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Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 4 p.m. Monday, July 13: Airway Heights $4.49 at Airway Heights Food Mart Cheney $4.53 at Exxon Colfax $4.99 at Busch Distributors, Cenex, Chevron and 76. Davenport $4,99 at Exxon. Ephrata $4.63 at Safeway Grand Coulee $5.59 at Chevron Harrington $4.59 at Cenex. Moses Lake $4.19 at Chevron. Post Falls, Idaho $3.75 at Walmart Ritzville $4.86 at Maverik. Spokane $4.19 at Amerimart. Tokio $4.79 at Big B Truck St...
ODESSA – A proposed $5 million streetscape may bring lower speed limits, eliminate parking and lead to bulbouts downtown, all in the name of pedestrian safety. The preliminary design calls for lowering the speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph along First Avenue between Cedar and Seventh streets. It also calls for removing parking at First Avenue intersections with state Highway 21, North and South Second Streets, and Seventh Street. Bulbouts – sidewalk extensions into the roadway – would be installed at the intersections of Fo...
DISPATCH LOG DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from July 6-12: July 6 Traffic stops: 11 6:19 a.m. — Commercial alarm, Exxon gas station, Davenport. No crime. 8:27 a.m. — Domestic verbal; no crime. 10:40 a.m. — Abandoned boat and trailer, 13th Street, Davenport. 10:41 a.m. — Welfare check, Maxwell Street, Davenport. 12:38 p.m. — Neighbor dispute over burning; resolved. 3:32 p.m. — Harassment at Seven Bays Marina Grill; subject trespassed. 5:20 p.m. — Disabled vehicle;...
HARRINGTON - Three juveniles have pleaded guilty to a vandalism spree that caused $8,400 in damages to vehicles and public restrooms. Donovin Jackson, 16, of Harrington, Carter D. Frutchey, 15, of Harrington, and Landon R. Gatewood, 14, of Davenport, each pleaded guilty Tuesday, July 7, to amended charges of third-degree malicious mischief in Lincoln County Superior Court. Court records show the teenagers broke windows on four vehicles at Harrington Truck and Auto, including t...
ODESSA — Police Chief Ericka Rose updated the Town Council on the department’s implementation of the Spillman records management system. During Monday’s meeting, July 13, Rose told the council that strict security and encryption requirements must be met before the system can go fully live. She said the city received a 15-page audit documenting digital and building security needs to be addressed. “We’ve completed the structural security upgrades, including door locks and signage,” Rose said. “Now, we’re working through...
REARDAN — The City Council is plans to rewrite its fireworks ordinance. During the Thursday, July 2 meeting, council members agreed the ordinance written in 1956 needs to be modernized. Existing rules include references to chlorate of potash and cat pistols, which are no longer relevant, officials said. Mayor Kathy Eastman said she will research ordinances from other towns that allow fireworks, including Airway Heights and Medical Lake, and bring back a draft to review....
REARDAN — A 70-year-old woman was airlifted from her home on Saturday, July 4, after suffering a seizure and going into cardiac arrest, but the response took longer than usual. The woman’s name was not released. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, the Airlift Northwest helicopter based in Davenport was not available when dispatchers received a 5:07 p.m. call. Emergency personnel responded to 605 E. Spokane Ave., for an unconsious woman having a seizure and difficulty breathing. LifeFlight was eventually launc...
DAVENPORT — A silver van that had been parked behind the Safeway grocery store for a more than 24 hours was towed Saturday morning, July 4, because it blocked access to the store’s garbage bins. According to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office records, the 2008 Toyota Sienna was parked in the Logan Street right-of-way next to store garbage bins at 1208 Morgan St. Chazrina Ann Swan, the driver, had been in custody since July 1 on a driving while license suspended charge and had not transferred the vehicle into her name. A garba...
CRESTON — A grass fire that started about 9:07 a.m. near the intersection of North Blenz and East Schuster roads burned about 4 acres Sunday, July 5. The flames damaged three power poles before firefighters contained the fire, according to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office records. No buildings were damaged. Inland Power and Wilbur fire crews responded. Deputy Brian Hudspeth assisted until the fire was contained, according to the report. The cause of the fire remains unknown....
REARDAN — Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies investigated a domestic dispute Friday night, July 3, but did not arrest anyone. Hannah Kay Hahn called 911 around 10:13 p.m. stating that John Michael Scott kicked her out of his truck near the ice stand on State Highway 231 while giving her a ride from Wellpinit to her home at 425 N. Laurel St., records show. She had two small scrapes on her left knee. Hahn appeared intoxicated and changed the details of her story multiple times, records show. She had also changed clo...
DAVENPORT — Deputies assisted an intoxicated man staggering along U.S. Highway 2 around 11 a.m. July 4. Ryan Jay Moon was located by deputies near Janett Road after multiple drivers reported seeing a man in shorts, a black T-shirt and flip-flops eastbound on the highway, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies requested EMS to evaluate the intoxicated Moon; he was transported to Lincoln Hospital, according to the report. Around 1:30 p.m., the hospital contacted deputies after Moon left the facility. Dep...
REARDAN — Questions about the decision to fire the police chief took center stage during the Thursday, July 2, City Council meeting. Councilwoman Leanne Merkel and several residents expressed frustration that the council was not informed before Mayor Kathy Eastman terminated Chief Barbara Werner earlier this month. “I think it would have been nice if this had been discussed a little bit,” Merkel said. “That’s a huge decision that’s going to affect our whole town for years to come.” Eastman said the decision was within her ma...
REARDAN - A new medical clinic is taking shape and is expected to open this fall, replacing an aging manufactured building that no longer meets the needs of the growing community. Lincoln Hospital CEO Tyson Lacy said the current clinic is outdated, noting it is a mid-2000s manufactured building purchased used from Colville. The clinic has small, cramped rooms, inefficient workflows and thin walls that limit patient privacy, he said. "We're looking to upgrade and invest in a...
TELFORD — U.S. Highway 2 has reopened after lightning sparked a wildfire Wednesday evening near the Telford Rest Area. The fire, located on the east side of South Telford Road near the railroad tracks, grew to more than 112 acres before crews stopped its forward progress, officials said. One home was threatened, but property owner Brian Steadman built a defensive line to hold the flames until firefighters arrived. Lincoln County Fire District No. 5 Chief Craig Sweet said the fire was burning "aggressively "when the first c...
DISPATCH LOG DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from June 29 to July 5: June 29 Traffic stops: 8 12:00 a.m. — A security check was conducted. 3:35 a.m. — Crash on state Highway 23 near Harding Road East. 6:26 a.m. — False burglary alarm activated; location not reported. 8:32 a.m. — Custodial concerns for court-ordered visit in Davenport. 8:35 a.m. — Welfare check; location not reported. 9:38 a.m. — Shipment of silver and gold arrived empty. 11:31 a.m. — Medical call; l...
REARDAN - The town is moving forward with plans to improve pedestrian safety along U.S. Highway 2, with a focus on the area near the school campus where speeding and visibility have long been concerns. At the July 2 council meeting, engineer Bryan Hicks with Century West Engineering presented a conceptual design for Phase 1 of corridor improvements between Aspen and Cedar streets. The plan calls for curb bulb-outs at intersections, rapid rectangular flash beacons at...
HARRINGTON — A physical altercation between neighbors on North Third Street on Saturday, July 4, led to an assault report but no arrests. Resident Todd Jeffrey Hamilton told Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jonathan Evans that his neighbor, Whitley David Pittman, approached him while he was sitting on his motorcycle around 4 p.m. on July 4, records show. Hamilton said Pittman began punching him in the ribs and back multiple times while he was seated, then struck him in the throat after he got off the motorcycle, records...
SPRAGUE — A Kansas man facing child sex charges will remain in Lincoln County custody until at least September after a judge extended his detention period Tuesday, July 7. Jesus Galvan, 34, of Dodge City, Kan., is charged in Ford County, Kan. with two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, according to court documents. Galvan was arrested June 10 while camping outside of Sprague and has been held in the Lincoln County Jail since, records show. The charges allege that between December 2017 and December 2019, Gal...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County Public Hospital District No. 3 (Davenport) has launched a new seven-day-a-week hospitalist program to provide physician coverage for patients who require admission. The district oversees Lincoln Hospital and its clinics. Lincoln Hospital CEO Tyson Lacy said the change moves away from the traditional model where emergency room and clinic physicians also covered inpatient care. He said increasing complexity in medicine has made that approach unsustainable. “Our doctors have done an amazing job for a l...
DAVENPORT — Ballots for the Tuesday, Aug. 4, primary election will be mailed to voters July 14. Lincoln County Elections Manager Norm Caley said approximately 8,800 ballots will be sent out. He noted there are no contested race. Only ballots returned to dropboxes or postmarked on or before Aug. 4 will be counted. Official ballot drop boxes are located in the Auditor’s Office at the Lincoln County Courthouse, in the east parking lot of the courthouse, and outside the Harrington Library. Caley encouraged voters to mail the...
DAVENPORT — A dirt bike rider was injured in a low-speed collision with an SUV on a private driveway Tuesday evening, June 30. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Sara Wilkie reported she was driving her Cherokee at 10 mph around a blind corner on her 36425 N. Hart Road property when she collided with her tenant, Curtis Kangas, who was riding a dirt bike in the opposite direction. Kangas complained of pain in both wrists and ankles but was able to walk, the Sheriff's Office reported. Wilkie drove Kangas to L...
DAVENPORT - A Spokane man charged with second-degree burglary was found incompetent to assist in his own defense during a Tuesday hearing, June 30. As a result, Andrew Lee Martin, 45, of Spokane, was committed to a 45-day inpatient competency restoration program, with the court also authorizing administration of involuntary antipsychotic medication if needed, according to court records. Martin will next appear in court at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 11. During the hearing Tuesday,...
DAVENPORT — Questions about where donated money would go if a planned airport event fails prompted a resident to ask the City Council for more oversight. Karen Kearney told the council June 24 that she received an unsolicited call from event organizer Lydia seeking donations for the Tail Feathers and Wheels event. Kearney said the organizer suggested funds should go to families affected by a recent incident in Longview and to animal shelters and military bases. She also noted there are currently no funds identified for s...
DAVENPORT — A failed well motor has prompted the City Council to approve a $25,000 replacement to keep the city’s water system running. During a June 24 council meeting, public works staff reported the well's 200-amp motor stopped working, likely due to a power surge. The well was taken out of service while staff evaluated options. Production from that well dropped and employees were unable to resolve the issue in time to prevent the outage. The affected well serves an area near the hospital. The council reviewed two est...
SPRAGUE – An Oregon man is facing charges following a high-speed pursuit Monday night, June 29, after crashing his car and being arrested. Eric M. Nelson, 46, of Medford, Ore., is facing driving under the influence, driving while license suspended and felony eluding charges. According to the Washington State Patrol, Nelson was being pursued on eastbound Interstate 90 by police prior to the crash. He took the state Highway 23 exit and turned southbound toward Sprague. Accelerating onto Highway 23, Nelson’s 2021 Toyota CST wen...
