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Spokane Valley--The basketball postseason has arrived in the Northeast 2B League, with all 11 boys and girls teams earning their spots in the double-elimination tournament beginning Monday, Feb. 7 and running 12 days until the final round Saturday, Feb. 19. Locally, the Davenport boys finished third in the regular season and earned a first-round bye, while the Reardan girls finished fifth and also received a de facto bye after Chesterton Academy forfeited the tournament. The...
REARDAN—A local woman that was found guilty by a jury on four counts of fourth-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and one count of harassment with the threat to kill Jan. 18 is claiming the jury was influenced by her arresting officer. Brandy Hood, who was orginally arrested Jan. 21, 2020 by Reardan police chief Andy Manke after several incidents involving her two daughters, filed a motion for a re-trial in Superior Court Tuesday, Jan. 28, according to court records. The jury found Hood guilty of p...
REARDAN—The police department here is now fully equipped with non-lethal tasers and Axon body cameras for its lone full-time employee, Chief Andy Manke, and all four reserve officers. The Airway Heights Police Department, including Chief Brad Richmond, Detective Aaron Madison and Corporal Mike Suniga trained the Reardan department in using the Axon Taser 7 in a four-hour session Thursday, Jan. 27. The body cameras were activated a week prior, Jan. 20 following a virtual training with Axon. Additionally, local police v...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague for the week of Feb. 4-10. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Feb. 7 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the County Courthouse Wednesday, Feb. 9 Davenport city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall Harrington city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall Sprague school board meeting at 7 p.m. in Lamont Library...
DAVENPORT—Brian and Stacy Graham purchased six acres of farmland in 2017 with the goal of turning the largely run-down structures on the property into usable buildings for family and livestock use. That goal took another step toward reality when the Heritage Barn Register awarded the Grahams a $20,000 grant to fix the roof of the main barn on the property, which has been damaged over the years due to age and weather deterioration. Brian Graham said the barn was constructed in...
ELLENSBURG—Three local students achieved honor roll at Central Washington University for fall quarter in 2021. Students from Davenport and Reardan were represented. Students must achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher while completing at least 12 credits to achieve quarterly honor roll at CWU. Hannah Warwick of Davenport and Zane Perleberg of Reardan were the lone students at CWU to make honor roll from the east county area, according to Central’s honor roll online log. This year, we have covered honor roll students at CWU, Com...
COLFAX—The Reardan boys and girls had the same experience that most teams have going into Colfax, with the girls falling 69-45 and the boys falling 69-42. It was the boys’ third straight loss as Reardan works through a tough stretch that has included games against Liberty and Colfax. John Lustig led all scorers with 22 points, while senior Cody Sprecher led Reardan with 19 points. Reardan fell to 8-9 with the loss and sits in sixth place in the NE2B. The girls, meanwhile, had...
Cops and courts 0127 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. Jan. 17 Traffic stops: 3 A caller reported a small black car driving on the wrong side of Highway 2 westbound from Davenport. A caller said her mother was being scammed by a man claiming she won...
Eleanor Margaret (Hopkins) Hoople passed away Jan. 23, 2022 at SummerWood Alzheimers Special Care, Moses Lake, WA. Eleanor was born July 16, 1927 to Edward and Margaret Hopkins of Reardan, Wash. The youngest of three daughters, she was born with spina bifida. She graduated from Reardan High School and attended Kinman Business School. She married Ray Hoople in 1948. Eleanor was a stay-at-home mother and farmer’s wife in Soap Lake, Reardan and Davenport WA before working for A...
REARDAN—Students in the school district here are studying from home this week as surging COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant forced district leadership to elect for a remote learning model this week. Reardan had 188 of its roughly 690 students miss school last Friday due to either being positive for coronavirus or being in close contact with a positive case. The school leadership team elected to be remote for the 3.5 days of scheduled school this week on Monday m...
DAVENPORT—Lincoln County has received a third broadband grant toward building fiber in local, small municipalities. This grant, courtesy of the state Broadband Office, is for $5,218,072 and will provide an eight-mile connection between Sprague and Lamont and a 13-mile connection from Creston to Hawk Creek. The county previously received a $1,963,920 grant from the Community Economic Revitalization Board for Almira, Creston and Harrington fiber-to-home connection and a $4,162,072 grant from the Public Works Board for R...
Government and community meetings for the week of Jan. 21-27 in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Wednesday, Jan. 26 Parks and Recreation District No. 4 meeting at 9 a.m. in Memorial Hall Reardan-Edwall school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the Commons Harrington school board meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Library Davenport city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall Harrington city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City H...
SPOKANE—29 locals from Davenport, Reardan, Edwall, Harrington and Sprague made honor roll at the two community colleges of Spokane, Spokane Falls Community College and Spokane Community College for fall quarter. 1,553 students from SFCC and 2,105 students from SCC total made honor roll, which is awarded to scholars with a grade point average of 3.0 or better for fall quarter. Davenport residents on honor roll at SFCC included Lau Olesen, Tina Ek, Pearl Wilson, Cami Heidegger, Phillip Barton and Daniel Watkins. They were j...
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. Jan. 10 Traffic stops: 4 A Fruitland woman requested a welfare check on her son in Creston. A violation of an order was reported in Odessa. A two-vehicle non-injury crash was reported in an undisclosed location. A c...
REARDAN-This fall, Reardan's head football coach won't be Eric Nikkola, Dan Graham or Gene Smith. It'll be the first time that's happened since 1968. In light of Nikkola's retirement and the fact that the school has had just three head men running the football program for the past 53 seasons, the school district is planning to host a "50 Years of Football" banquet recognizing Nikkola, Graham and Smith Saturday, April 23 in the school gym. The idea for the event came from...
Varsity games, meets and matches this week for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Jan. 21 Davenport wrestling at Rumble at the River at Spokane Convention Center @ 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22 Davenport wrestling at Dream Duels at Spokane Convention Center @ 8 a.m. Davenport basketball at Colfax @ 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25 Davenport and Reardan wrestling at Colfax @ 5 p.m. Reardan girls wrestling at Newport @ 5 p.m. Davenport basketball at Northwest Christian @ 6...
SPANGLE-Liberty High School was the site of a Northeast 2B mix-and-match wrestling meet Thursday, Jan. 13, and Davenport and Reardan's top wrestlers were in attendance. Two days later, Reardan was off to Tonasket for the Apple Pie Inivitational. Reardan results at Liberty were not available by press time. Davenport results only indicated opponents' last names. "The Liberty mix-and-match was a mixed bag of wins and losses. (We had) a shorter squad this week, our guys battled...
KETTLE FALLS—An impressive nine-game win streak by the Reardan varsity girls came to an end Saturday against the Kettle Falls Bulldogs. The Reardan boys, however, pulled off a convincing victory for its second-straight dub Jan. 15. The girls fell 42-36, while the boys won 70-53 in the absence of several players and head coach Brian Graham, who were all out due to COVID-19 protocols. The Reardan girls held a 24-18 lead at halftime of their game, but were outscored 24-12 in the second half despite 26 points from leading scorer...
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. Jan. 3 Traffic stops: 11 A caller said she broke up with her boyfriend after he was drinking and using drugs at a party in Omak and said he may be heading toward Cheney after drinking for several days straight. A c...
The Reardan-Edwall School District recognized five staff members that reached 20 or 30 year anniversaries with the district this school year at halftime of the boys basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 11. The members are, from left to right, Eric Nikkola, Julie Campbell, Laurie Landreth, Ryan Leonard and Matt Clouse....
Varsity games, meets and matches in Davenport, Reardan and Harrington for the week of Jan. 14-20. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Saturday, Jan. 15 Reardan wrestling at Apple Pie Invite in Tonasket @ 10 a.m. Reardan basketball at Kettle Falls @ 4:30 p.m. Harrington basketball vs. Almira-Coulee-Hartline @ 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18 Harrington basketball at Valley Christian @ 6 p.m. Davenport basketball vs. Chewelah @ 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20 Davenport and Reardan wrestling at Davenport (Senior Night) @...
REARDAN-The varsity boys basketball team suffered a bad loss to Northwest Christian (Colbert) at home by a count of 77-53 Friday, Jan. 7. Cody Sprecher wasn't about to let that happen twice in a row, as the senior poured 33 points on the heads of the Upper Columbia Academy Lions in a convincing 71-52 victory Tuesday, Jan. 11. Reardan came out strong and got six first quarter points from freshman Jakari Singleton, but allowed 13 UCA points to lead just 17-13 after one. Sprecher...
REARDAN-The varsity girls team was down two starters and one main rotation player in its matchup against Upper Columbia Academy. Though that fact caused some hiccups throughout the game, it wasn't enough to prevent Reardan from winning its ninth straight game by holding off the Lions 48-43 Tuesday, Jan. 11. Reardan was down seniors Madi Dewey and Brooklyn Edwards and junior Liberty Anderson due to COVID-19 protocols. Ella Curry and Emma Flaa started in Dewey and Anderson's...
DEEP CREEK--An adult woman was killed this morning in a two-car crash near the 6500 block of North Wood Road in Spokane County northeast of Reardan. The crash occurred around 7 a.m., according to a press release from the Spokane County Sheriff's Office. The woman, whose name has not been released, was driving a 2003 Saturn Ion northbound on Wood Road when the car crossed the center line and crashed into a 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck, the release said. The deceased was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the...
1 years ago Jan. 13, 1922 American Legion elects officers. The local American Legion boys held their annual election of officers at their regular meeting at the city council chambers Friday night and the following officers were elected to take charge of Rudolph M. Stumpf post for the ensuing year: Cecil E. Jenks, post commander; Joe P. Keller, vice commander; Jake Hopp Jr., adjutant; H.H. Rieke, finance officer; C.A. Bragg, Alex Kramer and Dave Greenwalt, trustees. First new dollar. The first dollar of the new coinage was...
