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EDWALL - With the Gray Fire growing along Interstate 90 between Cheney and Medical Lake, state transportation officials are detouring traffic through Lincoln County. With the fire active along Interstate 90 near the Tyler, Salnave Road and Four Lakes exists, the roadway was closed at Geiger Heights and Sprague Saturday afternoon, Aug. 19. Westbound traffic was being diverted onto U.S. Highway 2 west through Airway Heights to Reardan, the south on state Highway 231 through...
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...
REARDAN — An Edwall woman was one of two people injured in a two-vehicle crash at U.S. Highway 2 and Waukon Road in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Aug. 8. Sydney M. Lindbloom, 27, was hurt and transported to Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane when her 2010 Ford Fusion collided with a 1995 Chevy GMT-400 driven by 28-year-old Steven J. Edson of Burien, according to a State Patrol press release. Edson was also injured and transported to Deaconess. He was charged with first-degree driving with a revoked license, no i...
DAVENPORT — Should cell phones be disallowed at school? That was among the topics of conversation at a school board meeting Monday, July 31. Superintendent Chad Prewitt posed the question to the board after reports that the Reardan-Edwall School District and Peninsula School District had enacted some form of a cell phone ban amongst students during school hours. The conversation indeed went a step further to unanimous action in Reardan, where the school board voted to disallow cell phones and other communication devices in m...
REARDAN — The school board approved the 2023-24 district budget at its regular meeting Wednesday, July 26. Funds were budgeted based on a projected enrollment of 736 students, 51.031 certificated employees and 44.501 classified employees. The district is budgeting for $13,533,924 in total revenues and $13,547,208. The slight budget gap created would be filled by reducing beginning fund balance of $2,850,000 to $2,436,716 in the ending fund balance. Expenditures filtered by program groups include: • $6,330,603 for regular inst...
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 - Despite rather windy conditions on some of the days and locals taking full advantage of legal fireworks opportunities, Fourth of July weekend was almost completely incident-less for fire and EMS crews around East, Central and South Lincoln County. Fire District No. 5 Commissioner Matt Schneider said the district, which includes the greater Davenport, Deer Meadows, Seven Bays and Egypt areas, didn't receive a single call for service over the weekend. "Clearly we're...
REARDAN - On the morning of Aug. 3, 1926, two sisters, Amy and Myrtle Shipman, telephone operators for the Interstate Telephone Company and daughters of the owners of the Inland Hotel in Reardan where they were living, were awakened by the crackling sounds of fire. They quickly raised the alarm. The fire destroyed the two-story brick building known as the Bowie Block where the fire started. It housed Hanel's Pioneer Drug Store and Sherman S. Bentley's General Store on the...
1 years ago - Rookie principals Chad Prewitt and Courtney Strozyk of Davenport and Reardan completed their first school years as local administrators. - Organizers prepared for Sprague Hay Days to celebrate the city’s 130 years. - The Legislature approved $74.5 million for the next stage of the Odessa Subarea aquiferproject. 25 years ago - Travis G. Homer of Davenport was sentenced to 55 months in prison on each count of two second-degree assault charges for assaulting two Davenport police officers. - Fort Spokane hosted the...
PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL: Pursuant to 28A.335.120 RCW, Reardan-Edwall School District hereby gives notice of intent to sell the following described property: ALL THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN, STATE OF WASHINGTON, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT PORTION OF THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH, RANGE 39 E.W.M., MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 14; THENCE NORTH 01°53’35” WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE...
DAVENPORT - A longtime city staple became dust and rubble this week. The old Edna's Drive-In, now owned by Les Schwab, was demolished Tuesday, July 25. The move comes roughly a year after the regional tire company bought the property from Edna's owners Mike and Virginia Fries, who elected to sell in anticipation of retirement. Locals who grew up going to Edna's, which opened in the 1950s, shared their thoughts and memories of the longtime go-to local spot for a burger and...
DAVENPORT — The 2023 primary election is nigh. Ballots are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. On this year’s ballot are three-person contested races for council races in Odessa, Harrington and Sprague and another three-person race for Odessa Mayor. Incumbent Bill Crossley and challengers Ed Hayden and Jeremy Smith are running for Odessa Mayor, while incumbent Marlene Kramer is being challenged by Mike Igo and Laura Caler for town council seat No. 5. In Harrington, Gavin Wagner, Kelly Foreman and Steven Wright are running for cit...
REARDAN - The Reardan-Edwall School District conducted realistic active shooter training at the school Friday, July 21, preparing for something it hopes never happens. Local and state law enforcement agencies, along with local emergency medical services and police chaplains, all converged on the school in what event organizer Brad Eylar called "an amazing success." At 11:15 a.m., four men clad in black and armed with simulated weapons entered the school through unlocked...
DAVENPORT — Seven Lincoln County locals had filed for previously unfiled positions by press time during a special filing period running Tuesday, July 18-Thursday, July 20. Lane Collier and Brian Benham will face off for Reardan-Edwall school board seat No. 4. Uncontested filers include Jim Baye of Edwall for Cemetery District No. 1 and Andy Schreck, Ericka Johnson, Lindsey McCluskey and Alton Leisle for separate Parks/Recreation District No. 3 (Davenport) Commissioner positions. Yet unfiled local races by press time included...
SPRAGUE - Southeastern Lincoln County fire crews were busy in the last week. The largest fire that needed local tending was the Fishtrap fire, which ignited around milepost 256 of Interstate 90 and burned approximately 520 acres while moving north into Spokane County before crews contained the blaze Monday, July 17, according to a release from Spokane County Fire District No. 3. Crews from Sprague and Edwall assisted Spokane County in firefighting efforts. Meanwhile, Odessa...
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 9 Traffic stops: 18 A Davenport man reported a speeding car. A caller reported a possibly high woman wanting an ambulance ride in Odessa. A Creston woman requested a welfare check near the local park. A Dav...
1 years ago - Davenport Theatrical’s performance of “Arsenic and Old Lace” wrapped up summer productions. - 20,000 honeybees quietly invaded the play area at Davenport United Methodist Church, requiring the assistance of a Reardan-based beekeeper to exterminate. - State Reps Matt Manweller and Judy Warnick met with 10 locals in the Lincoln County Commissioners meeting room to discuss the 2013 legislative session. 25 years ago - The Davenport school board planned to vote on a $3.35 million budget for the upcoming schoo...
DAVENPORT - The 51st Annual Pioneer Days was held here July 14-16, with prospective artists and fishermen taking part in the two contests that occurred this year. The chalk art contest and fishing derby were held Friday morning July 14, while awards were also given to standout entries in the Pioneer Days Parade Saturday, July 15. The Pioneer Plod and belly flop contest were both cancelled due to a lack of participation. No one signed up for the belly flop, organizer Tim...
DAVENPORT – A special three-day filing period will open Tuesday-Thursday, July 18-20, for candidates to file for vacant elected positions. Multiple positions remain open, including Davenport and Reardan council seats and more. Anyone wishing to file may do so at the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. during the filing period. Declarations by mail must be received no later than 3 p.m. the last day of the filing period, July 20, and must include the correct filing fee, if required. Seats open for the spe...
PUBLIC NOTICE SPECIAL 3 DAY PUBLIC OFFICE FILING PERIOD There will be a special three (3) day filing period held Tuesday, July 18, 2023, through Thursday, July 20, 2023, for the purpose of declaring candidacy for the following elective positions that were not previously filed for during the regular filing period: Anyone wishing to file may do so at the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office between 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. during the stated filing period. Declarations by mail must be in our office no later than the last day of the f...
PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL: Pursuant to 28A.335.120 RCW, Reardan-Edwall School District hereby gives notice of intent to sell the following described property: ALL THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN, STATE OF WASHINGTON, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT PORTION OF THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH, RANGE 39 E.W.M., MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 14; THENCE NORTH 01°53’35” WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE...
DAVENPORT - The weather is warming up this weekend, but not to a point where local authorities feel a need to ban fireworks for the Fourth of July coming Tuesday. There are, however, burn bans instituted in many local fire districts. Fireworks are being legally sold in two locations in Lincoln County. The only spot along the U.S. Highway 2 corridor is in Reardan on Broadway Avenue next to Dean's Drive-In, where Lions Club volunteers are selling fireworks every day through...
DAVENPORT — Several natives of Davenport, Reardan, Odessa and other parts of Lincoln County were on the spring President’s Honor Roll at Washington State University. Students achieved Honor Roll by achieving a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 with at least 15 hours of graded work or 3.75 with at least nine graded hours in a semester. Locals on Honor Roll included: Brayden Duff, Davenport Kylene Edwards, Davenport Tate Foster, Davenport Cody Jenkins, Davenport Joshua Zeigler, Davenport Jaylee Pratt, Reardan Cody Spr...
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. June 11 Traffic stops: 7 An Edwall woman reported people shooting on private property with no backstop in a field at Highway 231 and Cloverdale Road. A Davenport woman said her neighbor’s trailer was blocking a roadw...
