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ODESSA — As of 2 p.m. Nov. 24, Lincoln County had counted 7,073 ballots, accounting for 87.87% of the 8,049 registered voters in the county. For the most part, Lincoln County voters followed their traditional Republican leanings, while statewide voting predominantly favored Democratic candidates. Although Lincoln County voted for the Trump/Pence ticket by 73.23% vs. 24.36% for Biden/Harris all the down to the precinct level, the statewide vote was a bit closer in favor of the Democrats who garnered 57.97% of the vote to t...
ODESSA – The Medication Education and Disposal Project has launched a statewide program to offer Washington state residents free services to dispose of expired, unwanted or unused medicine safely and conveniently. MED-Project provides convenient, year-round medicine drop-off locations, such as pharmacies, medical facilities and law enforcement offices. In addition to its existing operational programs in several counties, MED-Project has activated approximately 150 additional drop-off sites for state residents. Residents w...
HARRINGTON – Crisp air and a slight breeze lets one know that the seasons are changing as does the aroma of burning leaves in various piles about town. New fencing can be seen going up to enclose a yard, while trenches are being dug in other yards in an attempt to get these types of projects completed before the ground has a solid freeze upon it. Weather has been ideal for preparations of Christmas decorations, lights being raised, inflatables growing to full size and nativity scenes appearing before the Thanksgiving h...
DAVENPORT – According to the Lincoln County Health Department, the average number of Covid-19 cases in Washington state has doubled over the past two weeks, with the numbers in Lincoln County following the trend. As of November 17, Lincoln County had 39 new cases within 14 days, which put the case rate at 365 cases per 100,000 people. There have been 123 confirmed positive cases in the county and two deaths. Recent outbreaks have occurred in the county associated with Vista Manor, an assisted living facility in Davenport, a...
ODESSA – The Town Council met Nov. 9 via teleconference and in the clerk’s office. In the absence of Mayor Bill Crossley, Mayor Pro Tempore Kelly Watkins led the meeting from the clerk’s office, where he was joined via computer by council members Vickie Iverson, Amy Hunt, Vickie Iverson and Marlene Kramer. Landon Lobe was absent. Council agreed to allow winter walkers into the community center and also to allow them to use the restrooms there. The only requirement was that each person sign a waiver of liability in order...
HARRINGTON – The City Council met via teleconference on Nov. 12, chaired by Mayor Nathan Luck in the presence of council members David Buddrius, Peter Davenport, Justin Slack, Stephen Hardy and Levi Schenk, as well as Janice Cepeda (city clerk), Mike Cronrath (city treasurer), Marge Womach and Cherie MacClellan. Mike Cronrath provided the treasurer’s report that had been sent out by email in two formats for the clerk and mayor to forward to the council. There were a lot of bank fees for the past month, and Cronrath will check...
RENTON – The pandemic has struck another blow to local athletics. The WIAA voted to delay the start of winter sports to Feb. 1, 2021 and shorten each sports season to seven weeks apiece at its Nov. 17 meeting. Practices for winter sports season, the most prominent of which are basketball and wrestling, were originally scheduled to begin Dec. 28, with competitions coming shortly after. However, a surge of positive COVID-19 cases caused the WIAA to create another delay in an a...
DAVENPORT – The local High School switched all students to remote learning this week after two high school students tested positive for Coronavirus. Davenport Superintendent Jim Kowalkowski said the school district is working closely with the health department to ensure overall exposure to the student body is “limited.” “We have been working closely with the Health Department to complete contact tracing. At this time we still have 2 positive cases in the 11th grade, all other tests have been negative. Through our contact trac...
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled a new cellphone-based coronavirus exposure notification system Monday. During an afternoon press conference, Inslee touted the new "WaNotify" application designed in corroboration with University of Washington, Google and Apple. The cellphone application is voluntary and uses Bluetooth technology to connect to other cellphones with the application. According to the governor, users who are within 6 feet of someone for 15 minutes who has the application and is reporting the viral infection v...
DAVENPORT – The Lincoln County Public Works Department recently won a Best County Project from the Washington State Department of Transportation. Department Engineer Keith Martin said the county has the distinction of being the first-ever agency to win the award for an emergency relief funded project. The project repaired over 1,000 feet of road after a landslide in 2017. The project cost $6.5 million and was funded through a collaboration of state, federal and county d...
EDWALL--A disabled train is currently blocking both lanes of Highway 2 just north of Edwall at milepost 16.5. WSDOT East reported an estimated re-opening time of 3 p.m. The report of the disabled train came in at 12:25 p.m. UPDATE: WSDOT East reported that the disabled train had cleared by 3:30 p.m....
FAIRCHILD AFB-Nov. 17 was the 92nd Air Bombardment Wing's 73rd birthday at Fairchild Air Force Base. To celebrate, the base hosted members of the media, including reporter Drew Lawson and publisher Roger Harnack of the Cheney Free Press, on a refueling flight on a KC-135 Stratotanker. The 92nd Air Bombardment Wing became the 92nd Air Refueling Wing in 1994 after several name changes to reflect the base's changing missions and remains so in present day. The experience began as...
DAVENPORT – A lawsuit by the Lincoln County Commissioners to ensure that negotiations with public employee labor unions are open to the public has received a ruling from the state appeals court. The decision sets the case to potentially be considered by the Washington State Supreme Court. In the lawsuit, which dates back to 2019, the Lincoln County Commissioners asked the courts to ensure that negotiations with public employee unions, like Teamsters 690 that represents the county’s law enforcement employees, not be allowed to...
DAVENPORT – The Lincoln Hospital District is set to review their 2021 budget this Thursday, Nov. 19 with plans to approve a $34 million budget that shows the district in a positive financial state. A preliminary budget was reviewed by Lincoln Hospital Board members on Nov. 12, with figures showing $34 million in revenue and $26 million in expenses. The largest expense for the hospital district that includes three medical clinics, assisted living, long term and transitional care is staffing. The district employs over 250 p...
HARRINGTON – The Harrington Opera House is offering its online meeting space to community members who may need to attend online meetings for work or school during COVID-19 restrictions. A dedicated room in the opera house building has a large screen, a laptop and high-speed internet. The space, being referred to as the "Zoom Room", is being offered to the public by donation. Opera House Technology Coordinator Karen Robertson said the opera house had originally set up the o...
PULLMAN - The Washington State University Cougars showed Saturday night that they can play with the best in the NCAA. But a strong first half wasn't enough to keep the No. 11 ranked Oregon Ducks from flying away. WSU took a 19-14 lead to the half, but Oregon pulled way to finish the game with a 43-29 Pac 12 victory. True freshman quarterback Jayden de Laura threw for 25-of-39, 321 yards and two touchdowns in the failing Cougar effort. Those two touchdown passes were to Lucas...
ST. JOHN – Rock Lake Sporting Clays has canceled its fund-raising shoot for this Saturday, Nov. 21. Gary Newton, owner of the Rock Lake Sporting Clays on Stevens Road, confirmed the cancelation Monday. “Due to the governor’s order to shut down, we are canceling,” he said. “We were almost booked up.” Newton said the event will be rescheduled after the governor’s shutdown order is lifted. “Due to the governors shutdown, we’re only allowed to have five people at one time,” he said. “We had scheduled up to 50 people.” The event...
HARRINGTON – The Harrington School Board recently passed a “gender inclusive” policy on Oct. 28 to address the needs of transgender and gender-expansive students. The policy affirms that an “inclusive approach” to transgender and gender-expansive students in regards to “use of names and pronouns”, “restroom and locker room use”, dress codes and other items. The goal of the policy is to “provide these students with an equal opportunity for learning and achievement.” In order to do this, the policy outlines that the dis...
DAVENPORT – A Halloween car crash on Highway 2 resulted in the arrest of a woman with multiple felony warrants who was also in possession of an illegal firearm and drugs. According to information from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Jasmine Hernandez of Warden was arrested after her vehicle hit a guardrail just before midnight on Oct. 31. Reports state that Hernandez was jumping in traffic after the crash, trying to get a ride to Moses Lake. She then ran down Bennett R...
LINCOLN COUNTY – In the wake of the still uncertain 2020 election results, local Republican party leaders say they are disappointed with how the election has gone so far. Two major elections in Washington, both for state governor and U.S. President are awaiting certification although it is projected Democrats will win the seats. Democrat Jay Inslee is leading the Washington State Governor’s Race with 56 percent of the vote statewide over challenger Loren Culp who is pulling 42 percent of the votes. Democrat Presidential Can...
NESPELEM, Wash. – The Colville Tribes announces that it is one of the first recipients of a spectrum license issued through the Federal Communications Commission and its Rural Tribal Window program. This license provides the Tribes exclusive use of wireless spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band to connect communities on the Colville Reservation to wireless services. The Colville Tribes plans to implement this license by deploying wireless broadband in two phases. Phase one will include services to communities near Keller (including t...
REARDAN – An argument over harassment on Facebook resulted in the arrest of a Reardan man who officials are charging with cyberstalking and resisting arrest. Quintin J. Wright, 22, was booked into Lincoln County Jail on Nov. 3 on charges of cyberstalking and resisting arrest. On Nov. 2, 18-year-old Aubrey J. Shuman contacted Reardan Police chief Andy Manke and informed him that Wright was harassing her on Facebook Messenger, police reports say. Records say that Shuman’s co-worker at the Reardan Store, 19-year-old Bri...
DAVENPORT--Gabe Gants (left) was recently promoted to the position of sergeant at the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. Gants has served with the sheriff's office as a deputy for 16 years and will now act in a supervisory role as sergeant....
TACOMA – A Pierce County Superior Court judge ordered a charity that deceptively claimed to help veterans to pay a total of nearly $1 million in restitution and financial penalties. The sham charity’s sole officer, Michael Friedmann, told consumers and donors their donations would benefit veterans and their families when none of the money raised did. In November 2018, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued Spanaway-based Fallen Hero Bracelets asserting that they misled customers into believing their purchases were ben...
DAVENPORT – CPA firm Leffel, Otis & Warwick, P.S. of Davenport, Wash., is a new member of the Eide Bailly Alliance, a member-based association of non-competing CPA firms formed by Eide Bailly, one of the top 25 CPA firms in the nation. Members have access to resources, experience and service specialties that help them serve clients evolving needs while remaining independent. Leffel, Otis & Warwick, P.S. was founded in 1954 in Davenport and was one of the first firms to look outside the traditional role of accounting and t...
