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PASCO - A local veterans advocate has announced her candidacy for U.S. Senate. Republican Tiffany Smiley, 38, of Pasco, will challenge incumbent Sen. Patty Murray, D-Shoreline, in the 2022 election. Smiley is a nurse and has been active advocating for wounded veterans since her husband, Scotty Smiley, was wounded and blinded by a suicide bomber in Iraq in 2005. She said she had to fight the federal government to get help for her husband. The Smileys are raising three boys....
OLYMPIA - The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in cooperation with partner agencies, is implementing the following burn restrictions on DNR-protected lands in Eastern Washington. Most of these fires have been caused by people conducting debris burns and failing to completely extinguish their piles or not monitoring them appropriately with a water source available and ready to douse flames that grow large or escape the burn area. Effective Friday, April...
SPOKANE — National Weather Service officials are tracking a powerful cold front that will be passing through the region this weekend, bringing with it the potential for very strong winds on Sunday into Monday that could create blowing dust conditions and damage from downed trees and power lines. Projections at a Friday press briefing are for winds increasing throughout the day on Sunday. Peak speeds reaching 45-40 miles per hour in the Columbia Basin and Spokane regions and 5...
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee is expected to sign a bill today that would begin the process of removing statues of perhaps the state's most prominent figure from the Capitol building and the National Statuary in Washington, D.C. The governor has called an 11:30 a.m. signing ceremony, where he will sign House Bill 1372 into law. The bill would replace the statues of Pacific Northwest pioneer, teacher and missionary Marcus Whitman. They will be replaced with statues of Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually tribal fishing rights activist. T...
DAVENPORT – The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet, and local schools received a rude reminder of that over the weekend. Davenport High School and the entire Reardan-Edwall School District went to remote learning for this week after cases rose in the schools. Davenport middle and elementary schools followed suit for April 1-2. In Davenport, eight high school students had tested positive for the virus as of press time March 31, forcing 16 students and two staff members considered close contacts to quarantine. Additionally, thr...
DAVENPORT – The sewer lagoons owned by the city on the northeast side of town north of the baseball fields off McInnis Roads will be farmed by Matt Schneider on a 2/3-1/3 profit agreement. Council approved a final, five-year contract between the city and Schneider at its March 24 meeting. Schneider will receive two-thirds of the crop, while the city will receive one-third, with an equivalent cost-covering process. The parcels that need various cropping procedures are the north irrigated circle of 38 acres, the south irrigated...
DAVENPORT – As the Lincoln County Health Department and local school administrations grapple with the COVID-19 outbreak in the last week, the positive news of more vaccine disbursement rang true as well. 3,859 vaccine doses had been given in Lincoln County as of March 30, according to the state Department of Health’s website. For the last two weeks, the vaccine allotment has been expanded to include those in congregate settings. This may include grocery store workers, agriculture workers and food processors. On March 31, the...
DAVENPORT – Per Economic Development Council (EDC) director Margie Hall’s request, the Lincoln County Commissioners approved an updated list of strategic investments for the county and its municipalities at the commissioners’ March 15 meeting. The plan includes investments in business, workforce, transportation and community development. Some plans are for the whole county, while many are centric to the county’s eight municipalities. The plan includes a description of projects for investment, the project’s location,...
COULEE DAM – Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area may implement the following prescribed fires during the spring of 2021. Ferry County: • Whispering Pines, 54 acres north of the intersection of Northport Flat Creek Road and Highway 395. • Haag Cove, 21 acres adjacent to the Haag Cove Campground The goals of these prescribed burns include promoting forest health and decreasing forest fuel loads adjacent to campgrounds, residences and structures. Benefits will include: • Increased understory plant diversity and natural...
KELLER – Powerful gusts of wind and blowing dust forced the temporary closure of Keller Ferry across Lake Roosevelt on Highway 21 Sunday, March 28. Troopers closed the Columbia River crossing around 6 p.m. and re-opened it around 9:20 p.m. Part of Interstate 90 was also closed due to the winds and dust, which created dangerous driving situations across the Columbia Basin from George to Othello to Richland. Visibility as low as ¼ mile was reported. The highway was closed in both directions between Moses Lake and Ritzville fr...
1 years ago Apr. 1, 1921 The Odessa High School debate team won first place in the state’s northeast district championships for the second year running. The team members are Tolbert Schimke, Florence Schoonover, LaFay Finstad, Verna Holmes, Charles Cone and Christoph Horn. The speed cop from Davenport was in town looking for violators of the automobile laws. He reported that he found everything mostly in order except for one man who had a broken muffler which he was ordered to have repaired. After March 31, it will be u...
ODESSA – Joshua Valverde took first place in the Open C class of the Frostbite short course race on Saturday, Mar. 27 and again in the Open C class of the White Knuckle short course on Sunday, Mar. 28. On Saturday, fellow Odessa participants Holden Iverson, Corbyn Neilsen and Tucker Walter also raced. Joshua Valverde's father Donald also raced, in the Senior C class, and placed 12th. On Sunday, Valverde, Walter and Iverson all raced again, with Valverde first, Walter f...
DAVENPORT--As the list of students who tested positive for COVID-19 grows to eight, with three additional close-contact positives outside the student body, the school district made the decision for all schools, including elementary and middle school, to go remote April 1-2. Next week is spring break. All sports practices and activities are cancelled until April 12. Additionally, the district recommends that anyone at the March 25 Senior Night volleyball game monitor themselves for symptoms and, if possible, get tested for COV...
DAVENPORT – Per Economic Development Council (EDC) director Margie Hall’s request, the Lincoln County Commissioners approved an updated list of strategic investments for the county and its municipalities at the commissioners’ March 15 meeting. The plan includes investments in business, workforce, transportation and community development. Some plans are for the whole county, while many are centric to the county’s eight municipalities. The plan includes a description of projects for investment, the project’s location,...
DAVENPORT – Innovia Foundation of Spokane will be awarding $1,205,780 in grants to 133 different organizations in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho through a Community Grant Program and Arts and Culture Recovery Grant Program. Among the grants, two will provide funding for services in Lincoln County. Community Services of Moses Lake received $10,000 for food distribution centers serving Adams and Lincoln counties. And Columbia Basin Allied Arts of Grant County received $3,420 for arts in public schools for Adams and L...
REARDAN – A 22-year-old Reardan man serving four days in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of cyberstalking stemming from a November incident allegedly stole a small amount of marijuana from his mom’s boyfriend’s trailer on the 300 block of North Lake Street. Quintin J. Wright was serving his sentence in Lincoln County Jail from March 18-22. On March 19, Reardan reserve officer Chris Stein was contacted by Jeffrey Stevens, whose girlfriend’s son is Wright, according to police records. Stevens told Stein he believed Wrigh...
A list of estimated fund allotments from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) for state counties and municipalities that’s listed on (D) Senator Patty Murray’s website appears to thus far be just that: an estimate. Local city employees hadn’t heard of or discussed approved funds when inquired by The Times. The list on Murray’s website estimates $2.12 million for Lincoln County and $380,000 for Davenport. “Can’t make plans until the soup is in the pot,” Davenport city clerk Dave Leath noted in an email. The estimates list also inc...
Is your church, club, nonprofit or neighborhood hosting an Easter Egg hunt April 4 (or sometime that weekend)? Let The Times know by calling 509-725-0101 or emailing dteditor@centurytel.net and we will include that on a local hunt list in next week’s issue....
REARDAN – Council deliberated over a request from Marvin Devoe to receive a variance to add a 1995 manufactured home to his trailer park on the northwest corner of Birch and Railroad Streets before ultimately accepting the request 3-1 during council’s March 18 regular meeting. Devoe had previously gone to the planning commission with a request to put in two manufactured homes, but after reviewing a town ordinance, the commission told him he would have to put in just one home due to the age of the homes. The commission app...
ODESSA – Jeremy Smith and his fiancée Amanda Wallace arrived in Odessa this week to take over operation of the former Crab Creek Coffee Haus located near the western edge of town. The business had been for sale for some time. To Smith and Wallace, it looked like a wonderful job opportunity, as well as a way to re-connect with part of Smith's extended family. The road to realizing their dream, however, was less than smooth. They were denied a loan to purchase the business ou...
ODESSA – Clinic manager Barbara Schlimmer is requesting that people in Odessa who still wish to receive the Covid vaccine call the clinic and have their names put on a list. She needs to have people on her list so that she can order the proper number of doses each week. The list of names is used to determine who is still waiting for the vaccination. Once people have put their names on the list, she also requests that they notify the clinic if they have received the vaccine elsewhere in the meantime. She wants to be as a...
OLYMPIA – With spring almost here, drivers have just a few more days to remove studded tires from their vehicles. The Washington State Department of Transportation reminds drivers that state law requires all studded tires to be removed by the end of the day Wednesday, March 31. Starting at midnight on Thursday, April 1, drivers with studded tires face a $136 fine. Studded tires damage pavement, so removing them promptly after winter has passed helps preserve state roadways. Tire removal services can get crowded near the r...
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Commerce will open applications for Working Washington Grants: Round 4 on March 29. Business owners can find information about the program and a link to the application portal at commercegrants.com. Legislators approved $240 million for the current round as part of an early action bill that also provided additional funding for rent assistance and other COVID-19 response efforts. Some of the criteria outlined in this legislation include: Businesses must apply the grant award t...
ODESSA – Two new faces at Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center are the chief executive officer John Serle and the chief financial officer Kimberly Dalrymple. Dalrymple has already been in place for the past year, learning the ropes from retiring CFO Annette Edwards. Serle has just begun his job here and now faces a housing crunch that the town needs to address. John Serle, CEO As of March 1, John Serle is the new CEO of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center. The Akron, Ohio native j...
ODESSA – Odessa residents may have noticed a new sign downtown. Last week, employees of LocalTel Communications installed the sign on the front of the building in which their local Odessa offices are located. The sign advertises both LocalTel and the local Chamber of Commerce. Calling it a new sign, however, is a bit of a misnomer. The sign itself is quite old. Originally, the sign contained a clock and was attached to the building diagonally across First Avenue from L...
