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DAVENPORT—Local fire chiefs and commissioners aren’t requiring their volunteer firefighters receive a COVID-19 vaccination, leaving the choice up to the individual whether to get an inoculation or not. However, state mandates do apply to some of the volunteers for EMS services. The state mandate issued that requires state employees to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18 does apply to volunteers that are licensed by the state as an Emergency Medical Technician or paramedic, which impacts some districts more than others. These vol...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague during Oct. 15-21. If you’d like your community organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Oct. 18 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the county courthouse Wednesday, Oct. 20 Sprague city council at 6 p.m. in the public library Thursday, Oct. 21 Lincoln Hospital Board of Commissioners meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the conference room Reardan town council at 6 p.m. in the United Methodist C...
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. Oct. 4 Traffic stops: 4 A Harrington woman reported a Volkswagen bug that reportedly overshot Highway 2 into a field and was left abandoned. A 76-year-old Sprague man was reported having a heart attack. A porcupine ne...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague during Oct. 8-14. If you’d like your community organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Oct. 11 Davenport school board quarterly meeting @ 6 p.m. via Zoom Wednesday, Oct. 13 Reardan-Edwall school board workshop at 6 p.m. in the commons Davenport city council at 7 p.m. in City Hall Harrington city council at 7 p.m. in City Hall Sprague-Lamont school board meeting at 7 p.m. at Lamont Libra...
LINCOLN COUNTY—Fall hunting season is in full swing for many species, while many begin in the coming weeks. Lincoln County hunting prospects are down for some animals, specifically white-tailed deer, but look solid for turkey and mule deer. The county has land in Game Management Units (GMU)130, 133 and 136, with 133 and 136 being almost entirely Lincoln County. GMU 133, the “Roosevelt” unit, has an eastern boundary of Highway 231 up to the Spokane River. To the north, it travels from the Spokane River on the Lincoln Count...
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. Sept. 27 Traffic stops: 5 The Sheriff’s Office reported receiving a lot of 911 calls from a woman not reporting emergencies but talking about her husband snoring and her singing voice. A truck with a flat tire was d...
Government and community meetings in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague area for the week of Oct. 1-7 Monday, Oct. 4 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the Lincoln County Courthouse Thursday, Oct. 7 Reardan town council at 6 p.m. in the Reardan United Methodist Church...
LINCOLN COUNTY-Mandates, pandemics and new curriculum all appear to be influences on enrollment rates, trends and retention numbers across eastern Lincoln County. Each of the four main school districts/schools in the area have seen different enrollment trends over the past five years and have seen numbers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. In Davenport, numbers dropped before 2020 but are back to 2017 rates this year. The Reardan-Edwall School District has...
REARDAN-The Reardan-Edwall School District woke up Sunday morning to the news of the sudden passing of Jay Warwick, a longtime district employee who died in his sleep at the age of 61 Saturday, Sept. 25. Warwick had worked in the district since May 8, 1989 and was in his 33rd school year. Upon his passing, he was a maintenance mechanic. "This was a total shock that came out of the blue," superintendent Eric Sobotta said. "He was well-loved by a lot of people and was often the...
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. Sept. 20 Traffic stops: 5 An Idaho man said he received several calls from his sister who told him he needed to call the police on her behalf. A Davenport man said someone was illegally dumping garbage in the dit...
DAVENPORT—A mandate issued by the state in August that required all public and private K-12 school staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk losing their job has forced teachers, staff and administration in east Lincoln County to make some tough personal decisions. The deadline for school staff to be fully vaccinated is Oct. 18. The Department of Health has defined someone as fully vaccinated when they’ve received two doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or one dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and...
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. INCIDENT LOG Sept. 12 Traffic stops: 9 An Odessa woman said her power was out and she could hear a prowler outside. A Reardan woman said a vehicle had been driving around her house and pulling into her driveway and her nei...
Adult and Youth Booth & Displays Vendor – Lincoln County Solid Waste Best of Show Grange Booths – Bluestem Grange 1st Place Other Booths Cat Nip Acres Commissioners Award Other Booths – Lincoln County Fair Advisory Board-Lindsey Smith created Best of Show Adult & Youth Posters 4-H Cloverbud Kylie Llewellyn, Almira - Nutrition in Lamb Feed Best of Show Beef 4-H Junior: Addilynn McKay,, Sprague - Beef Fitting & Showing Reserved Champion 4-H 4-H Junior Ava McKay, Sprague - Beef...
LINCOLN COUNTY—It took 18 months since COVID-19 was first confirmed in the United States for Lincoln County to see its highest surge of the coronavirus to date, but August saw a spike of 180 new cases. However, only eight cases resulted in hospitalizations. Two patients died of the virus, one age 63 and the other age 79. One of the eight hospitalizations was in a person fully vaccinated against COVID-19. “While we have COVID patients being treated in Lincoln and Odessa hos...
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. Aug. 22 Traffic stops: 24 Washington State Patrol said they found a cow loose on Highway 21 around milepost 99. Lincoln County Hospital said a woman brought in for treatment had her husband show up, make a scene and...
EDWALL – Does it take a wheat grower to know how to represent wheat growers? It certainly doesn't hurt, which is good news for the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) as they welcome Mariah Wollweber, a fifth-generation Washington wheat grower, as their new director of communications and partnerships. Wollweber grew up on her family's farm in Edwall, Wash., where she began helping her grandfather bale hay at age 8 and stepped up to driving a harvest truck at 13. S...
DAVENPORT – School leaders and the board aren’t happy with recent mandates brought down by the state, state superintendent Chris Reykdal and Gov. Jay Inslee. After making some tweaks, the board agreed to sign on to a letter penned by Davenport superintendent Jim Kowalkowski, middle/high school principal Chad Prewitt and elementary principal Noelle Carstens to Inslee with three specific requests at the board’s Aug. 16 meeting. The first request asked Inslee to pivot from Reykdal’s recommendation that all school employe...
REARDAN – Nick Landt submitted his resignation from the Reardan-Edwall School District Board of Directors after almost 12 years on the board. The remaining and present board members accepted his resignation at the board's June 28 meeting. Landt said he resigned to avoid a conflict of interest as his wife, Shannon Landt, a longtime substitute teacher in the district, looked to apply for the position being vacated by Larae Peterson. He said his proudest accomplishment he h...
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 18 Traffic stops: 16 A Hunters woman reported a possible domestic violence situation. A woman reported her vehicle was hit by a car. A Colbert woman reported a disabled boat on Lake Roosevelt. A Davenport wom...
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 11 Traffic stops: 7 An Odessa woman reported a man trying to get in her neighbor’s car on East Fourth Avenue. Two lost dogs were reported on East Fifth Avenue in Odessa. A person was reportedly looking in a vehic...
Elizabeth "Betty" (Wetsch) Benton Oct. 30, 1949 - July 5, 2021 Elizabeth "Betty" (Wetsch) Benton a beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt & friend to all, passed away July 5, 2021, at the Hospice House in Spokane, Wash. after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Betty was the fourth of five siblings and the only daughter. She was born Oct. 30, 1949, in New Salem, N. D. to John and Ida (Steckler) Wetsch. Betty eventually moved to and attended school in Mount Vernon, Wash....
LINCOLN COUNTY – Residents from Davenport, Edwall, Harrington, Reardan and Sprague were all represented on the spring quarter honor rolls at Spokane Community College, Spokane Falls Community College and Eastern Washington University. At SCC, honor roll is achieved by students with a grade-point-average 3.0 or higher. Susan Six, Quinten Christensen, Jerry Boot, Jon Knittel and Daniel Modrem of Davenport made the SCC honor roll, as did Christopher Wyatt of Harrington. They were joined by Alyssa Martin-Franks of Sprague and A...
DAVENPORT – The burn and fireworks bans instituted by fire districts across Lincoln County over the Fourth of July holiday weekend appear to have done the trick in preventing catastrophic fires, as no firework-related fires were reported or required response in the greater Davenport/Harrington/Reardan area. Fire District No. 5, which covers the Davenport area, had no fires to respond to last weekend in city limits or district wide. “My phone was quiet,” District No. 5 chief Craig Sweet said. “Compared to what it could’v...
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 20 Traffic stops: 6 An illegal campfire was reported on Fifth and Sinclair Streets in Davenport. A suspicious vehicle was reported on 11th and Jefferson Streets in Davenport. A Creston man said his ex-wife was...
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 6 Traffic stops: 13 A Davenport woman said someone drove through her fence on the 33200 block of East Hawk Creek Road. Washington State Patrol asked if a deputy could check on a bent-over male. A woman requested...
