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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
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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. 4 Traffic stops: 10 A disabled vehicle was reported at Highway 231 South and Highway 2. A caller said the front door of someone who wasn’t home was left open. Traders Express staff in Davenport said a patron lock...
SPOKANE VALLEY-Like many sports, basketball is often a game of inches. And a few inches are what separated the Davenport girls from what would've been a shocking District 7 2B Championship win over defending state champion Colfax last Saturday. Instead, it was the Bulldogs who managed to hold off the stampeding Gorillas 59-55 in overtime to defend their District 7 crown Feb. 10. Three days removed from knocking off rival Reardan in the District semifinals, Davenport came out f...
SPANGLE - Six Screaming Eagles qualified to compete in the State Wrestling Mat Classic at the Regional Wrestling Tournament at Liberty High School Saturday, Feb. 10. Joey Matusik qualified for the state meet with his first-place finish in the 106-pound weight class. In his first match, Matusik pinned Connor Houston of Wilbur-Creston in 29 seconds. In his semifinal match with Ty Scott of Colfax, he won via pin in 1:26. He secured first place by pinning Micah Rocha of Northwest...
SPANGLE - Three Gorillas are headed to Mat Classic XXXV. Senior Brody Schillinger, sophomore Brock Gustaveson and eighth-grader Wayland Holmberg qualified for the state meet at the Tacoma Dome with top-3 finishes at the Regional meet at Liberty High School Saturday, Feb. 10. Gustaveson was the top Davenport finisher of the day. He won the 190-pound class by defeating Conner Kline of Reardan 20-5 and pinning Pomeroy's Curtis Winona in 1:32. The sophomore earned a bye in the...
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. 28 Traffic stops: 1 A Davenport man said a man in a gray hoodie was trying to get into cars near Maxwell Street. A Davenport man requested a welfare check on a man whose mailbox was full of mail and who had...
1 years ago • President Woodrow Wilson died at his D.C. home from illness and was succeeded by Calvin Coolidge. • Former Lincoln County Commissioner and Edwall pioneer Hugh McNeilly died at his home after attending an Edwall Odd Fellows meeting where he was presented with a medal in honor of his 41-year membership with the Fellows. • Westbound passenger trains were delayed in Wilbur after tracks were washed out by flooding. 75 years ago • Lincoln County crews prioritized their snowplowing schedule by where emergen...
SPOKANE - Two of the three wrestlers from Harrington competing with the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague athletic co-op advanced to regionals with top four finishes at the Northeast B Sub-Regional Meet at the Spokane Convention Center Saturday, Feb. 3. At 132 pounds, senior Alex Bonner advanced to regionals by winning his class. Bonner received a bye into the championship round, where he pinned Colfax's Dillon Gassenberg in 46 seconds for the class victory. At 144 pounds, sophomore Turn...
SPOKANE VALLEY - The Davenport boys basketball team will be playing at least through next weekend. The Gorillas have won two of their three games at the District 7 2B Tournament and enter this weekend with a chance to finish as high as third. Davenport started postseason play with a comfortable 61-34 win over Upper Columbia Academy in a loser-out matchup Thursday, Feb. 1. Jaeger Jacobsen led the way with 20 points and five rebounds, while Caige Colbert added 14 points and six...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington the week of Feb. 9-15. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Feb. 9 • LRS girls basketball at Districts at West Valley vs. Liberty @ 5 p.m. • Davenport boys basketball at Districts at West Valley vs. Liberty @ 6:30 p.m. • Reardan girls basketball at Districts at West Valley vs. Northwest Christian @ 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10 • Davenport, Reardan and LRS boys wrestling at Regionals at Libe...
By Drew Lawson The Record-Times COULEE CITY - The wrestling regular season concluded with league duals at Almira-Coulee-Hartline High School Saturday, Jan. 27. There, the Reardan boys took third place and the Davenport boys took fourth place in the Southeast B bracket. Liberty took first place in the bracket, while Northwest Christian was second. Eight teams were part of the Southeast Bracket. Selkirk won the Northeast B bracket, with Republic taking second, Chewelah...
SPRAGUE — The trial of a local man accused of possessing over 100 images and videos displaying child pornography was continued again this week, this time to April 10. Jonathan Ray Stocker, 42, is charged with five counts of first-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and one count of second-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct after police allegedly discovered over 100 child pornography-related files on a laptop at his Sprague Highway Road 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. Jan. 21 Traffic stops: 11 A caller who appeared to be at the Sprague Motel said she was being yelled at by her ex. A sudden death was reported at Serene Meadows in Davenport. A caller requested help jumpstarting his...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Public Works Dept. announced last week the restriction of county roads and the closure of some primitive roads. All countywide roads are currently restricted to oversized traffic. Larger vehicles, like semitrucks, can only travel on state and federal roads without a permit. Federal roads include Interstate 90 and U.S. Highway 2, while state roads include State Highway 231, State Highway 23, State Highway 25, State Highway 28 and State Highway 21. Permits can be obtained via the Public Works w...
1 years ago • The Davenport School District held an election to determine whether the district would validate $6,900 in outstanding warrants. • Lincoln County highways closed by order of state engineer Fred Doolittle and county engineer J.L. Thayer. Heavy traffic and frozen roads melting into flood-like conditions were cited in reasoning. • Lambert McGee lost his leg when he fell off a freight train near Harrington and the train ran over said leg. 75 years ago • Davenport city council rejected a plea for putting pinball...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Feb. 2-8 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Feb. 2 • Odessa girls basketball vs. Selkirk at District 7 1B Tournament at Wilbur or Wellpinit @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3 • Davenport, Reardan and LRS wrestling at sub-regionals at Spokane Convention Center @ 10 a.m. • Davenport girls basketball vs. Liberty at District 7 2B Tournament at West Valley @ 1 p.m. • Reardan boys basketb...
SPRAGUE - The local Chamber of Commerce awarded local man John Fraser the title of 2023 Citizen of the Year at the Chamber's Annual Meeting Monday, Jan. 15. Fraser's community service accolades are expansive. He spends several days per week picking up food donated to Feed Sprague and Manna Monday Meals, has occasionally volunteered to cook for Manna Mondays, picks up donated clothes and Meals on Wheels for community members in Sprague and Lamont and hauls refuse to Gina...
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. 14 Traffic stops: 15 A caller reported two “long-haired, scummy men” hunting on Limestone Road outside Edwall. An Edwall man said a youth was riding an offroad vehicle at Telecky and Hanlon Roads. A railroa...
DAVENPORT – The current water supply outlook for Washington is an early assessment, but it shows little snowpack through December. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program hydrologist Matt Warbritton, the snowpack is significantly lower-than-average, but overall precipitation is only slightly below average, thanks to December rainfall. Because of the strong El Nino events this year, t...
1 years ago • More than 100 people attended a meeting at the Lincoln County Courthouse to hear a discussion of the wheat export bounty plan for raising the price of wheat. • An outbreak of rabies was reported amongst animals in Irby. • Gas prices were raised two cents per gallon, making the retail price 23 cents a gallon. 75 years ago • Sub-zero temperatures dipped to 19 below, forcing the Lincoln Lumber company to shutdown after seven inches of ice formed on the mill pond. • James Forney, a Davenport farmer and pioneer,...
DAVENPORT - Despite advocacy from School District administration, Davenport will remain a 2B school for at least the next four years. Davenport's appeal to move down to 1B was rejected by the WIAA last weekend after the Northeast 1B League voted against accepting Davenport into the league. The WIAA released classification numbers for the 2024-28 cycle Sunday, Jan. 21. Davenport came in at 131.88 students, which is the number of ninth through 11th grade students adjusted for...
Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Jan. 26-Feb. 1 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Jan. 26 • Davenport basketball vs. St. George’s @ 6 p.m. • Odessa basketball at Mary Walker @ 6 p.m. • Reardan basketball at Chewelah @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 • Davenport, Reardan and LRS wrestling at league duals at Almira-Coulee-Hartline @ 10 a.m. • Davenport basketball vs. Chewelah @ 4:30 p.m. • Odessa basketball vs...
REARDAN -Davenport took both its boys and girls wrestlers to its rival school for a mix-and-match league meet Thursday, Jan. 18. And two Harrington boys were part of the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington Bronco team that also competed in Reardan last Thursday night. Davenport got eight wins and took 11 losses in the 8-school mix-and-match. Host Reardan had the best record at 14-3, while LRSWH was 6-11. For the Davenport girls, Emma Cash pinned Liberty's Lillie Unruh...
REARDAN - The Screaming Eagles won 14 of 17 matches on Senior Day in an NE2B league wrestling meet Thursday, Jan. 18. Their win total was the highest of the eight teams that competed in the event. Joey Matusik, wrestling at 106 pounds, went 2-0 on the day. He pinned Micah Rocha of Northwest Christian in 5:32 and Ty Scott of Colfax in 1:12. His brother Alex Matusik, wrestling in the 120-pound weight class, pinned his two opponents as well. He defeated Cooper Ramos of...
Reardan eighth-grader Chasyn Waters was named one of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association's (WIAA) Athlete of the Week Thursday, Jan. 18. She was recognized for her outstanding play in the Screaming Eagles back-to-back wins over Lind-Ritzville/Sprague and Upper Columbia Academy. In those games she averaged 16 points, nine rebounds and five steals. "We are proud of Chasyn," Reardan head coach Bob Swannack said. "She is a relentless defender who plays with a...
COLBERT - The Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington Broncos brought home five medals and a third-place team finish from the Crusader Classic at Northwest Christian Saturday, Jan. 13. Two wrestlers from Harrington competed for the Broncos. At 132 pounds, Alex Bonner pinned Gavin Klar of Mount Spokane in 1:45 and Walker Montgomery of Garfield-Palouse in 1:39. He then lost by pin to Seth Finley of Mary Walker in 45 seconds and Chace Jensen of Mounts Spokane in 1:12. And at...
