choir honor groups....
CLARKSTON—The first track and field meet of the season turned out a first-place finish for the Davenport boys, which defeated its eight opponents at the invitational meet in Clarkston Wednesday, March 23. Davenport dominated the competition with 213.5 team points, far ahead of second-place Asotin (71.75) and third-place Pomeroy (70.75). The Gorillas were aided by 11 individual first place finishes in the meet. The Davenport girls finished in third place with 85 team points, behind second-place Garfield-Palouse (104) and a...
LINCOLN COUNTY-Baseball teams in Odessa, Reardan and Davenport went undefeated last week. The Tigers swept through Cusick and Newport, while the east county teams also got wins in their respective matches. Reardan softball, meanwhile, lost two games while Davenport softball has yet to take the field this season. Odessa remains undefeated Odessa picked up two convincing wins over Cusick Saturday, March 26. The first game was over in three innings after the Tigers scored 19 runs...
Jeffrey Dale Davis passed away March 8, 2022 in Davenport Washington. He was surrounded by his loving wife (Lynda), three sons (Kyle, Brandon, Aaron), his sister (Vallesha) and brother (Ashley) as he went to be with the Lord. Jeff was born on October 27,1966 in Covina, California the son of Gary Dale Davis and Susan Elizabeth McIntyre. Since he spent a majority of his childhood in California, he loved to fish, surf, and explore for countless hours on the beach. In 1981, when J...
ODESSA – Odessa Memorial Hospital Clinic Manager Jace Angelly announced March 24 that the facility is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots. The announcement came during a hospital board meeting. The curtailment means residents wanting a COVID shot will have to travel to Davenport or elsewhere, Angelly said. The move comes as the area has seen a significant drop in the number of cases, Angelly said at the meeting, noting no new cases were reported for t...
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. March 14 Traffic stops: 18 A Sprague man reported a black car with two people inside parked on the side of a road. The caller said when he stopped to ask the people if they were okay, they said they were just r...
DAVENPORT—The first contract in the six-year history of often tense relations between Lincoln County and Teamsters Local 690, which represents the Sheriff’s Office’s commissioned and non-commissioned officers, has been signed. After an eight month negotiation period that included five months of public negotiations at county commissioner meetings, collective bargaining agreements for the commissioned and non-commissioned officers were approved by the county commissioners Monday, March 21. Teamsters 690 business agent Joe K...
DAVENPORT--Providing support for events that build community and bring people to local businesses should be the priority for the Chamber of Commerce here, according to discussion at a meeting Thursday, March 17. This was the second meeting called by longtime board members—treasurer Dick Wandling and secretary Kathy Hedgcock—to inspire new energy and ideas for the Chamber. Regular meetings for the Chamber going forward will be the second Thursday each month from 7 to 8 a.m. in the Avista meeting room. 14 people rep...
Government and community meetings and gatherings in Davenport, Odessa, Harrington, Reardan and Sprague for the week of March 25-31. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, March 28 Davenport school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the K-8 Library Odessa town council at 7 p.m. in the Odessa Library Wednesday, March 30 Reardan school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the Commons Harrington school board meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the school Library...
The Bi-County Honors Group high school band, which consists of students from Davenport, Odessa, Reardan, Harrington, Sprague, Ritzville, Almira-Coulee-Hartline and Wilbur-Creston high schools, rehearse for their annual concert coming up this Monday at the Fox Theater in Spokane at 7 p.m. under the direction of St. John/Endicott director Billy Ray Jr. Reardan band director Ramona Hoff said there will be 24 choir students, 64 high school band students and 70 middle school band...
LINCOLN COUNTY-Most local high school baseball and softball teams got their seasons going this week. Odessa baseball began with a visit from Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Saturday, while Reardan baseball and softball went to Chewelah for a doubleheader with Jenkins. Davenport baseball, meanwhile, also played LRS to open its season. Odessa baseball loses two in opener In Saturday's opening double-header against Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna, the Tigers started game one with a bang,...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Harrington for the week of March 25-31. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Saturday, March 26 Odessa track and field at Ray Cross Invite in Ephrata @ 10:20 a.m. Reardan baseball and softball at Liberty (Spangle) @ noon Odessa baseball at Cusick @ 2 p.m. Monday, March 28 Davenport vs. Harrington tennis at Davenport @ 3 p.m. Reardan tennis at Kettle Falls @ 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 Davenport softball vs. Tekoa-Rosalia @ 2 p.m. Davenport and...
Patricia L. Casper passed away on March 15, 2022 at Brookdale Nine Mile, a memory care facility, in Spokane, Wash. at the age of 84. She had lived with dementia for at least the past 4 years and resided at Brookdale for 10 months. Pat was born on June 12, 1937 in Denver, Colorado to Frederick and Cecilia Guerin. She grew up in Denver. In 1941, her father passed away and then in 1953, her mother passed away. She went to New Orleans to finish high school and graduated from Holy...
