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UPDATE: Hours after the press conference, the Governor's Office announced that areas moving to "Phase 2" can do so Sunday, Feb. 14, to allow restaurants, bars, taverns and theaters to be open for indoor service on Valentine's Day. ODESSA — Lincoln County will move ahead to Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee's newest coronavirus reopening plan beginning Monday. In a press conference today, Thursday, Feb. 11, Gov. Jay Inslee announced that 92 percent of all residents will be in Phase 2...
DAVENPORT – Lincoln County isn’t known as a hotbed for Internet connectivity and high-speed broadbands, especially in the rural areas. Commissioner Scott Hutsell recognizes this, but also sees ways toward “the future,” which could include a more connected county…both in the towns and on the rural farmlands and ranches. The way to do that, however, is still rather unknown. Many possibilities exist, but there are seemingly endless factors in place and questions to be answered. How does the county ensure a fiber connectio...
SPRAGUE – A female who became separated from her party while fishing at Fourth of July Lake Jan. 31 was later located at a house near Sprague lake amidst a search that involved the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, helicopter searches from Spokane County and the Sprague Fire Department. Three individuals went fishing at Fourth of July Lake located south of Sprague Jan. 31. As evening approached they left the lake to return to the parking lot. A female in the group became separated from the other individuals and did not ret...
REARDAN – House Bill 1356, first read Jan. 25 and moved to a public hearing Feb. 5, would ban Washington public schools from using any Native American names, symbols or images as mascots, logos or team names. If passed, the Reardan Indians moniker would have to change by the end of this year. Reardan is one of seven high schools in the state with the “Indians” nickname. Nearby Colville and North Central high schools are also nicknamed the “Indians.” Superintendent Eric Sobotta testified against the bill at the public he...
DAVENPORT – The board of directors for the Lincoln County Economic Development Council (EDC) recently met to discuss 2021 and the challenges it presents to local business and industry. Doug Tweedy, regional economist for the Employment Security Department, joined the meeting to provide 2020 workforce data that could inform their discussion. The board learned that after an exceptionally difficult year for local businesses, the road forward looks surprisingly positive. Not all the news was good, of course. Lincoln County’s une...
REARDAN – Due to the lack of action items and, as councilmember Clay Soliday noted, the concurrent Gonzaga men’s basketball game, council’s Feb. 4 meeting was adjourned after less than 20 minutes after reports from public works, police and the mayor. Public works report Public works director Bob Winn noted the many roads that have been tormented with potholes in town due to springtime weather. He said his department couldn’t do much at this time, because, “if I start grating, it’s going to make a bigger mess.” “We’re going...
OLYMPIA – A defiant Gov. Jay Inslee defended his phased plan to open businesses by so-called "regions" during a press conference last week. "Everybody can have a rational argument against what we're doing, but you can't argue with the results, which is that we are ahead of 45 other states," he said. According to Inslee, that translates to an extra 8,000 saved lives in the state with more than 700,000 individuals already vaccinated. Inslee's comments come as he finds himself u...
DAVENPORT – 5th Congressional District Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers is calling on Gov. Jay Inslee to boost vaccine distribution in largely abandoned rural counties. She wrote the governor a letter dated Feb. 5 urging improved dosage divvying in counties like Lincoln. “Rural areas are at a disadvantage when it comes to health care access and infrastructure. We have a shared commitment of working to help set these communities up for success,” McMorris Rodgers wrote in the letter. “I urge your administration to avoid a...
DAVENPORT--A wind chill advisory was issued by the National Weather Service for much of the Spokane area and Northeast mountains, including the area from here to Airway Heights. The advisory is in place from 1 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday due to expected "very low" wind chills, which could drop as low as -10 to -15 degrees Fahrenheit. Thursday was expected to be the coldest day of the year so far. Davenport temperatures currently read at 16 degrees, with wind blowing north 5 miles per hour. The NWS advises using caution when...
DAVENPORT--All five levies on the Lincoln County ballot for the Feb. 9 special election, including four school and one hospital levies, were passing as of press time, according to the Lincoln County Auditor’s website. Proposition No. 1 in the Sprague School District had received 145 "yes" votes to just 60 "no" votes for a 70.73% to 29.27% margin. The replacement levy would be an estimated $1.68 per $1,000 of assessed property value for two years. Total collection in 2022 would be $195,000, and the same number in 2023. The l...
Zack Jay Judge of Spokane Valley was arrested in the early morning of Feb. 3 on charges of second degree burglary, theft of a motor vehicle and malicious mischief in the third degree. Judge remained in Lincoln County Jail as of press time. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from the Wilbur Auto body reporting a theft of a vehicle from the impound lot on Jan. 10, according to the sheriff’s department. The stolen passenger car had been impounded by Lincoln County Deputy Kurt Cuzzetto Dec. 16 and sea...
LINCOLN COUNTY – School levies in Reardan, Sprague and Odessa are on the ballot for the Feb. 9 special election here, as is a levy for Lincoln County Hospital District No. 1. Ballots were mailed in the entirely vote-by-mail Lincoln County Jan. 20, and must be postmarked by Feb. 9. Reardan-Edwall School District seeks three-year replacement levy By Drew Lawson The Times REARDAN – The school district is looking to pass a three-year replacement levy for collection in 2022, 2023 and 2024 of $2.00 per $1,000 of assessed pro...
DAVENPORT – As state leadership in Olympia touts the success of four mass vaccination clinics inoculating thousands in Spokane, Wenatchee, Clark County and Kennewick with shots aimed at preventing COVID-19, the Lincoln County Health Department continues to wonder how many-or few-doses it will receive to give those eligible here. This week, it received zero. Health department public administrator Ed Dzedzy shared that fact with the Lincoln County Commissioners Feb. 1, noting that Lincoln Hospital was expected to receive 100 d...
By Drew Lawson The Times DAVENPORT – Farmers and ranchers can now officially bid to enter into a contract with the city for the land at the sewer lagoons on the northeast side of town just above the baseball fields. Council approved the contract, where farmers and ranchers will bid a lump-sum for consideration, at its Jan. 27 meeting. Contractors can prepare bids to farm four areas utilizing reclaimed water from city lagoons. The areas include an irrigated, 38-acre north circle, an irrigated, 21-acre south circle, 14-acre i...
Dark clouds swiftly blow over Audubon Lake north of Reardan Feb. 2. High winds and graupel, or soft hail or snow pellets, briefly passed over the Davenport and Reardan area on Tuesday....
DAVENPORT – After several winter storms created higher than average snowfall totals in October, November and December, the “white stuff” held off for the majority of January during what was forecasted as a “La Nina” winter. Just 2.0 inches of snow fell in the first month of 2021, according to the National Weather Service data center in Spokane, which tallies weather results for Davenport. Normally, 8.1 inches of snow fall in January here. Snow was recorded on only four days of January, and all but one day, it snowed le...
DAVENPORT – Sheriff Wade Magers announced the promotion of Deputy Sheriff Jerad McLagan to Sergeant effective February 1. McLagan's knowledge, skills and professionalism, coupled with his top civil service scoring, made him a good fit on the administrative team. He has served almost 13 years in public safety. McLagan began his career as a Stevens County Reserve in 2008 and was later hired as a corrections deputy. In 2009 he became a police officer in Kettle Falls and was h...
On Feb. 1, the office of state Senator Judy Warnick of District 13 released the following article on the reaction of herself and her fellow Republican Representatives at the statehouse, Tom Dent and Alex Ybarra. Olympia – Beginning Feb. 1, large parts of the Central Puget Sound region enter “Phase 2” of Governor Inslee’s latest reopening plan, the “Roadmap to Recovery.” State Sen. Judy Warnick, District 13’s Rep. Tom Dent and Rep. Alex Ybarra have spent the past year pushing...
HHPC HARRINGTON – The Harrington Historic Preservation Commission, an arm of the city government, met Saturday, Jan. 23 at 9 a.m. at Harrington City Hall. Elections were held: Dianne Sanchez, chair; Heather Slack, co-chair; and Karen Allen, recorder. Meetings will be held on Apr. 24, Aug. 21 and Nov. 6 in 2021. Discussions were held about the facades of City Hall and Memorial Hall and about cleanup of the upstairs portion of City Hall. The Commission will search for grant opportunities for improvement or restoration of t...
ODESSA – The local high school principal has taken Gov. Jay Inslee to task for the unfair treatment of local student athletes. Principal Jamie Nelson spelled out local frustrations in a letter on the inequities being imposed on schools in violation of the state Constitution. Nelson sent the letter to the governor, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal and Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Executive Director Mick Hoffman last week. Nelson s...
Continued from last week OCTOBER In-person instruction at the Odessa School District increased from one to two days/week. OHS junior Emily Scrupps was named the state’s FBLA Member of the Month. Odessa Quilt Club members were busy planning events for the coming new year. Planning included contingencies for complying with Covid restrictions imposed via government edict. Odessa farm resident Kelly Korpinen, 71, was killed a traffic accident during a severe dust storm. She and her husband Don had supplied food, including t...
ODESSA – Vineta L. Weber celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends on a very cold Saturday, January 23, outside of Odessa Memorial Hospital’s Long-Term Care unit. Attending were her son Anthony Weber and his wife Loretta of Kent, Wash., daughter Susan Boyce from Hillsboro, Ore., granddaughter Toni Lynn Weber of Everett, Wash, granddaughter Robin and Charles King and great-grandsons C.J., Zack and Noah of Stanwood and family friend Rick Haase of Odessa, sharing cak...
Continued from last week JUNE The Chamber board announced that the 50th anniversary of Deutschesfest would be postponed. Odessa High School senior Maddy Wagner was named a U.S. Presidential Scholar by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, one of only 161 high school seniors in the U.S. to be so honored. The senior class held a parade of cars along First Avenue in downtown Odessa, then gathered at the golf course for photos. A windstorm damaged farm homes in the Mohler and rural Harrington areas, sparing Odessa by veering...
ODESSA – Odessa Public Works Director Rod Webster reported that the town’s coffers might soon be bankrupted by the rising costs of the recycling program provided to Odessa residents at the town’s expense. A fee is charged to the town each time a full bin is removed and replaced with an empty bin. Webster said that the average rate of bin replacement was about once a month until fairly recently, when it began averaging about twice a month. What really worried Webster, howev...
ODESSA – Ballots have been mailed to registered voters in the Odessa area, requesting approval from the people for levies to help support the local school and the local hospital district. Odessa is fortunate to have both a school and a medical campus, and both are very important to anyone contemplating a move to the community. Support for these levies over the years has been overwhelmingly positive. Election day is Feb. 9, 2021, and voters are reminded to mail their ballots on or before that date....
