Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
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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. July 16: A county Public Works crew estimated they'd need a couple of hours to clear a tree that fell across the roadway at Downs and McKinley roads. Four horses in a pasture along SR 28 in the...
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. July 9: A lightning strike set a tree on fire in the Neal Canyon area near Wilbur. Deputies were unable to locate a vehicle that a caller reported had run off Jones Bay Road and down a steep grade. A...
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. July 2: Davenport deputies responded to a verbal dispute at a Fifth Street residence after a caller told dispatchers about loud shouting originating from there. Davenport ambulance personnel assisted...
The Lincoln County Economic Development Council held their annual membership meeting last Thursday at the Red Rooster Restaurant in Reardan. The order of business at the annual meeting is the election of members to the Board of Directors and two positions were available. Existing board members Doug Plinski (president), Staci Moses (vice president), Steve Aubuchon (secretary), Rex Harder (treasurer), Ron Groff, Scott Hutsell, and Dale Swant elected two new members to the board, Jamie Manchester and John Nelson. Manchester...
I urge your readers once again to contact their members of Congress and demand that Congress fix the problem it created in 2006 for the United States Postal Service. In 2006, Congress decreed that the USPS must fully fund current and future employees’ pension and health care costs to the tune of $5.5 billion a year. The Republican-dominated Congress required this funding to be done in 10 years to cover the costs for the next 75 years! No business pays 75 years into the future for its employees’ pension and health benefits. No...
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. June 25: Dispatchers took a report of a truck that passed another vehicle on the shoulder, cutting it off, at the Spokane County line on SR 2. Damage was reported by the driver of the second vehicle....
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. June 18: A Bald Ridge Road resident described construction trucks traveling at unsafe speeds. A caller advised dispatchers that a vehicle tailgated him on Morgan Street through Davenport. Wilbur...
Alan Stromberger of Sprague is a Lincoln County rancher heavily involved in several civic, business and governmental organizations. He raises hay and grain on his property along Crab Creek and rents out his cow pasture to the Farm Burea. Due to his civic activism and the many personal contacts he has established, both locally and in Olympia, Stromberger said, his phone starting ringing as soon as retiring commissioner Dennis Bly announced that he would not be seeking...
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. June 11: Lincoln County authorities were asked by their Adams County counterparts to keep an eye out for a vehicle carrying two individuals suspected in an attempted robbery of a semi-truck driver on...
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. June 4: Two vehicles were involved in a collision on SR 174 north of Wilbur. A moose calf was spotted behind the Davenport football field and near the Lincoln County Museum. A caller told dispatchers...
Mark Stedman of Mohler/Harrington would like to become the next Lincoln County Commissioner, Position #1. He faces Alan Stromberger of Sprague and Kim Ramm of Odessa in the primary election to be held this summer. The primary will narrow the race to two candidates who will face off in the November general election. Stedman may not be a familiar face to most Odessa residents, but he is very well known in other parts of Lincoln County. He served as the superintendent of the Harrington School District for six years and then as...
On May 24, nine schools from the Bi-County joined Odessa for the Third Annual Bi-County Science Challenge. Odessa, Wilbur, Davenport, Liberty, Lind, Sprague, Reardan, Ritzville and Harrington arrived at the Odessa Gym at 9 a.m. to compete in the third ever science-based “Junkyard Wars.” Each school brought a team of six students to vie against the other schools for the traveling trophy. Team Odessa consisted of Kira Powell, Markus Smith, Justin Hauge, Griffey Powell, Tho...
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. May 28: A collision involving a vehicle and a deer took place on I-90 near Sprague. An extremely loud black motorcycle without a muffler was observed going through the Northridge area of Davenport at...
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. May 21: Dispatchers learned of a verbal dispute between a man and his baby's mother in the Creston area. A Circle Road resident reported people were shooting from the roadway and noticed after a...
LaMarr and Susan Larmer of Harrington are announcing the engagement of their daughter Jamie to Terry Kissler Jr., son of Terry and Rose Kissler and Melba Gorham, all of Sprague. Jamie is a 2007 graduate of Harrington High School and is currently working on her Master’s degree in communication disorders at Eastern Washington University. Terry is a 2008 graduate of Sprague High School and will receive his BA in accounting also from Eastern Washington University in June. He is c...
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. May 14: Dispatchers were advised by the state Fish and Wildlife Department of its helicopter looking for bighorn sheep in the Lincoln area. A county Public Works vehicle was involved in a collision...
District Champions The Titan baseball team won the district championship Monday, May 14, over Northport by a score of 8 to 2. They now advance to regional play Saturday, May 19, at Central Valley High School in Spokne Valley (821 S. Sullivan Rd, Spokane Valley). Saturday schedule: 10 a.m. Northport (Dist. 7 #2) vs. Colton (Dist. 9 #1), winner to 4 p.m. game, loser out. 1 p.m. Touchet (Dist. 9 #2) vs. Odessa-Harrington (Dist. 7 #1), winner to 4 p.m. game, loser out. 4 p.m....
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. May 7: Burlington Northern Santa Fe officials requested the Sheriff's Office to remove trespassers and not permit camping on railroad property. A CenturyLink sub-contractor advised of vandalism at a...
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. April 30: A caller reported a theft of fuel at the I-90 rest area near Sprague. Deputies and Mental Health personnel responded to a Davenport caller's advisory that a female friend wanted to harm...
The Odessa-Harrington Titans Jr. High track team had a successful meet on Monday, April 30, at Wilbur. A total of nine team participated: Davenport, Liberty, Lind-Ritzville/Sprague, Mary Walker, Odessa-Harrington, Reardan, Valley Christain, Wellpinit, and Wilbur-Creston. The 7th grade girls from O-H finished seventh with 25 points. Wilbur won with 186 points and Reardan was second with 77 points. The Titans were led by Keia Baird, who earned 10 points with a fourth-place finish in the shot put, a sixth-place finish in the 200...
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. April 23: A Davenport woman told dispatchers she was missing her spare post office and house keys after a baseball practice. A caller expressed concern that a fork lift parked in an alley in the 400...
Softball The Titan girls, having difficulty with putting enough players on the field for any given game, have opted to forfeit the rest of their season, according to head coach Chris Shafer. The team will continue its regular schedule of practices, however, with a view to building a more successful program next year. Baseball Reardan, April 17 On Tuesday of last week, April 17, the Titan boys played Reardan at home in Odessa, splitting the double header with one win and one...
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. April 16: A non-injury collision involving a semi-truck and a deer was reported on Interstate 90 in Lincoln County. Davenport ambulance personnel assisted a caller who said he was having trouble...
Softball The Titan girls were to have played Cusik April 3 but did not have enough players to field a team. On April 10, however, the girls joined the boys at St. Michael’s, where they also played a double header. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E St. M's 1 1 0 15 17 9 2 O-H 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 Battery: Elena Hernandez and Casey Schlomer. Getting hits for O-H were Jenna Shafer, Casey Schlomer, Alexa Boss and Katelyn Worley. Worley’s was a home run for the Titans’ only score. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E...
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. April 9: A male juvenile was taken into custody after a deputy responded to Davenport High School, from which a possible sex offense/inappropriate conduct report was received. Safeway store personnel...
