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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...
REARDAN—A 17-year-old boy making online threats against the high school here forced the school district to go into a modified lockout Monday and Tuesday. The suspect was apprehended in Spokane County Tuesday, according to a press release from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. According to Reardan School District chief security officer Brian Scott, two students came forward Friday, March 17 to report a threat against the high school being made via social media app Snapchat. “Count the last days, because I’m coming 4 you, Re...
The Reardan FFA chapter came to the Lincoln County Commissioners' meeting Monday, March 21 to give two presentations on issues presently faced in the agricultural community. The first presentation focused on vegetarian vs. plant-based eating, while the second presentation concerned the impacts of state mandates on the ag economy. Students presented both sides of the issue before taking questions from the audience. Here, Andrew Schulz discusses state vaccine mandates as...
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...
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...
The Reardan fifth-grade AAU team took second place at the state AAU tournament last weekend. The boys competed against schools across Washington like Bainbridge Island, Camas, Cedar Park Christian, East Valley, Enumclaw, King's, Lake Washington, Mercer Island, Monroe, Mount Si, Shorewood, Snohomish, Sumner, Moses Lake, White River, Woodland, and Lapwai....
DAVENPORT—After a brief discussion by the street committee prior to the regular meeting, city council approved a motion last Wednesday to adjust the city’s street ordinance and accommodate a request by Lincoln County Fairgrounds staff concerning the construction of a digital sign at the Fairgrounds. Signs containing flashing, moving, intermittent or intense lights were previously banned in city limits. Now, the restriction is between Third and 13th Streets in the downtown Morgan Street core as the city maintains its opp...
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 7 Traffic stops: 9 A caller reported a stalled Ford F250 in need of power steering fluid. A caller reported a gray Ford Focus swerving on Highway 2 eastbound from Telford Rest Area. A jail inmate was t...
DAVENPORT-Two city-wide power outages stemming from incidents at the Avista substation on Third Street this year have some local business owners concerned about the services their businesses rely on to operate. Avista, meanwhile, plans to construct a new substation and feed north Davenport from Reardan. The first power outage came on Jan. 2, when the whole city lost power for 10 hours after the substation regulator caught fire in an impressive blast that changed many locals'...
Government and community meetings and gatherings in Davenport, Odessa, Harrington, Reardan and Sprague for the week of March 18-24. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, March 21 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the County Courthouse Odessa Public Development Authority meeting at 7 p.m. at Christ Lutheran Church Tuesday, March 22 Fire District No. 4 Commissioners meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 23 Parks and Recreation District No. 3 meeting at 9 a...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Harrington the week of March 18-24. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Saturday, March 19 Odessa baseball vs. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague @ noon Monday, March 21 Reardan softball vs. Jenkins (Chewelah) @ noon Reardan baseball vs. Jenkins (Chewelah) @ noon Tuesday, March 22 Davenport and Odessa golf at Quail Ridge @ noon Davenport baseball at Lind-Ritzville/Sprague @ 2 p.m. Reardan baseball vs. Newport @ 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 23 Davenport...
Birthdays & Anniversaries Davenport birthdays: Mar. 18: Pauline Drefs, Kayleigh Fisk Phillips, Colton Jenkins. Mar. 20: Rachae’ Adams Pearcy, Don Strate. Mar. 22: Benjamin Hein, Gary Cirullo, Jeremy Buck, Jude Falk. Mar. 23: Owen Telford, Kathy Reinbold. Matt Littell, Denise Arland, Zeke Richardson. Mar. 24: Mahta Hein, Kylee Dennis, Tim Hosking, Zach Carey-Cannon Harrington birthdays: Mar. 20: Jace Wagner. Mar. 21: Linda Wagner. Mar. 23: Ed Sewall Odessa birthdays: Mar. 20: Lennon Albertson, Hyla Jo Todd, Gunner Smith, J...
Cops and courts 0310 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. Feb. 27 Traffic stops: 20 A caller reported a vehicle parked in the middle of a road with a female occupant saying she was waiting for her husband, who was driving a semitruck. A caller said she w...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Odessa, Harrington, Reardan and Sprague for the week of March 11-17. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, March 14 Odessa town council at 7 p.m. in the Library Wednesday, March 16 Sprague city council at 6 p.m. in the Library Thursday, March 17 Lincoln Hospital Board of Commissioners meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the Conference Room Reardan town council at 6 p.m. in the Reardan United Methodist Church...
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. Feb. 21 Traffic stops: 10 A suspicious death was reported in Davenport. An Almira man reported a dozen cattle standing in the roadway just east of Elliot Road North. A Spokane man reported a golden lab running l...
Government and community meetings and organizations in Davenport, Odessa, Harrington, Reardan, Sprague and Edwall during the week of March 4-10. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, March 7 Lincoln County Commissioners’ meeting at 8 a.m. in the County Courthouse Wednesday, March 9 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 mee...
DAVENPORT—City council passed three resolutions, reviewed the 2021 fourth quarter city budget, heard a request for a sign ordinance change and learned about the city’s updated six-year street plan at a busy council meeting Wednesday, Feb. 23. The state requires that the city update its six-year street plan annually. The approved plan for 2022-2027 includes one awarded project for 2022, which is phase 2 of creating community trails and links. The city has applied for funding for three more projects: Airport PAP...
REARDAN-Eric Nikkola's assistant coach of 18 years and Reardan's head baseball coach will be the fourth coach in the last 50 years to helm the high school football program. Matt Clouse was selected as Nikkola's successor by the school board at the board's Feb. 23 meeting and will be Reardan's newest head football coach. Clouse was chosen from a pool of three candidates by district administration after interviews in early February and was brought to the board for approval. "I...
Davenport and Reardan returned to spring sports practices Monday, Feb. 28. Teams are preparing for a full spring schedule for the first time since 2019 after 2020’s season was cancelled and 2021’s season was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Davenport will trot out baseball, softball, track and field, golf and tennis teams, while Reardan will field baseball, softball, tennis and track and field squads. Here are the local schedules that were available by press time. These schedules are subject to change based on inclemen...
REARDAN – 106-pounder Preston Neufeld, who capped off his freshman wrestling season with a second-place finish at the state Mat Classic in Tacoma over the weekend, was already raking in the awards prior to his state success after being named one of the WIAA’s 12 Athletes of the Week for Week 22. Neufeld lettered last year as an eighth-grader, quickly making varsity as a freshman and won the 1B/2B District 7/9 106-pound title, while placing in seven other tournaments with one gold, one bronze and five silver medals. He fin...
SPOKANE VALLEY-Davenport junior Tennesee Rainwater and Reardan senior Ayden Krupke were recognized by their peers and league coaches as one of the NE2B's eight best boys and girls basketball players respectively during the final day of the District 7 2B Tournament at West Valley High School Saturday, Feb. 19. Rainwater was the highest rated boys basketball player in the league aside from Colfax senior John Lustig, who was named NE2B Most Valuable Player. Krupke was the Reardan...
