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Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, April 25: Wilbur ambulance and MedStar aerial ambulance personnel, along with an off-duty firefighter and sheriff’s deputies assisted in the transport of a patient from the U.S. 2 Telfo...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, April 11: Acknowledging she and her dog are afraid of cats, a Wilbur woman phoned in her concern that a stray cat had gotten inside her house. A woman was injured in a one-vehicle rol...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, March 28: A collared pit bull dog was reported to be growling at people outside a store at Eighth and Morgan streets in Davenport. The animal was taken into custody. A deputy responded to a re...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, March 21: Dispatchers received calls from at least two Sprague residents reporting a suspicious vehicle occupied by a man in his early 30s with a beard and moustache, wearing a ball cap and...
New pastor Harrington United Methodist Church and the Zion United Methodist Church have recently been blessed with a new pastor, Michelle Mitchell, commuting from her home north of Davenport. She comes with a diverse work history and commitment to service in a wide range of ministries. She spent 25 years as a university professor with a PhD in computer science. “My most recent full time appointment was at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, although I taught as an adjunct at Whitworth for a couple of semesters after moving to S...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, March 14: A Sprague man was arrested in connection with the burglary of a residence in the 300 block of East 1st in Sprague after a woman reported food, about $200 cash, records and mov...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, March 7: A Davenport woman reported receiving a fraudulent phone call from someone claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. Reardan Police investigated a possible harassment inc...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Feb. 29: A Reardan woman requested a county deputy’s help with allegations of vehicle theft and drug use. A Davenport caller reported speeding vehicles on Sixth Street as it becomes McInn...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Feb. 22: A woman staying at a Davenport motel reported she wasn’t able to find two suitcases she left near the county courthouse. A Davenport woman told dispatchers someone was attem...
Harrington Historic Preservation Commission Saturday, February 6, the commission met at the Miller residence with Celeste Miller, Aileen Sweet, Anita Harman and Lindsey Hutsell present. Suggestions had been made to invite specific citizens to ascertain their potential interest in serving on the commission, since there is a need to increase membership. However, no one had been contacted in the interim. A motion passed to have Hutsell create a time-line of the group’s accomplishments from its inception to the present. Informati...
Executive Director Lincoln County Economic Development Council Goals developed for 2015 and steps taken to accomplish them are discussed in this article by Margie Hall. Key goal 1: Retain, expand and recruit businesses During 2015, the EDC provided assistance or training to 53 businesses, ranging from start-ups to established firms. We also hosted our second business-to-business networking dinner to help owners and managers from across the county get to know each other’s products and services. One of the training events we h...
The February 9 special election held in Lincoln County saw the school and hospital levies in Odessa and Harrington pass by comfortable margins. Of the 5,823 registered voters in 40 precincts, 3,107 had returned ballots by February 12 when the last count was tabulated for a voter turnout of 53.36 percent. The election will be certified on February 19. Odessa School District 105’s Proposition 1 (Replacement Maintenance and Operation Levy) passed within Lincoln County by 323 to 114 votes or 73.91 to 20.09 percent. When the f...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Feb. 1: Three county jail inmates, including one housed under contract with the state Department of Corrections and another from Adams County, got into a fight shortly after corrections off...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Jan. 18: The driver of a vehicle that went off U.S. 2 and into a ditch near the county line east of Reardan was placed into custody by the Washington State Patrol on suspicion of driving und...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Jan. 11: No injury was reported as a result of a one-vehicle slide-off on SR 174 just outside of Wilbur. The Washington State Patrol investigated the possibility that alcohol may have bee...
Charles Lee Dahm passed away January 15, 2016, in Spokane. He was born March 13, 1936 as Charles Lee Wyrick. He became Charles Lee Dahm at the age of 10 when he was adopted by Harry and Ruth Dahm. He is preceded in death by his wife Norrita and his three older siblings Marvin, Gladys and Helen. He was raised all around Washington, from Othello to Deer Park. He met and married Norrita Greenwalt; she came with two children Craig Knudson and Candace (Knudson) Bundrock. They...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Jan. 4: After a Wilbur woman told dispatchers that her husband had not returned home the previous night, she found him sleeping in a chair in their garage. No injuries were reported after a v...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Dec. 28: Responding to the 100 block of Main Street, Davenport ambulance personnel assisted an 86-year-old woman who was experiencing chest pains. Washington State Patrol and Sprague ambulance...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Dec. 21: Reardan emergency personnel assisted Spokane County authorities with a one-vehicle slide-off on U.S. 2 and Coulee Hite Road. No injuries were reported after a semi-truck went off SR...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Nov. 23: An electrical outage was reported in Sprague. A motorist advised dispatchers that her vehicle struck a large piece of glass near the city shop in the vicinity of Twelfth and Mor...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Dec. 14: A Harrington woman reported the theft of prescription medicine, a wedding ring and about $100 cash from a residence in the 400 block of West Main. Responding to the Cottonwood Spr...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Dec. 7: A vehicle got stuck in mud on Mayberry Road about 500 feet from SR 28 near Davenport. A collision involving a vehicle and deer took place on SR 174 near Wilbur. Wilbur Police res...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Nov. 30: Deputies responded to a report of a vehicle traveling west in the eastbound lane of U.S. 2, almost causing a head-on collision in the vicinity of the county Transfer Station. Res...
Court Report 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. Monday, Nov. 16: Dispatchers referred a possible poaching incident in the vicinity of Addington Road near Reardan to the Washington State Patrol for investigation. Responding to the 1000 block of Was...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Nov. 9: A deputy was notified of a request from Corner Café personnel in Creston for help with a person who refused to leave and had been “verbally abusive” toward customers there. Deputies...
