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BLUESTEM – Entering the missile site owned by Peter Davenport just north of Bluestem Road between the city of Davenport and Harrington requires unlocking two gates and wandering down old roads largely overgrown by sage brush. To the untrained eye, the site, which is one of six in Lincoln County, appears to be a bizarrely oversized storage site for a farmer or person looking to get off the grid, but the history of the sites goes much deeper than that. Site stores many UFO f...
Students returned to the classroom in Lincoln County. Students in Odessa, like those above, and Davenport had their first day Wednesday, Aug. 31, while Reardan-Edwall and Harrington started Tuesday, Aug. 30....
DAVENPORT-A 37-year-old Carlton man was apprehended by deputies the morning after escaping from Lincoln County Jail. Cody James Magruder escaped Monday night, Aug. 22 and was captured just west of Highway 28 Tuesday morning, Aug. 23. Magruder, who was booked on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, second-degree possession of stolen property and third-degree possession of stolen property, allegedly teamed up with fellow inmate Damion Pegram to attack jail/dispatch deputy...
Government and community meetings and gatherings for the week of Aug. 26-Sept. 1 in Davenport, Odessa, Reardan, Harrington and Sprague. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Wednesday, Aug. 31 Harrington school board meeting at 7 a.m. in the Library Thursday, Sept. 1 Reardan town council meeting at 6 p.m. in the United Methodist Church...
Davenport birthdays Aug. 26: Alex Merserve Aug. 27: Joshua Walker, Brilee Sewall, Ellie Telford, Jimmy Cunningham Aug. 28: Brock Gustaveson, Irene Wilkie, Jody Howard, Lela Strate ♱ Aug. 29: Leslie King, Ilene Hein, Mike Kunz, Lisa Lehman, Cam Jessup Aug. 30: Brian Telford, Steve McLachlan, Peggy Elliot, Shae Parker Aug. 31: Michael Wade, Nick Morgan, Brenna Greenwood, Emily Warwick Sept. 1: Daryl Ziemer, Cass Jacobsen, Shannon Janke, Pete Schweiger, Clay Fleming, Dylan Jorden, Carol Horner, Gary Van Roy, Evan Johnson, Ron R...
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. 14 Traffic stops: 28 A Spokane man reported a disabled vehicle without jumper cables or a cellphone on Highway 2 three miles east of Wilbur. A caller reported a white bag in the middle of the road on Highway 25....
DAVENPORT—10 defendants were listed in a suit filed by Jim and Sherri Keyes of Reardan against several county entities and employees Monday, Aug. 8 accusing the Assessor’s Office and Board of Equalization of various malpractices. Named as defendants are assessor J Scott Liebing, appraiser Christine Tareski, Board of Equalization members Anne Filion, Dale Vaughan, Ralph Nachtigal and Jim Knapp, prosecuting attorney Adam Walser, Lincoln County, the Lincoln County Assessor’s Office and the Board of Equalization. The suit alleg...
Government and community meetings and gatherings in Davenport, Odessa, Reardan, Harrington and Sprague for the week of Aug. 19-25. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Aug. 22 Davenport school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the K-8 Library Odessa town council meeting at 7 p.m. in the Library Wednesday, Aug. 24 Lincoln County Parks and Recreation District No. 4 meeting at 9 a.m. in Memorial Hall Sprague city council meeting at 6 p.m., location TBD Odessa school board m...
Davenport birthdays Aug. 19: Erich Hein, Hunter McCluskey, Dean Morgan ♱ Aug. 20: Lynn Richardson, Chris Honey, Ryan Cash, Avery Cash, Lance Johnson, Matt Wagner, Tim Zeiler Aug. 21: Rusty McGuire, Peyton Smith, Johnathon Cannon, Donna Gamache, Patti Anderson, Tonia Carruth ♱ Aug. 23: Jerry Wahl, Shirley Gunning, Rusty Warwick Aug. 24: Quinton Withey, Desirae Wagner, Scout Sewall Davenport anniversaries Aug. 21: Collin and Lila Woodland Aug. 22: Tony and Amanda Boggs Aug. 23: Matt and Kylee Balance Aug. 24: Doug and Ann...
DAVENPORT-Freshly mowed, albeit slightly bumpy, grass. Getting run formations down pat. 20% of the roster absent because of wheat harvest. It's all a staple of the beginning of football season in Lincoln County as teams held their first practice in the morning heat Wednesday, Aug. 17. Davenport is looking to build off a state playoff appearance in 2021. First practices don't often indicate much, but senior Sam Schneider, traditionally a fullback, took the majority of reps 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. Aug. 8 Traffic stops: 28 A one-vehicle rollover crash was reported on Highway 25 at milepost 8. A Davenport man said a man and dog were in a broken-down Dodge pickup at the Lincoln County Transfer Station and nee...
DAVENPORT—Over half of eligible Lincoln County voters turned out for the Aug. 2 primary election and chose six candidates to send to the November general election. Gabe Gants and Brian Telford are running for Sheriff, Emily Lybbert Hansen and Brad Sweet are running for Treasurer and Rob Coffman and Jason Debord are running for County Commissioner. Gants gathered over 50% of the votes in a five-man primary race for Sheriff with 2,259, while Telford had 990 votes. Almost every municipality favored Gants. Davenport gave him 3...
DAVENPORT—It took a week of vote-counting, but Brian Telford will be Gabe Gants’ opponent in the race for Lincoln County Sheriff in the November general election. Telford, a retired lawman who was most recently Chief Criminal Deputy in Lincoln County, secured his spot by slightly extending his slim second-place lead over Reardan Police Chief Andy Manke in each of the three counts that occurred in the past 10 days. As of the last major count on Tuesday, Aug. 9, Telford led Manke 990 votes to 849 votes with less than 50 bal...
Government and community meetings and gatherings in Davenport, Odessa, Reardan, Harrington and Sprague for the week of Aug. 12-18. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Aug. 15 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the County Courthouse Odessa Public Development Authority meeting at 7 p.m. in Christ Lutheran Church Wednesday, Aug. 17 Davenport planning commission meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall Thursday, Aug. 18 Lincoln Hospital board of commissioners m...
Davenport birthdays Aug. 12: Cody Coppersmith Aug. 13: Kyra Arland, Andrea Morgan Aug. 14: Jerri Madison, Lillian Phillips, Chase Greenwood, Landon Harrison Aug. 15: Jared King, Stephanie Linstrum, Bob Novak, Adney Lacy Aug. 16: Andrew Schreck, Janelle Hiccox Aug. 17: Janie Schreck, Ketner Kragt, Everett Prewitt Aug. 18: Gene Hein, Renzley Gunning Davenport anniversaries Aug. 12: Jerry and Jeanne Newcomb Aug. 13: Ken and Lynee Carpenter, Matthew and Nina Fisk Aug. 15: Roger and Noreen Nutfless Aug. 16: John and Janelle...
DAVENPORT—Sports schedules are still a work in progress, but the calendar for football, volleyball and girl’s soccer in Davenport, Odessa and Reardan is starting to shape up. Tentative schedules show that Davenport will host Reardan in Week 1 of the football season. The Gorillas will be trying to build off last season’s playoff berth, while the Screaming Eagles will look for a rivalry win in Matt Clouse’s head coaching debut. If the tentative schedule holds, Davenport football will have home games against Liberty Sept. 3...
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. 1 Traffic stops: 8 A Davenport woman said she woke up to the smell of someone smoking weed, then saw someone looking in her window. An Odessa woman said she thought someone tried to open her door at midnight the...
REARDAN-The school district has a laundry list of capital improvements it hopes to complete in the next five years, most of which surround the athletic facilities slipping in quality behind many other area schools. Those improvements cost money, so the school board approved a motion to run a capital levy in this year's November general election at the board's July 27 meeting. The five-year levy, which comes on top of a three-year levy passed by voters in Feb. 2021, would...
DAVENPORT-New redistricting documents discussed at the school board's meeting Wednesday, July 27 will attract more candidates to fill District 1's vacant seat, the district hopes. The position, which was vacated after Heather Panke resigned at the end of 2021, has yet to be filled. The school district has three positional spots and two at-large positions. District 2 is filled by chair Deanna Fitzpatrick, District 3 is filled by Tami Odenrider and Garrett Husky and Janie Schrec...
Government and community meetings and gatherings in Davenport, Odessa, Reardan, Harrington and Sprague for the week of Aug. 5-11. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Aug. 8 Davenport school board special meeting at 6 p.m. in the K-8 Library Odessa town council meeting at 7 p.m. in the Library Wednesday, Aug. 10 Reardan-Edwall school board workshop session at 6 a.m. in the Commons Davenport city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall Harrington city council meeting at 7...
Davenport birthdays Aug. 5: Paula Furman, Richard Gunning Aug. 6: Jeff Gunning, Michelle Hopp, Kim Buchmann, Barb Zentz, Matt Schneider, Tyler Greenwood, Nick Colbert Aug. 7: Chad Crandell, Darci Linstrum, Cady Zellmer, Adeline Delafield Aug. 8: Olivia Plasencia, Tom Withey, Emma Street Aug. 9: Jade Smith, Gary Buck, Jim Linstrum Aug. 10: Alicia Cloud, Jerome Rosman, Amber Wood, Dalilah Plump, Michael Strite, Marcella Alderate, Mark Morgan, Ashley Gunning, Betty Heid ♱ Aug. 11: Renee Honey, Cody Parker, Austin Savelesky D...
YAKIMA-The Reardan softball team's ace pitcher of the last two years is most comfortable in the outfield. And that's what Alyssa Sosky will be playing for the Yakima Valley College Yaks this school year after signing Wednesday, July 27. Sosky chose the school due to its relative proximity to home, a local connection with a good friend and a budding relationship that began growing with Yaks head coach Renae Koppenhafer last summer. "She's one of those people that's very active...
This, offered in loving memory of Ralph Walter Sunwold who returned to his Lord Jesus Christ on July 23, 2022 at age 76. Ralph was a loving husband, dad, grand dad, and great grandpa to the family he always cherished. Some of his life-long pals called him "Sunny" which perfectly described his approach to the challenges of life. Ralph was born Jan. 6, 1946 to Albert and Christine Miller Sunwold (both deceased) of Fairfield, Wash. He was the youngest of three children and 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. July 25 Traffic stops: 8 Lincoln County Public Works said a speeding semitruck crashed into a county grader on Olson Road just south of Denny Station Road. A caller reported a transient person walking into the AgL...
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: 8 An abandoned vehicle with a note saying the car would be towed the next morning was reported on Highway 2 at milepost 260. A Lincoln County Jail inmate was transported to Eastern State Hos...
