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ODESSA – Les Jimerson, formerly the number-two man on Odessa's two-man police force, was sworn in as the newest Odessa Town Marshal by Mayor Bill Crossley at Monday night's town council meeting. Former chief Brent Dell resigned his post in December to take a job elsewhere. Jimerson joined the Odessa force in March of 2019. The first 2021 meeting of the council on January 11 was once again via Zoom, and a full complement of council members was present: Vickie Iverson, M...
ODESSA — Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center is now dispensing the COVID-19 vaccine per state and county health department guidelines. The local hospital has received 50 doses of the Moderna vaccine in the last two weeks, employees said. Long-term care and assisted-living residents, healthcare workers, community firefighters and police officers are currently being vaccinated. The administration is working with the Lincoln County Health Department to begin weekly dosage ordering to continue vaccinating the community. A plan h...
HARRINGTON – The Harrington Opera House Society met for their 2020 annual meeting wrap-up on Jan 4, 2021 in the Art Room with the following present: Ellen Evans, Becky Moeller, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Gordon and Billie Herron and Linda Wagner. The group approved payment of membership dues to the Harrington Chamber of Commerce for the 2021 year. Billie Herron had met with a representative of Leffel, Otis & Warwick regarding continued auditing and filing of tax returns, when Herron’s computer is removed fr...
ODESSA – It was not a white Christmas exactly, but snow did arrive in a big way as the New Year approached. Odessa and surrounding areas received up to six inches of the white stuff on Dec. 29-30, as temperatures hovered right around freezing. Town and rural residents faced an arduous task as they dug their way out. Rising daytime temperatures provided a drizzle of rain that made the snow extremely heavy (by weight). Town crews worked feverishly all day on Dec. 30 to clear the...
HARRINGTON - The City Council met in special session on Dec. 22 at 6 p.m. via Zoom. All council members were in attendance: Justin Slack, Peter Davenport, Stephen Hardy, David Buddrius and Levi Schenk. City Clerk Janice Cepeda was present. Mayor Nathan Luck chaired the meeting and recognized one visitor, Joe Armond. Other visitors did not offer their names to be recognized. RFQ (Request For Qualifications) was taken off the agenda; Luck stating, "still some work going on...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eastern Washington's two Republican congressional representatives were on opposite sides of the House vote to impreach President Donald Trump for a second time. Fourth Congressional District Rep. Dan Newhouse of Sunnyside joined Democrats in voting for impreachment of the president on grounds of so-called sedition. Newhouse represents Central Washington, including Benton, Franklin, Adams and Grant counties, among others. Fifth Congressional District Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Spokane opposed i...
DAVENPORT-Drew Lawson, formerly a reporter for the Davenport Times and Cheney Free Press, is now editor of The Davenport Times full-time. Local readers may recognize Lawson's name, as he has reported on Reardan news, Lincoln County prep sports and other community/news items for the Times part-time since June 2020. Lawson, of Cheney, will now be concentrated solely on bringing reliable, community-oriented coverage to Davenport, Reardan and the rest of the Times' readership. "I...
DAVENPORT-The explanation of where solid waste goes after being dropped off at the Lincoln County Transfer station is fairly straightforward: It is loaded onto a train, transported to Spokane and then redirected to Roosevelt Regional Landfill in Klickitat County. However, where does the recycled material go? The answer depends on what type of material is in play. Scrap metal "usually" goes to Schnitzer Steel Industries, which has locations the transfer station gives the metal...
WILBUR—A citizen informing Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy Kurt Cuzzetto of a suspicious vehicle parked south of town resulted in an arrest on charges of criminal trespassing and driving with a suspended license and drugs being uncovered in the vehicle. John A. Long, 42, of Moses Lake, was arrested Dec. 31, 2020 on two charges of criminal trespassing and three charges of driving with a suspended or revoked license. He was booked into Lincoln County Jail. According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, Cuzzetto...
WILBUR—A citizen informing Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy Kurt Cuzzetto of a suspicious vehicle parked south of town resulted in an arrest on charges of criminal trespassing and driving with a suspended license and drugs being uncovered in the vehicle. John A. Long, 42, of Moses Lake, was arrested Dec. 31, 2020 on two charges of criminal trespassing and three charges of driving with a suspended or revoked license. He was booked into Lincoln County Jail. According to a...
OLYMPIA — As of Jan. 1, low-wage earners and some salaried employees are being paid more for their efforts on the job. Across Eastern Washington and some areas west of the Cascades, the minimum wage increased 19 cents per hour, from $13.50 to $13,69, according to the state Department of Labor and Industries. The minimum wage in the cities of Seattle and SeaTac increased to $16.69 per hour and $16.57, respectively, the agency said, noting those minimum wages are set by city ordinances. Elsewhere in the state, the minimum w...
An article in the Dec. 31 issue of The Times titled “Reardan restaurants reeling under restrictions” contained multiple errors and was prematurely cut off in print copy due to reporting, graphics and editorial oversights. Dean’s Drive-In is open every day at 8 a.m. except on Sundays, when it opens at 11 a.m. The restaurant closes at 6:30 p.m. every day. Owner Robin Landreth can be quoted as stating that 90% of her workers are related to her, not customers, as was mistakenly typed and not corrected in the article. The full,...
DAVENPORT—Scotty Duane Maiden, 30, of Davenport, and Michelle Leigh Hopkins, 47, of Davenport, were booked into Lincoln County Jail on Dec. 29 on charges of dealing in depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the 1st and 2nd degree and possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the 1st and 2nd degree. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received information from the Internet Crimes Against Children, who track cases regarding sexually explicit images of minors on the int...
The calendar has flipped, and a new year is facing Davenport and Reardan. The Times spoke with Davenport mayor Brad Sweet and Reardan mayor Gail Daniels to discuss their cities and towns looking to 2021. Sweet: Locals hopes 2021 is "return to normal" City residents would prefer that 2021 brings a return to life as normal: A time where businesses are open, people can gather and community events can bring locals together. That was the sentiment shared by mayor Brad Sweet when...
OLYMPIA-Lincoln County commissioner Scott Hutsell announced he was stepping down as chair of the Washington State Public Works Board on Jan. 4. He will be replaced as chair by Kathryn Gardow. Hutsell joined the board as an elected county representative in 2012 and was appointed chair by Gov. Jay Inslee in 2017. "This is a bittersweet day for me and, while the struggle to regain Public Works Board dedicated revenues remains, I believe that public infrastructure is being...
DAVENPORT--The school district here is closed to in-person learning today due to a wind storm that began last night and has swept through Eastern Washington. The district asked students on its Facebook page to check in with teachers by 10 a.m. to get work done, if possible. Meanwhile, the Reardan-Edwall School District has gone remote through at least Friday, Jan. 15 after multiple staff and students tested positive for COVID-19, according to the district office. An in-person closure would have likely occurred today due to...
OLYMPIA – Two people were arrested this morning, Monday, Jan. 11, as the Legislature entered session behind locked gates. Early in the morning, a woman parked her RV in front of one of the gates and refused to move it or leave, the Washington State Patrol reported. When she was arrested for failing to follow a lawful order, one of her friends moved the RV. Then at precisely 11 a.m. as the Legislature was opening session, a man in his 30s attempted to walk to the Capitol b...
OLYMPIA -- The Washington National Guard and the Washington State Patrol took up positions around the Capitol today in advance of the opening of the legislative session. Their deployment came as two protests took place in the city. The only damage reported was a broken window smashed when some Black Lives Matter protesters broke off from the main protest downtown and marched to the Capitol campus, where state troopers awaited them. After the window damage, the group retreated...
REARDAN –The two main restaurants here, SpeedTrap Tap House and Dean's Drive-In have different setups, but lie across the highway from each other and have both faced their share of difficulties during the second round of restaurant coronavirus shutdowns mandated by Gov. Jay Inslee in November. SpeedTrap attempted to not have to shut down. After talking with mayor Gail Daniels and police chief Andy Manke, who both said they wouldn't be enforcing any of Inslee's mandates p...
The Lincoln County Commissioners have passed the county’s six-year transportation plan that includes chip sealing 42 miles of county road and improvement work on the Miles-Creston road. The six-year transport plan must be passed by the county commissioners every year and includes updates about which projects will be prioritized based on funding. In 2021, three road maintenance projects will get started based on funding that is already secured for those projects. Over 42 miles of county roads are scheduled for chip sealing, a...
DAVENPORT – Six-count em'-six Lincoln County residents signed up for winter quarter classes at Community Colleges of Spokane, according to the schools. Just two are taking online classes full time. Total class enrollment at the colleges, which include Spokane Community and Spokane Falls Community colleges, often totals over 25,000, according to the school website. But, while so few of those attending classes either hybrid, online-only or in-person hail from the vast w...
DAVENPORT - The Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office wishes to remind residents of the rules for legal discharge of fireworks as we head into the New Year’s Holiday. Per state law, fireworks may now be legally purchased through Thursday, December 31, and only between the hours of 12:00pm and 11:00pm. Fireworks may only be discharged from Thursday, December 31 at 6:00pm to Friday, January 1 at 1:00am. A number of cities and counties have restricted or banned the sale and discharge of fireworks. Other counties have mod...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Early in December, Spokane Tribe Casino broke ground on its latest phase of expansion, as part of the Spokane Tribe’s Economic Development Plan. The plans for expansion will double the size of the current facility, adding over 20,000 sq. ft. of casino and other gaming amenities - including an additional restaurant, as well as doubling the size of Whaluks, the current casino floor bar. Also, the size of the non-smoking section will be significantly increased in the expansion. Spokane Tribe Casino’s expan...
DAVENPORT – While online livestock and horse sales aren't anything new, many people are not aware that wild horse and burro adoptions are also offered online. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has their first auction of 2021 coming up on Tuesday, Jan. 5. BLM Outreach Specialist Paul McGuire said the online horses help provide an extra venue for people to consider adopting one of these iconic animals. "BLM has been conducting online adoptions for approximately 20 years, h...
*Due to pending investigations, the suspects in the cases below are not named. CHRISTMAS DAY TRAFFIC STOP RESULTS IN FELONY ARRESTS: COAL IN THEIR STOCKINGS AND STRAIGHT TO THE CLINK. On December 25, 2020 Deputy Dain Harden stopped a vehicle for excessive lane travel and expired tabs on Hwy 2 in Lincoln County. As the deputy approached he could smell a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Deputy Harden learned that the occupants were both juveniles going to Spokane from Omak. A check of their names was done with...
