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Scenes from the train derailment in Davenport
DAVENPORT--A train transporting grain through town derailed around 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 behind the grain elevators between Third and Fourth Streets. The derailment caused Highway... — Updated 11/20/2021
Train derailment closes Highway 28
DAVENPORT--Highway 28 is closed in both directions at milepost 130 near Fitness Lane due a train derailment. According to sources in the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, several grain cars derailed behind the elevators near Fourth... — Updated 11/19/2021
County dodges severe storm damage
DAVENPORT—High winds occasionally gusting over 60 miles per hour swirled through the Inland Northwest Monday before dying down throughout Tuesday, felling trees and causing power outages. However, it appears the eastern Lincoln... — Updated 11/18/2021
Health department to receive state funds
DAVENPORT—The Lincoln County Health Department has been allotted $490,000 a year over a two-year span in Foundational Public Health Funding as part of the state budget. The money will be disbursed in six-month increments... — Updated 11/18/2021
First sustained snowfall of season expected today
DAVENPORT--The first sustained and "sticking" snowfall of the season is expected today. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18 to 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 19. The NWS forecasts... — Updated 11/18/2021
Reardan dedicates Broadway Avenue readerboard
REARDAN-The new readerboard that was constructed this summer was officially dedicated at a ribbon-cutting ceremony here Thursday, Nov. 4. The electronic readerboard, which was first... — Updated 11/11/2021
Schools hold Veteran's Day assemblies
DAVENPORT-Local schools used the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 10 to hold Veteran's Day assemblies to recognize and remember military members who have served the United States. In... — Updated 11/11/2021
Local students named Wheat Ambassadors
RITZVILLE--Two high school seniors have been selected to represent Washington wheat farmers and will serve as the Washington Wheat Ambassadors for the upcoming year. Tate... — Updated 11/11/2021
Davenport Middle School named EWU's third-best
DAVENPORT—U.S. News recently ranked all 442 middle schools in the state, and the middle school here ranked favorably. Davenport was named the best small middle school and third best middle school overall in Eastern Washington, wh... — Updated 11/11/2021
Commissioners grapple with $1.2 million budget gap
DAVENPORT—Budget season is here, and the Lincoln County Commissioners are faced with their annual problem of balancing a budget as expenditures grow year by year. This year, the budget gap is $1.2 million, and commissioner Rob... — Updated 11/11/2021
Hudspeth joins LCSO as deputy
DAVENPORT-Deputy Brian Hudspeth, a Lincoln County native, has joined the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office team. Hudspeth graduated from Reardan High School, where he played football... — Updated 11/11/2021
Teamsters negotiations remain unresolved
DAVENPORT—The latest round of negotiations on Monday, Nov. 8 between Lincoln County and Teamsters 690, which represents the Sheriff’s Office’s commissioned and non-commissioned officers, once again ended with no agreement on... — Updated 11/11/2021
Your Local Government
Government and community meetings in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas from Nov. 12-18. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Monday, Nov. 15 Lincoln... — Updated 11/11/2021
Halloween Carnival yields high turnout
ODESSA – The Halloween Carnival held in the community center Sunday, Oct. 31, sponsored by the Odessa High School chapter of FFA, is being heralded as a great success. The "Boo a... — Updated 11/11/2021
Streets/water-mains project finished
ODESSA – Odessa Mayor Bill Crossley called the town council meeting to order on October 25, with council members Vickie Iverson, Landon Lobe and Kelly Watkins present. Marlene Kramer and Amy Gimmestad were absent. Council... — Updated 11/11/2021
Fire District 5 race too close to call
DAVENPORT—The race between incumbent Matt Schneider of Davenport and challenger Don Staley of Deer Meadows for Fire District No. 5 Commissioner No. 2 is too close to call after three tallies. Schneider currently leads Staley by... — Updated 11/9/2021
Schneider takes lead over Staley in nail-biting race
DAVENPORT--Incumbent Matt Schneider has taken an ever-so-slight lead over Don Staley in the race for Fire District No. 5 commissioner No. 2. The incumbent Schneider, of Davenport, trailed Staley, of Deer Meadows, 263-235 after the... — Updated 11/4/2021
Council approves four business items
DAVENPORT—City council approved four new business items and held a public hearing for the 2022 budget at its Oct. 27 regular meeting, where no comments were made. The first approved resolution allowed mayor Brad Sweet to assist... — Updated 11/4/2021
Wagner has last school board meeting
REARDAN-Ian Wagner, a farmer with three children in the school district, has wrapped up his time with the Reardan-Edwall School District after five years on the board. He was... — Updated 11/4/2021
Your Local Government
Government and community meetings in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague areas from Nov. 5-11. If you’d like your organization included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Wednesday, Nov. 10 Reardan... — Updated 11/4/2021
Booster club raises $50,000
ODESSA – The Odessa Booster Club auction held last Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Odessa Community Center was successful in raising over $50,000 for Tiger athletics, say booster club... — Updated 11/4/2021
General Election results as of 8 p.m., Nov. 2, 2021
Wash. State Advisory Vote # 36 Repealed 2,013 78.94% Maintained 537 21.05% Wash. State Advisory Vote # 37 Repealed 2,272 85.60% Maintained 382 14.39% Wash. State Advisory Vote # 38 Repealed 2,173 82.74% Maintained 453 17.25% Lincol... — Updated 11/4/2021
Fire burns down country home
ODESSA – At about midday on Tuesday, Nov. 2, a call went out to Odessa firefighters about a building on fire in the countryside. The first crews on the scene found the home formerly owned by the late Curtis Finck fully engulfed... — Updated 11/4/2021
Commissioners hold budget meetings
DAVENPORT – A long day of budget hearings took place at the Lincoln County Commissioners’ meeting Monday, Nov. 1 as commissioners Scott Hutsell, Rob Coffman and Mark Stedman... — Updated 11/4/2021
Odessa celebrates at Old Town Hall
ODESSA – On Friday, Oct. 22, the many partners involved in the recent rejuvenation efforts at the Old Town Hall gathered together to celebrate the near completion of the... — Updated 10/28/2021
