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Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 16: Airway Heights $4.79 at Airway Heights Food Mart. Cheney $5.24 at Exxon and Maverik. Colfax $5.29 at Busch Distributors, Cenex, Chevron and 76. Davenport $5.19 at Exxon Grand Coulee $5.39 at Exxon Harrington $5.30 at Cenex Moses Lake $4.66 at Earnie’s Truck Stop. Pullman $5.29 at Chevron and Safeway. Ritzville $5.09 at Circle K. Spokane $4.69 at Conoco and Texaco....
Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 9: Cheney $5.33 at Maverik. Colfax $5.29 at Cenex and 76. Lewiston, Idaho $4.37 at Cenex. Moses Lake $4.77 at Chevron. Othello $4.99 at Hawk Fuel. Pasco $4.96 at Atomic Gas. Pullman $5.29 at Cenex, Chevron, Mobil and Safeway. Reardan $5.19 at Colvilles Ritzville $5.29 at Circle K. Spokane $4.89 at Conoco. Wilbur $5.29 at Conoco....
COLFAX – Public school students will not be allowed to have a cellphone during the school day if Gov. Bob Ferguson has his way. On Tuesday, June 9, the governor announced his “Away for the Day” proposal which would ban students from using all smart phones and watches, and other smart devices. The measure would apply to all public school students, kindergarten through 12th-grade, from the time the first school bell rings in the morning until after the last bell of the day. “Our kids are missing what’s written on the whiteboar...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. DISPATCH LOG June 1 Traffic stops: 12 9:01 a.m. — A man reported he was denied a refund of $525 in lot rent after leaving a hotel early and claimed the hotel manager made threats to kill him during a phone...
Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 5 p.m. Monday, June 1: Cheney $5.35 at Maverik. Colfax $5.38 at Cenex and 76. Davenport $5.59 at Exxon. Harrington $5.54 at Cenex. Moses Lake $4.95 at Sunval and Chevron. Othello $5.09 at The Main Stop. Post Falls, Idaho $4.39 at Maverik Ritzville $5.39 at Chevron. Spokane $5.09 at Amerimart and Conoco. Wilbur $5.45 at Conoco....
DAVENPORT - A Wilbur woman has been named as the new Lincoln County Economic Development Council director. Shari Miller, 48, of Wilbur, brings more than a decade of hands-on hospitality experience, including work with Keller Ferry Marina and Seven Bays Marina. She also operated two bed-and-breakfasts on Lake Roosevelt with her husband, John Miller, a Keller ferry captain. "Shari brings extensive hospitality, marina, Lake Roosevelt and small-business Airbnb experience,"...
WILBUR — A Hayden, Idaho, man facing charges in a Wilbur motel burglary was re-arrested after being granted a medical appointment. Trever Owen Hamblen, 36, of Hayden, Idaho, is charged with second-degree burglary, second-degree vehicle prowling and third-degree theft, court records show. The charges stem from an April 7 incident at Willows Motel, 303 N.E. Main St. Hamblen allegedly entered a room and stole a flat-screen television, Shark vacuum, towels, a Dish receiver and coffee pot, court records show. He is also accused o...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. DISPATCH LOG May 25 Traffic stops: 4 11:31 a.m. — An abandoned boat with a pickup cab in it was reported partially blocking the lane of travel; the trailer has a flat tire, the boat is full of garbage, and t...
ALMIRA — A local man was arrested Wednesday evening after allegedly assaulting his mother during a domestic dispute at their rural home. Billy Jack Bragg, 29, is facing a fourth-degree assault-domestic violence charge. He was arrested at the family residence, 2679 Williams Road E., arrest records show. According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, his mother, Coastal Alaska, told deputies he grabbed both of her hands and twisted her wrists, causing pain. Alaska reported Bragg had become upset earlier in the day after a d...
SPRAGUE — A local man was taken into custody on a second-degree criminal impersonation charge at a mobile home park Friday evening, May 29, for second-degree criminal impersonation. Troy James Burke was arrested and booked into the Lincoln County Jail on $7,600 bail, records show. He was released Wednesday, June 3. Burke was arrested at 2384 N. Bob Lee Road, Space No. 33, by Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy Blake Martin, records show....
DAVENPORT— A woman was taken into custody on a warrant Friday evening, May 29, and transported to Spokane. Savanah Rose Pera of Electric City was arrested after Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy Matt Gilbert saw her near the intersection of Sixth and Park streets about 5:11 p.m. and confirmed she was wanted on a warrant. Gilbert made the arrest; she was transported to Spokane jail....
SPRAGUE — A man found lying on a sidewalk Saturday afternoon was transported to a hospital after a deputy determined he was disabled. Guy Darrel Swift was transported against his will after Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy Jon Evans determined he was gravely disabled, records show. An ambulance transported him to a hospital in Spokane. According to Sheriff’s Office records, Patrick Brice Whipple called 911 about 1:15 p.m. Saturday, May 30, to report an intoxicated man lying on the sidewalk at 115 S. H St. William Jan B...
DAVENPORT — A driver was cited after her Jeep struck a state Department of Transportation dump truck in a state Highway 25 construction zone Wednesday morning, May 27. Julie Ann Stranburg of Beaverton, Oreg., was southbound in a 2023 Jeep Gladiator, entered the flagged construction zone at Milepost 6 and became confused, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office records show. She believed she was supposed to follow the dump truck, driven by Joshua Kelly Houck of Harrington, records show. But when the vehicle stopped and began bac...
SPRAGUE — An abandoned boat on a trailer with a flat tire and garbage inside was found partially blocking a rural road near Lamont on Memorial Day, May 25. According to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office records, deputy Chad Cunningham responded to the intersection of Williams Lake Road East and Care Road North after an off-duty deputy reported the boat and trailer partially in the lane of travel. The trailer did not have a valid registration and the boat’s hull number showed it was last registered in 2016 to Brian Lynn Sherm...
DAVENPORT — Broadband expansion projects are nearing completion, but delays in materials, engineering and state approvals are slowing final steps and raising questions about leftover funds. County broadband project manager Margie Hall provided an update on Phases 2, 3 and 4 of the expansion during a county commission meeting Monday, June 1. Phase 2, the Northridge development outside Davenport, will begin in two weeks, she said, noting all property owners are on board. “That development is going to be able to go live right aw...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. DISPATCH LOG May 18 Traffic stops: 8 6:18 a.m. — A sex assault was reported early Monday morning. 10:51 a.m. — Deputies located a lost dog and returned it to its owner. 11:08 a.m. — Deputies checked on a man de...
Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 27: Airway Heights $5.19 at NomNom and Speedi-Shoppe. Cheney $5.35 at Maverik. Harrington $5.69 at Cenex Moscow, Idaho $4.69 at Primeland Co-op. Moses Lake $5.05 at Chevron. Post Falls, Idaho $4.34 at Local Market Post Falls Chevron Pullman $5.39 at Mobil and Chevron. Ritzville $5.44 at Conoco. Spokane $5.18 at Circle. Wilbur $5.54 at Conoco....
DAVENPORT — A Grant County Superior Court judge is deliberating whether the King family has a constitutional right to a jury trial in its dispute with the state Department of Ecology over stockwater ponds the state classifies as protected wetlands. During a May 21 hearing, attorneys from the Pacific Legal Foundation argued that forcing Wade and Teresa King into an administrative proceeding before the governor-appointed Pollution Control Hearings Board violates the Washington State Constitution, which states that the right t...
HARRINGTON — Three teenage boys were arraigned Tuesday, May 26, on charges related to an overnight vandalism spree last month that caused more than $8,400 in damage. Donovin Jackson, 16, and Carter D. Frutchey, 15, both of Harrington, and Landon R. Gatewood, 14, of Davenport, were charged in the juvenile division of Lincoln County Superior Court. Jackson is charged with first-degree malicious mischief, a class B felony, for knowingly and maliciously causing physical damage in excess of $5,000 to property of the city of H...
DAVENPORT - A hitchhiker gave a deputy his brother's name and date of birth in an attempt to conceal his true identity and avoid arrest on outstanding warrants last fall. As a result, Marc D. Anderson, 56, was arraigned on second-degree identity theft in Lincoln County Superior Court on Tuesday, May 26. He pleaded not guilty before Judge Adam Walser. He will be tried at 9 a.m. July 22; a readiness hearing is set for 10:30 a.m. June 30. According to the probable cause affidavit...
DAVENPORT — Two unknown people were seen filling multiple 5-gallon buckets with water from a community garden spigot, prompting a suspicious-circumstances report to deputies, according to Lincoln County sheriff’s office records. Barbara Jean Robinson told authorities she observed the incident at the garden near 5th and Merriam streets about 3:51 p.m. May 13. She submitted an online form with photos showing the suspects loading four buckets from the public water source, the records state. Deputy Chris Stein responded, vie...
DAVENPORT — Two elderly men reported missing by Spokane police were located safe at the Coffee Pot Lake boat launch after Lincoln County deputies checked area launches, according to sheriff’s office records. Michael Edward Rickard, 83, of Spokane, and Richard Crassini of California had been traveling in a beige 2003 GMC pickup with a Lance camper topper and pulling a boat trailer. A Flock camera captured the vehicle heading westbound through Davenport about 2:09 p.m. May 10, the records state. Spokane police requested the...
DAVENPORT — Deputies searched rural roads near Davenport for a Coulee City woman believed to be suicidal after her cellphone last pinged in the area, according to Lincoln County sheriff’s office records. Cheyenne Mary Jochec of Ephrata reported her mother, Melinda Ann Beazer of Coulee City, missing on May 10. Beazer, who has bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, had left Coulee City around noon and was last located near the Oehlwein Road and State Route 2 intersection about four hours later. Jochec said her...
DAVENPORT — Someone illegally dumped a white 35-gallon barrel, an empty black suitcase and a bag of trash at the intersection of Wheatdale and Spinning roads, according to Lincoln County sheriff’s office records. Thomas Eugene Sorensen reported the items shortly after 1:18 p.m. May 11. Deputy Brandon Rose responded and found nothing to identify a suspect. Sorensen kept the barrel for personal use and disposed of the trash himself. The case was closed the same day with no further action....
DAVENPORT — A man requested a deputy’s presence while his former roommate’s sister picked up belongings, including firearms, because he did not feel comfortable returning a gun to someone he said was abusing pills, according to Lincoln County sheriff’s office records. Anthony John Brown of 30154 SR 25 N told deputies May 12 that his ex-roommate Devin Martin no longer lived there and had been abusing pills. Brown asked that an officer stand by during the exchange when Martin’s sister arrived to collect the items. Deputy Ch...
