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HARRINGTON – The City Council met via Zoom for a special meeting and two public hearings. Those attending were councilmen Peter Davenport, David Buddrius, Stephen Hardy, Levi Schenk and Justin Slack; Clerk Janice Cepeda; Mayor Nathan Luck and identified visitors Jamie Henneman (Davenport Times), Marge Womach and Cherie MacClellan and others unidentified. The State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA/DNS) Determination of Non-Significance was the first of two public hearings to be opened. MacClellan asked which project this was in...
DAVENPORT – If one doesn't mind freezing their tails off, there are several enjoyable spots for winter hunting and fishing in Lincoln County, even as temperatures begin to plummet and some animals go into hibernation. "By far" the most popular seasonal outdoor activity is fishing at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, Fish and Wildlife Officer Curt Wood said. He said the water bodies there don't typically freeze over, so ice fishing isn't always an option, but added that...
DAVENPORT – According to the Lincoln County Health Department, the average number of Covid-19 cases in Washington state has doubled over the past two weeks, with the numbers in Lincoln County following the trend. As of November 17, Lincoln County had 39 new cases within 14 days, which put the case rate at 365 cases per 100,000 people. There have been 123 confirmed positive cases in the county and two deaths. Recent outbreaks have occurred in the county associated with Vista Manor, an assisted living facility in Davenport, a...
1 years ago Nov. 19, 1920 After an exciting chase lasting more than a week, Louis A. Steurnagle was arrested by Sheriff McManus and identified as one of three men who robbed a store at Odessa, a garage at Ephrata and who stole Sheriff Deycous’ car at Wilson Creek. Steurnagle is strongly suspected of being implicated in several safe and store robberies across Washington and into Idaho during the past year. Nearly 100 stores, offices and business places have been robbed in the last 12 months, all perpetrated using the same m...
HARRINGTON – The City Council met via teleconference on Nov. 12, chaired by Mayor Nathan Luck in the presence of council members David Buddrius, Peter Davenport, Justin Slack, Stephen Hardy and Levi Schenk, as well as Janice Cepeda (city clerk), Mike Cronrath (city treasurer), Marge Womach and Cherie MacClellan. Mike Cronrath provided the treasurer’s report that had been sent out by email in two formats for the clerk and mayor to forward to the council. There were a lot of bank fees for the past month, and Cronrath will check...
RENTON – The pandemic has struck another blow to local athletics. The WIAA voted to delay the start of winter sports to Feb. 1, 2021 and shorten each sports season to seven weeks apiece at its Nov. 17 meeting. Practices for winter sports season, the most prominent of which are basketball and wrestling, were originally scheduled to begin Dec. 28, with competitions coming shortly after. However, a surge of positive COVID-19 cases caused the WIAA to create another delay in an a...
DAVENPORT – The local High School switched all students to remote learning this week after two high school students tested positive for Coronavirus. Davenport Superintendent Jim Kowalkowski said the school district is working closely with the health department to ensure overall exposure to the student body is “limited.” “We have been working closely with the Health Department to complete contact tracing. At this time we still have 2 positive cases in the 11th grade, all other tests have been negative. Through our contact trac...
7 Years Ago Nov. 16, 1950 Reader frustrated when farm cat shot Dear Davenport Times-Tribune: I wish to register a protest the way some would-be hunters are taking the privilege of hunting. I always supposed when a person had a hunting license and they should have one if they carry a gun, it gave them the privilege to hunt as prescribed by the law, and human decency and that does not include the right to shoot farmer animals, whether large or small. Although they made a clean kill here, they did away with one of the farm...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — A local woman is facing possible charges following a Nov. 25 crash that injured a Davenport woman. Lindsay G. Spotted Eagle, 43, is facing possible charges of driving while under the influence and felony hit-and-run, according to the Washington State Patrol. As of press time, Spotted Eagle remained in the Spokane County Jail. Brianna M. Olesen, 26, of Davenport, was injured in the 6:51 p.m. crash Nov. 25 and transported to a regional medical center in Spokane. According to the Washington State Patrol, S...
DAVENPORT – A $4.3 million FAA grant to improve the Davenport Airport is continuing to make progress as various parts of the improvement plan are approved by the City Council. A marketing contract with T&O Engineering was approved by the City Council at its Nov. 25 meeting. The contract is not to exceed $5,000 and is designed to bring in more pilots to the airport, including potential businesses. City Administrator Steve Goemmel said the airport does have space to add an aircraft related business like a repair shop or o...
DAVENPORT – Lincoln County Courthouse computers continued to be “compromised” after a Nov. 19 incident that has required a cyber security team. According to Lincoln County Commissioner Rob Coffman, the software systems were “compromised by an outside party.” The county has a “team on the ground that is working on it,” he said. While the county is not calling the incident the work of a hacker, Coffman noted a ransom note was left. “We have a good security system,” Coffman said. “So, at this time, we don’t know the exte...
DAVENPORT – Christmas is a time for cheer, a time to be merry, a time to be with loved ones …and a time to acquire more new items than one needs. Inevitably, the influx of holiday gifts prompts many to look at donating or throwing away their old items. In Lincoln County, places for carrying out this sort of holiday purge are rather limited compared to a larger county, but options still exist. Still functioning despite the COVID-19 pandemic and tucked a couple blocks behind Safeway in Davenport lies the Lincoln County Car...
DAVENPORT – The Lincoln County Public Works Department recently won a Best County Project from the Washington State Department of Transportation. Department Engineer Keith Martin said the county has the distinction of being the first-ever agency to win the award for an emergency relief funded project. The project repaired over 1,000 feet of road after a landslide in 2017. The project cost $6.5 million and was funded through a collaboration of state, federal and county d...
DAVENPORT – The state imposed Coronavirus restrictions are continuing to have an impact on the Davenport business community, including signaling an uncertain future for the Davenport Chamber of Commerce. Since March of this year, Gov. Jay Inslee has mandated restrictions on businesses to “slow the spread” of the coronavirus including mandating masks, limiting the number of customers who can be in a business and prohibiting indoor dining. Public meetings were also banned or limited to a certain number of attendees. The actio...
DAVENPORT – Sue Tebow is not a professor, a professional anthologist, or a university researcher but her daily work falls neatly in the lines of preserving culture as it is happening. Tebow, a blogger and ag advocate, has made it her mission for the last four years to write a story about someone in ag every day. As she chronicles the lives of farmers, ranchers, farm kids and hired hands, Tebow has been taking notes and snapping photos to create content for her website on t...
Smith (Tolonen), Enza Mae – age 91 Enza passed peacefully away on November 18, 2020 at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center in Odessa, WA. She was born November 10, 1929 to John and Naomi Mills and grew up in Almira, WA graduating from Almira High School in 1947. She is survived by daughter Sharon (Dave) Iverson - Taunya (Michael) VanPevenage – Peyton, Chase, Conner (Kirsten) – great-great granddaughter Hannah; Becky (Colin) Guhlke - Lexi and Palmer; Alyson (Travis) Willi...
GEISSLER, Echo E. - Age 92 Passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 in Wilbur, WA, his home Davenport, WA. Edward and Lena (Miller) Geissler brought their youngest child into the family home in Odessa, WA on February 16, 1928. In 1941 the family moved to Davenport, WA when Echo was 8 years old. He graduated from Davenport High School in 1946. Echo met his wife Phyllis Liggett, daughter of Ted & Mabel (Martin) Liggett from Spokane and they were married on November 25, 1950 and...
The Davenport Middle School 8th grade class spearheaded a donation drive for the district's annual support of KREM2 New's Treats 2 Troops program. Students in a variety of grades made cards to send holiday cheer and thank you messages to area soldiers stationed overseas during the holiday season....
Compiled by Georgia Smith The Times 70 Years ago November 23, 1950 Kays Debates in Vermont Tournament Darrel Kays, son of C.W Kays of Davenport, was a member of the George Washington University debate team which competed in the University of Vermont international tournament last week. Kays and his teammate defeated New York university, University of New Hampshire, Wesley university and Utica College of New York. Kays is majoring in foreign affairs at the university of Washington, D. C. Crow, Conrad Wed Sunday in a Cheney...
DAVENPORT – A lawsuit by the Lincoln County Commissioners to ensure that negotiations with public employee labor unions are open to the public has received a ruling from the state appeals court. The decision sets the case to potentially be considered by the Washington State Supreme Court. In the lawsuit, which dates back to 2019, the Lincoln County Commissioners asked the courts to ensure that negotiations with public employee unions, like Teamsters 690 that represents the county’s law enforcement employees, not be allowed to...
DAVENPORT – The Lincoln Hospital District is set to review their 2021 budget this Thursday, Nov. 19 with plans to approve a $34 million budget that shows the district in a positive financial state. A preliminary budget was reviewed by Lincoln Hospital Board members on Nov. 12, with figures showing $34 million in revenue and $26 million in expenses. The largest expense for the hospital district that includes three medical clinics, assisted living, long term and transitional care is staffing. The district employs over 250 p...
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. NOVEMBER 8 Number of traffic stops: 9 A cow was reported on the road on Highway 21. Suspicious vehicle report. Abandoned child report. NOVEMBER 9 Number of traffic stops: 10 Trespassing complaint. Suspicious per...
All-mail election needs immediacy. If we can’t provide it, maybe we should return to polling place voting Over the last few months, all eyes have been on Washington’s 16-year-old vote-by-mail system. National media has been holding it up as an example of what should become the norm nationwide. But should it? Yes, we have fastidious local election employees resolving problems. And yes, we have years of experience making vote-by-mail work. But the nation isn’t ready for all-mail elections, whether it’s our system or another...
Gary Mervin Mills – August 16, 1934-November 26, 2019 Dad was born in Wilbur August 16, 1934 and passed away at Odessa Memorial Hospital November 26, 2019. Mom preceded Dad to heaven on July 12th, 2014. Dad was the first of nine children born to Herb and Dorothy (Smith) Mills. Twin sisters Joan and Joanne (deceased), Brother Noel (deceased), Sister Linda(deceased). Dad is survived by sisters Sharon, Kathy (and Bruce), Patty (and George) and Trudy. Dad is also survived by b...
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. NOVEMBER 1 Number of traffic stops: 21 A caller wanted to know why someone was moving cattle across a road at 9am. A caller reported finding a bag with a child’s coat, blankets and cell phone. Abandoned vehicle repor...
