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DAVENPORT - A southbound tractor-trailer overturned about 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, spilling lumber onto state Highway 25 after the trailer dropped onto a soft shoulder hidden by fresh chip seal. William Smith, 62, of Cranbrook, B.C., was cited $150 for wheels off the roadway, Washington State Patrol Trooper Jeff Kershaw said. Smith was alone except for two dogs. He was shaken and had some bruises but was not seriously injured, the trooper said. Both lanes of the highway...
ODESSA - Odessa's new superintendent started Aug. 1 after leaving Utah for a small-town district he says he wants to finish his career in. Dr. Grant Stock, 53, most recently of Heber City, Utah, replaced Steve Fisk, whose last official day was June 30. Stock said Fisk left on good terms to explore other work before the end of his career. Stock holds a bachelor's degree in physics and chemistry from Utah Valley University, a master's in education administration from William...
Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 3 p.m. Wednesday, September 9: Airway Heights $4.99 at Chevron and 76. Cheney $5.19 at Mitchell's. Colfax $5.37 at Maverik. Davenport $5.49 at Exxon. Ephrata $5.23 at Hawk Fuel. Grand Coulee $5.29 at Coulee Gas. Moses Lake $4.87 at Chevron and Colville Fuels. Post Falls, Idaho $4.43 at Walmart. Ritzville $5.24 at Maverik and Love's Travel Stop. Spokane $4.99 at Chevron and 76....
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County has imposed a six-month emergency moratorium on permit applications for data centers and battery energy storage systems. Ordinance 26-02, signed by Commissioners Rob Coffman, Scott Hutsell and Jo M. Gilchrist, stops county employees from accepting or processing applications for those types of facilities. No building or occupancy permit, other development approval or business license may be issued, under the moratorium. And any permit issued in error would be voided. Commissioners said county code d...
REARDAN — Deputies generated 20 incident reports in town during August, Lincoln County Undersheriff Jesse Allen said during a council meeting Thursday, Sept. 3. The incidents included a school alarm, a verbal dispute, a fire, two civil paper services, suspicious-person calls and five traffic offenses. Two reports listed as “information only” on the town log were sheriff’s-office criminal cases: a theft tied to stolen Flock Safety license-plate reading cameras and an assault. Three crashes happened in town, two at the intersec...
SPRAGUE - Sprague Days will open with a familiar face at the front of the parade Sept. 12. Jenny Morton, 37, a fourth-grade Sprague School teacher and FFA adviser, has been named grand marshal of Sprague Days parade. "I consider this a great honor," Morton said. "This makes me feel appreciated for things that I am passionate about." The downtown parade begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. Sprague Days also includes live music, vendors, a car and bike show with a new swap...
DAVENPORT - The inaugural Tail Feathers and Wheels car show and fly-in drew a fraction of the crowd organizers hoped Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 29 and 30, at Davenport Municipal Airport. Organizers Lydia Vlk, 50, and Mark Vlk, 62, both of Odessa, said they expected 100 to 150 cars. Only about 35 showed up Saturday and 50 Sunday. They counted about 30 spectators the first day and about 50 the second. Saturday's lineup included three airplanes, one helicopter and the couple's...
Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 2: Airway Heights $4.95 at Chevron and 76. Cheney $5.19 at Mitchell's. Colfax $5.24 at Cenex. Davenport $5.49 at Exxon. Ephrata $5.15 at Short Stop. Grand Coulee $4.99 at Coulee Gas. Moses Lake $4.95 at Ernie's Truck Stop. Post Falls, Idaho $4.69 at Exxon and 76. Ritzville $5.24 at Maverik. Spokane $5.09 at Cenex, Conoco and 76....
SPRAGUE – The trial of a Sprague High School teacher accused of having sex with a student on campus has been postponed until October. Madeline Marie Gregory Scoon, 29, of Cheney, will be tried on charges of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor and communication with a minor for immoral purposes Oct. 28, court records show. A readiness hearing is set for Oct. 6. She was previously scheduled for trail Sept. 18, court records show. The charges stem from a Lincoln County S...
DAVENPORT — The part-time airport manager job has been offered to a former city administrator, the City Council was told Wednesday, Aug. 26. Mayor Brad Sweet said he and City Administrator David Leath interviewed two applicants and offered the position to Steve Groemmel. “We had two good quality applicants,” Sweet said. “We interviewed both of them, myself and Dave, and we did offer the job to Steve Groemmel for the part-time airport manager.” The job is at-will, Sweet said. Whether to keep the position will come up in the...
DISPATCH LOG DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from Aug. 24-30 Aug. 24 Traffic stops: 4 12:01 a.m. — Security check; fully redacted. 7:11 a.m. — Paper service, Nine Mile Falls. 8:25 a.m. — Suspicious circumstance, Sprague Highway and Brown Road. 8:40 a.m. — Suspicious circumstance, Sobek Road; details redacted. 10:23 a.m. — Citizen assist generated in error, Reardan. 1:17 p.m. — Suspicious circumstance, location not reported. 1:51 p.m. — Abandoned vehicle; towed at ow...
DAVENPORT - A man charged with possessing stolen vehicles and firearms as a convicted felon pleaded not guilty to four counts Tuesday, Sept. 1. Erich Hans Urbat, 43, appeared before visiting Adams County Superior Court Judge Peter Palubicki, who heard the case by video, in Lincoln County Superior Court. Urbat previously filed a notice of disqualification for Lincoln Countuy Superior Court Judge Adam Walser. Urbat faces two counts of possession of a stolen vehicle, both Class...
ODESSA — Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center added $588,074 to its net position in July and received a $1,356,427 Medicare cost-report settlement Aug. 12, administrators told the hospital district board Thursday, Aug. 27. July net patient revenue was $1.57 million, $567,762 above budget. Operating income was $465,966. The board had budgeted an operating loss of $113,888 for the month. “The current month is a positive 29.2%” operating margin, Tre Peterson of Wipfli told commissioners, correcting a slide that showed the figur...
DAVENPORT — A Spokane woman facing charges of theft and identity theft will be tried Oct. 28 after the case was postponed. Danielle Breann Corbett, 35, of Spokane, appeared before Judge Adam Walser in Lincoln County Superior Court for a Sept. 1 readiness hearing. A Sept. 23 trial date was postponed after Public defender David Hearrean said he is still awaiting records he requested in July, court records show. Prosecuting Attorney Ty Albertson did not object. A readiness hearing is now set for 10:30 a.m. Oct. 6, with trial s...
ODESSA — Lincoln County Public Hospital District No. 1 (Odessa) commissioners authorized up to $30,000 on Thursday, Aug. 27, to replace Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center’s water heater. Chief Executive Officer Jim Parker said the 119-gallon tank is 10 years old and showing error codes. It does not keep water hot in the west wing. Staff recommended a 200-gallon tank and upgraded plumbing. Parker estimated the total cost at about $30,000....
ODESSA — The state Department of Transportation ordered Lincoln County Public Hospital District No. 2 (Odessa) to remove a hospital sign west of town. Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center CEO Jim Parker said Thursday, Aug. 29, the sign was on the left side of the highway and that the agency now requires it to be on the right. The hospital is looking for a new legal location. The landowner is willing to have the old pole and concrete taken out, Parker said....
ODESSA — Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center has a permanent chief nursing officer as of July 26. Vicki Polhamus had been serving in the job on an interim basis. Chief Executive Officer Jim Parker told the hospital board Thursday that an earlier packet date of Aug. 26 was wrong. Polhamus’s report listed open registered nurse and nursing-assistant shifts, a 17-person waiting list for long-term swing care and one empty long-term bed....
DAVENPORT - Resident Stan Reider called on the City Council to take steps to clean up nuisance properties and junk vehicles. During a Wednesday, Aug. 26 meeting, he pointed to Lincoln County Record-Times coverage of Odessa's nuisance fees and asked why Davenport cannot follow the same process to clean up the city After three letters, he said, Odessa crews clean up the property, bill the owner and place a lien on the property. "I'm wondering, why can't we accomplish that,"...
ODESSA — Increasing long-term patient beds at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center would bring in revenue and shrink Medicare cost-report checks, a consultant told the Lincoln County Public Hospital District No. 2 (Odessa) board Thursday, Aug. 27. The district oversees the hospital. Certified swing beds for Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients at a skilled-nursing level are paid at 101% of reasonable cost, Tre Peterson of Wipfli said. Medicare advances $10,000 a day and settles the rest on the annual cost report. Peterson s...
DAVENPORT — A Coulee Dam teenager was arrested Saturday night, Aug. 22, after deputies said he backed into a parked pickup at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds and left without notifying the owner. Michael Alan Gause Jr., 18, of Coulee Dam, was booked into the Lincoln County Jail for hit and run-unattended vehicle and possession of marijuana by a person under 21, court records show. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, the arrest came after Cooper William Gale called 911 about 10:47 p.m. Aug. 22 and reported a n...
REARDAN — A man was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 18, after deputies checked on someone lying along U.S. Highway 2. Harlan Lynn Pelletier, of Elmer City, was on a warrant at about 4:47 p.m. near Milepost 262, a Lincoln County Sheriff's Office report said. Deputy Kody Becker located Pelletier after seeing him walking in the area earlier, according to Sheriff’s Office records. A records check showed an Okanogan County warrant for fourth-degree assault and failure to appear. The warrant was confirmed, and Pel...
DAVENPORT — An arraignment for a man charged with possessing a stolen vehicles and firearms was continued Tuesday, Aug. 25, after he asked that his attorney be present. Erich Hans Urbat, 43, appeared in person before visiting Adams County Superior Court Judge Peter Palubicki on Aug. 25, court records show. Prosecuting attorney Ty Albertson appeared for the state. Public defender David Hearrean was listed as counsel, but wasnot present. Urbat asked that the arraignment be continued so Hearrean could attend, according to the h...
DAVENPORT — The Tailfeathers and Wheels Annual Swap Meet is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Davenport Municipal Airport, according to event listings. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days at 200 S. Gunning Road. Planned attractions include airplanes, remote-control aircraft, classic and project cars, a swap meet, kids activities, face painting, food vendors, tethered hot-air balloons, and helicopter and possibly biplane rides. Organizers Mark and Lydia Vlk said suggested adult donations and proceeds from c...
DAVENPORT — Iterim City Administrator David Leath told the City Council on Wednesday, Aug. 26, that a state audit of city records was underway and has centered heavily on airport fuel sales. The audit began in May. The assigned auditor missed about a month because of a health issue, Leath said. Auditors made an on-site visit to the airport fuel tank, which Leath said is unusual in his experience. They also asked to see the gas can used after daily fuel tests. Staff test the tank each day, put a gallon in a can and use that f...
