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MALDEN – While the Honeycrisp apples Gov. Jay Inslee brought here last Thursday continue to sit in the bin he presented the mayor with, others he delivered to Bridgeport and Omak contain maggot larvae. Those apples were dispersed and Douglas County officials are now trying to locate them. This morning, Wednesday, Sept. 16, Chelan-Douglas Horticulture Pest and Disease Board Director Will Carpenter called on anyone with information about the contaminated apples to call or e...
Fire 20 percent contained A fast moving fire consumed over 123,000 acres in Lincoln County this week as high winds on Monday made the fire hard for crews to contain. The fire, also being referred to as the Hawk Creek fire, is currently burning in the areas of Hawk Creek Road, Cottonwood Creek, Gunning, South Telford, Whitaker Lake and Seven Springs Dairy. Isabel Hoygaard of the Type 3 Incident team said the fire has burnt at least four homes and numerous outbuildings. “We saw exponential growth of the fire on Monday and e...
MALDEN – The Honeycrisp apples Gov. Jay Inslee brought to Babb Fire victims here were infested with maggot larvae. Whitman County Washington State University Extension Agent Stephen Van Vleet confirmed the infestation this morning, Friday, Sept. 18, following testing. "I picked them up on Wednesday evening," he said. "We photographed and secured them. And yes, they are infested." The governor presented the apples locally Sept. 10 as the state's "first installment" on s...
CHENEY – While education is their preferred first choice of enforcement, Cheney and Eastern Washington University law enforcement are prepared to take sterner measures with students who continue to violation safety protocols spelled out by the state and/or Spokane County Health District to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In a joint statement today, police officials with both agencies said – while not anticipating arrests, issuing citations or taking individual to jail – officers “will intervene with more punitive actions...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS—The two families that lost homes in the Bartholomew and Christensen fires Aug. 27 and Sept. 7, respectively will soon be getting some assistance from the community. Wolffy’s Burgers is hosting a spaghetti feed Saturday, Sept. 19, with 100% of proceeds benefitting those fire victims. “When the fires hit here in town … we had thrown around the idea of doing something for the community,” owner Jessica Davis said. “We ran with the idea and put it into play.” Orig...
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a residential burglary in progress in Lamona on September 2, 2020 at approximately 11 a.m. The emergency dispatch team immediately notified area patrol units of a crime in progress. Undersheriff Kelly Watkins, Deputy Chad Cunningham and Deputy Luke Mallon responded to Lamona at Carlson Road. The reporting party gave a detailed description of one adult female, one adult male and a younger male subject in a black Subaru WRX that had fled in the area of Carlson R...
LINCOLN COUNTY – A man convicted in a Lincoln County Jury trial of threatening to kill his ex-wife is planning to appeal his conviction at the state court of appeals. Wiza Nyasulu, 37, was convicted of a domestic violence harassment charge in a Lincoln County jury trial on July 22. Nyasulu made several threatening calls to his ex-wife, Amanda Nyasulu, telling her that he was going to use the skills he learned while in the Army to kill her boyfriend, Tyler Smith. In a call that Amanda recorded and gave to law enforcement, N...
As Covid-19 fears have shut down county fairs and livestock shows, one Lincoln County mom found a creative way to help her daughter sell her fair steer. Dawn Nelson decided to hold a raffle to help her daughter, Laren, sell a steer that was supposed to be shown and sold at the Lincoln County fair. The beef steer raffle tickets were $100 each or two for $150. The winner would get the steer butchered, cut and wrapped. The steer weighed in at just under 1,400 pounds and 68...
DAVENPORT – A traffic stop by a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputy last week resulted in the seizure of illegal narcotics and the recovery of stolen property. On Aug. 26 Lincoln County Deputy Kurt Cuzzetto stopped a vehicle traveling 72 MPH in a 60 MPH zone on Hwy 2 one mile west of Davenport. The vehicle swerved into the oncoming lane and traveled approximately 50 yards before swerving back into his lane and stopped. The driver and two occupants were contacted and the dri...
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE – On Aug. 31, 1956, the KC-135 stratotanker took its first flight off base. Over 60 years later, the refueling tanker continues to be the model used by the base for refueling missions and deployments. The base celebrated the “birthday” of the KC-135’s first Fairchild flight Monday. That KC-135 flight occurred two years after the Air Force purchased the first 29 of an eventual 732 plane fleet. The prototype was the Dash 80, designed in 1954 at the beg...
REARDAN – A historical marker is being erected to honor a Reardan man who gave his life for others during WWII. The event to honor Joe Mann is set for Sept. 18 at 2pm at the Mann family ranch on Tramm Road. Joe Mann lived in Reardan scaling church steeples and overcoming broken collar bones in football games because he didn’t want to sub out before graduating from the high school in 1941. He died making the ultimate sacrifice in World War II, jumping on a grenade at age 22 to protect his companions from a German attack in...
LINCOLN COUNTY – The building of new homes and remodeling of old ones is holding steady in Lincoln County and officials are seeing the demand grow despite Covid-19 shutdowns earlier this year. Lincoln County Building Official Ryan James said he is seeing an increased demand for building permits, as many people already had plans to build in the works before the Covid shutdowns. “There were lots of people who wanted to build but couldn’t earlier this year, James related. “The contractors I am talking to said there is lots of...
OLYMPIA – On Sept.1, eligible organizations may begin applying for state grants to conserve community forests. The new state Community Forests Program will offer grants of up to $3 million. But organizations need to hurry. Applications are due Oct. 1. The grants must be used to buy at least 5 acres of forestland and the land must be maintained as forestland forever. The land also must be actively managed to include timber harvest and other income-generating activities. Grants, when combined with land purchases, also may be u...
REARDAN – A man who was arrested for being involved in a drunk driving crash north of Reardan on Aug. 15 is now being charged for breaking into a home near Reardan the same day. Paul Pozdeev, 52, was arrested on Aug. 15 around 9:30pm after being involved in a drunk driving collision. Just a bit earlier in the evening, police reports say he was breaking into the basement of a home on Cottonwood street in Reardan. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office police report, Megan Kamstra heard strange noises in her bas...
SPOKANE – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking help from the public to solve a poaching case in eastern Washington. A local rancher recently found a mule deer that was illegally shot on private land along Chapman Lake Road about half a mile east of Chapman Lake near the town of Cheney in Spokane County. WDFW officers believe it was shot sometime on the evening of Aug. 25. The entire carcass of the 4x5 point deer was left. “This is not only a crime but also pointless,” said WDFW Region 1 Polic...
TACOMA – A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that gun-control measure Initiative 1639 is constitutional. U.S. District Court of Western Washington Judge Ronald Leighton, a Whitworth University graduate, issued his ruling Monday on the gun control measure. Under I-1639, semi-automatic rifles are redefined as “assault rifles,” adults 18-20 are barred from having semi-automatic rifles, and dealers are required to sell safes and gun locks and prohibited from selling them to out-of-state residents. The law also made owner...
A “Freedom Flotilla” event has been planned for Labor Day weekend on Lake Roosevelt, with supporters of President Trump and Washington Gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp backing the event. The event is set for Sunday, September 6th at 2pm at the confluence of the Spokane River with the boats heading South towards Lincoln. Event organizer Stacey Quimby said the event is to “show support for our beloved country, our freedoms and great President Donald J Trump, Loren Culp for Gov...
Mask-wearing students are greeted as they descend off the bus for the first day of school at Reardan Elementary. School staff members estimate around 95 students were present for the first day at the middle/high school and 140 students were present at the elementary school. Both of those totals represent roughly 50% of a “normal” attendance count....
Edward Gross of Reardan, Washington, has been elected as an alternate delegate to the 137th American Angus Association® Convention of Delegates, set to be held Nov. 9 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Mo., reports Mark McCully, CEO of the American Angus Association. Gross, a member of the American Angus Association with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Missouri, is one of 301 Angus breeders who have been elected by fellow members in their state to serve as a representative at the annual meeting. Representing...
ODESSA – A drive to do some “drifting” at a gravel pit near Odessa has racked up 10 days in jail for a young man who stopped to break some windows in a loader parked at the pit. Benjamin Melgren, 19, accepted a plea deal in Lincoln County Superior Court on Aug. 18 on a charge of second degree malicious mischief. Melgren told Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies that he had been out with a friend to do some “drifting” at the gravel pit south of Odessa on March 2 when he got out of the vehicle and threw some rocks at a loader pa...
HARRINGTON – The City of Harrington has been allocated funds through the federal CARES Act. These funds must be used to cover expenses connected to the impacts of the COVID-19 emergency. Harrington’s City Council has voted to use the funds to support local businesses that have been negatively affected by the health emergency or by the state’s response to the emergency. The Lincoln County EDC will be facilitating the grant process on behalf of the City Council. Applications can be found at LincolnEDC.org/COVID-19or are avail...
OLYMPIA – To help prevent wildfires, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is alerting the public of a temporary target shooting ban on all department-managed lands statewide. The Department of Natural Resources also announced target shooting restrictions on Aug. 15 for all DNR-managed lands. "We implemented several fire risk prevention measures for WDFW lands in Eastern Washington earlier this summer," said Cynthia Wilkerson, Lands Division Manager for WDFW. "With increasing fire danger and several recent i...
OLYMPIA – The Fish and Wildlife Commission, on Friday, approved $17 million in budget requests for needed enhancements to manage fish and wildlife in Washington state. Commissioners also provided a list of potential service cuts, while pointing out the counterproductive nature of such cuts should statewide elected officials adopt them. A unanimously adopted Commission position statement outlined how the $23.5 million in possible cuts, if realized, would have significant impact on local economies, and asserted that i...
COULEE DAM – Effective immediately, and remaining until further notice, the Lake Roosevelt Recreation Area Superintendent has closed all federal land located within the Crystal Cove boat-in campground under the authority granted by 36 CFR §1.5 due to bear activity. This closure extends along the shoreline ¼ mile in either direction from the established campground....
DAVENPORT – The school district announced they have pushed back the start of school to Sept. 2 due to delays in accessing a new online curriculum adopted for the 2020/21 school year. Superintendent Jim Kowalkowski said the district experienced a “hiccup” last Friday when they learned increased demand for online content has caused delays with the curriculum company. “Like most things during this pandemic, we were thrown a curve ball on Friday, August 21st and do not yet have access to our online content,” Kowalkows...
