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SPOKANE VALLEY-In typical Reardan fashion, the girls' loser-out game against No. 6 Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wasn't always pretty. But the senior leadership of Ayden Krupke and Madi Dewey was enough to push the girls past the Broncos 48-46 Thursday, Feb. 17 to survive and advance to the final day of the District 7 2B Tournament. LRS started off with the advantage, building a first-half lead that ballooned to as many as 11 points as Reardan was sloppy and inconsistent offensively....
DAVENPORT—Brandy J. Hood, a Reardan woman who 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, won’t be receiving a new trial. Presiding judge John F. Strohmaier denied a motion for mistrial after Hood accused Reardan police chief Andy Manke of influencing the jury and having personal relationships with jurors that may have influenced the guilty verdict. The judge’s decision was handed down at a Feb. 15 court...
DAVENPORT – Following the lead of the Kettle Falls and Richland school boards, superintendents from across Northeast Washington sent a letter late Tuesday night, Feb. 15, to Gov. Jay Inslee requesting an end to mask mandates for students, staff and visitors. The letter , which was penned by Educational School District No. 101 Superintendent Michael Dunn was also sent to Dr. Umar Shaw of the state Department of Health and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal. “We are writing on behalf of districts in the...
Government and community meetings in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas for the week of Feb. 18-24. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Tuesday, Feb. 22 Davenport Chamber of Commerce meeting at 7 a.m. in Avista meeting room Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the county courthouse Wednesday, Feb. 23 Lincoln County Parks and Rec District No. 3 meeting at 9 a.m. in Memorial Hall Reardan-Edwall school board meeting at 6 p.m. in the C...
Government and community meetings and gatherings in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Sprague and Edwall areas for the week of Feb. 11-17. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, please email dteditor@centurytel.net. Tuesday, Feb. 15 Harrington PTA meeting at 7 p.m. in the school library Wednesday, Feb. 16 Sprague city council at 6 p.m. in City Hall Thursday, Feb. 17 Lincoln Hospital commissioners meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the Board Conference Room Reardan town council at 6 p.m. at the Reardan United M...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington the week of Feb. 11-17. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Saturday, Feb. 12 Davenport and Reardan wrestling at Regionals in Warden @ 10 a.m. Reardan girls wrestling at Regionals in Ephrata, time TBD Davenport boys basketball at Districts at West Valley vs. Kettle Falls if necessary @ 3:30 p.m. Davenport girls basketball at Districts at West Valley, opponent TBD @ 5 p.m. Reardan girls basketball at Districts at West Valley if...
Reardan recognized seniors in boys and girls basketball, band and cheer during the basketball games Thursday, Feb. 3. The ceremonies featured the usual flowers, emotions, celebrations and moments that come with the local seniors playing their final game in the Reardan gym....
SPANGLE-Both of Reardan's girl wrestlers will be representing their school at the regional tournament this weekend after standout performances at subregionals Saturday, Feb. 5 at Liberty High School. The tournament featured 160 girls from schools around Eastern Washington. 115-pounder Vaea LaMoureux and 120-pounder Shelby Summers both finished in the top-five of their classes and will compete at regionals in Ephrata Saturday, Feb. 12. LaMoureux defeated Marley Morton of Republ...
DAVENPORT – Two newspapers serving Lincoln County readers will soon become one paper covering a larger section of the county. The Davenport Times and Odessa Record are merging to create the Lincoln County Record-Times, Publisher Roger Harnack announced last week. It’s a merger that will become effective March 1 and first be reflected in the March 3 issue. “Given the continued economic stresses on our communities and the lack of prospective employees to fill openings, this merger will enable us to continue to provide a voice...
Spokane Valley--The second round of the District 7 2B Tournament featured two overtime contests, mostly expected results and one surprising result that affected the outlook of the girls' bracket. All higher seeds won Thursday, with the exception of the Reardan girls pulling off an upset victory over St. George's in overtime that sent them into the district semifinals and the favored Dragons into a loser-out scenario. Locally, the Davenport boys survived St. George's in...
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. 31 Traffic stops: 9 A local woman said she locked her keys in her car on the 300 block of Fifth Street in Davenport. A caller reported a man slumped over on the steering wheel in a white Chevy in an und...
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...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington the week of Feb. 4-10. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Feb. 4 Davenport basketball at Liberty @ 6 p.m. Reardan basketball at St. George’s @ 6 p.m. (boys only) Harrington basketball at Odessa @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 Reardan girls wrestling at Sub-Regional Tournament in Spangle @ 10:30 a.m. Davenport basketball vs. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague @ 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7 Davenport and Reardan basketball at District 7 Tournament a...
The Reardan-Edwall School District has narrowed its search for Eric Nikkola’s successor as head football coach to three candidates. The candidates include assistant coach Matt Clouse and two candidates outside the district. Interviews are scheduled to be conducted Friday, Feb. 4. The lead candidate is expected to be brought before the school board at the end of February before a public introduction at the district’s “50 Years of Reardan Football” banquet in April....
COLBERT-The Reardan boys wrestlers will be well-represented at the regional tournament in Warden Feb. 12 after a strong performance at the district sub-regionals at Northwest Christian Saturday, Jan. 29 that included three individual first-place finishes and a first-place team finish. Davenport, meanwhile, finished fourth as a team with one individual first-place finish and will also be represented at regionals. Reardan's girl wrestlers, Vaea Lamoreux and Shelby Summers, will...
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. 24 Traffic stops: 10 A Springdale man reported a one-vehicle rollover crash on Highway 2. A landline call came from a home on the 7000 block of Highway 21 North in Odessa with a static line. A caller said he saw...
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...
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...
