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ODESSA - Eight individual athletes, two teams and one coach are among this year's inductees into the Hall of Fame. Athletes earning the honors and the year they graduated are being honored include: • Reubin Kissler - 1932 • Dan Gettman - 1962 • Carol Michaelsen Evavold - 1963 • Nancy Schauerman Glines - 1970 • Karen Nichol Christensen - 1971 • Ryan Walker - 1983 • Nicole Melcher Picicci - 1995 • Marci Smith Grall - 1996 A 1929 Deer Park graduation, Coach Harley Mooers i...
OLYMPIA — A U.S. Department of Education ruling could effect scholastic sports in Washington's middle and high schools and colleges. In a ruling Thursday, May 28, the agency found that a Connecticut policy that allows transgender athletes to compete as the opposite sex is a violation of the federal Title IX laws requiring equal opportunity for boys and girls to compete in scholastic sports. The finding threatens funding to schools and related athletic programs that allow boys who "gender identify" as girls to compete in f...
WENATCHEE — Supporters and opponents of Gov. Jay Inslee’s quarantine measures will have to wait a little longer to see if the shutdowns will remain intact. Of the at least seven lawsuits seeking to end Inslee’s orders, two could have preliminary decisions coming in the next few days. On Thursday morning, Chelan County Superior Court Judge Kristin Ferrera ended a hearing by saying she’ll take hours of arguments under consideration before determining the fate of the case, filed by multiple plaintiffs, including former state R...
DAVENPORT- With Lincoln County firmly in Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee's four-phased plan to reopen the economy, most downtown businesses have reopened their doors. Subway, Tribune Smokehouse and El Ranchito have all opened their dining rooms to reduced seating. At Subway and El Ranchito, tables have been moved to prevent seating from surpassing 50% capacity. Edna's Drive-In is a notable exception. Their management doesn't plan on opening its dining room this summer, telling The...
OLYMPIA — More counties have been approved to move on to Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s plan to reopen the Washington economy. Kittitas, Thurston and Walla Walla counties are the latest to join Phase 2. As of press time, 22 counties are in Phase 2: Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Cowlitz, Ferry, Garfield, Grant, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, Kittitas, Lewis, Lincoln, Mason, Pacific, Pend Orielle, San Juan, Skamania, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Wahkiakum, Walla Walla and Whitman. Clallam, Kitsap, and Klickitat counties are eli...
DAVENPORT - About a month after asking some employees to accept volunteer standby unemployment due to reduced income during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lincoln Hospital has recalled all its employees back to work. No mandatory layoffs or furloughs took place at the hospital. The move comes near the same time the hospital reopened its surgery practice and Gov. Jay Inslee announced reduced restrictions on health care facilities. Hospitals had been barred from performing non-urgent...
MEDICAL LAKE — A local veterans group has submitted a proposal to rename State Route 902 through Medical Lake as the “Gold Star Memorial Highway.” The Eastern Washington Veterans Task Force has submitted the proposal to rename the 12.36-mile route that runs from Interstate 90 exit 272 through Medical Lake and returns to I-90 at exit 264 to the Washington State Transportation Commission. The commission is schedule to take up the proposal once it reconvenes as COVID-19 phase restrictions allow, according to a May 12 news relea...
COLFAX – Stay home orders have prompted people to pursue a variety of activities they may not have otherwise. For Dylan Nails, 20, Colfax, that includes running for Washington State Governor. "I think the youth are really underrepresented in politics," said Nails, a 2018 Colfax High School graduate. Nails is running to show that youth have something to bring to the table of politics and to promote youth involvement in government. "I definitely want to be a voice for Eastern W...
OKANOGAN — A lawsuit filed Friday in Douglas County against Gov. Jay Inslee’s stay-at-home order was continued to 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 29, in Okanogan County Superior Court this morning. The case was moved to Okanogan County because Douglas County commissioners are among the plaintiffs in the suit. Assistant Attorney General Zachary Jones contended Inslee’s stay-at-home order was issued in Thurston County and therefore should be heard in a Thurston County courtroom. Jones...
DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Fair and Rodeo will not take place this year, officials announced citing concerns relating COVID-19. The fair was planned for Aug. 20-22. “It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the Lincoln County Fair Advisory Board and the Lincoln County Commissioners have made a difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Lincoln County Fair & Rodeo,” an announcement on the fair’s website says. “This decision was not taken lightly, and many facts were gathered to make this final decision.” County Comm...
RITZVILLE — The Washington State Patrol is planning extra patrols for the Memorial Day weekend. District 4 troopers from Ritzville, Colfax and Spokane detachments will be looking for speeding, distracted driving and seat belt violations, as well as drunken driving and other violations. "We will have zero tolerance for drivers who are stopped and are impaired," District 4 Cmdr. Capt. Jeff Otis said. "Our troopers will continue to do what it takes to remove these dangerous drivers from the roads." In addition to encouraging m...
SPOKANE — The Spokane County Sheriff's Office Property Crimes Task Force is asking for the public's help to find the following wanted fugitive. Douglas J. Farmer is wanted for possession of a stolen motor vehicle, attempting to elude and Department of Corrections escape. Farmer is a white male, 30 years old, is 5-feet-9-inches tall, weighs 157 pounds and has hazel eyes and brown hair. Persons with information regarding the whereabouts of this fugitive should call the Crime S...
ODESSA - LocalTel is officially Odessa's newest downtown business, having just finished remodeling its office space at the southeast corner of the First Avenue-Division Street intersection. The office is in the space previously occupied by New Image Salon and the seating area adjacent to You're Grounded Coffee is in the former Veterans of Foreign Wars building. The company purchased Odessa Office Equipment from Marlon and Melissa Schafer earlier this year, but opted to look...
OKANOGAN – President Donald Trump signed an executive order to keep red meat and poultry processing facilities open during the coronavirus pandemic. But for some ranchers, the shortage of meat on store shelves is an indication that meat processing procedures need reform. Steve McLaughlin, a retired U.S. Navy commander and former state commissioner of public lands candidate, said Washington state beef producers need priority. “The first solution is Washington cattle pro...
SPOKANE — Investigagtors are enlisting the public’s help in finding two stolen Mercedes-Benz cars. The two vehicles were taken from the Inchelium area and were reported as stolen to the Colville Tribal Police Department. Police said they suspect the vehicles were then taken to Spokane and sold. The first car is a gray metallic 2001 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL, British Columbia license plate 237XWT. The second is a light gold 1992 Mercedes-Benz 500 SL, British Columbia plate FA026A. Anyone who has information on the stolen veh...
DAVENPORT — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife will allow fishermen to catch white sturgeon in Lake Roosevelt beginning Jun 15. The opening remains in effect from Grand Coulee Dam in Grand Coulee upriver to the China Bend boat ramp on Northport Flat Creek Road east of Barstow. The fishery includes the Spokane River from the state Highway 25 bridge upstream to 400 feet below Little Falls Dam, and the Colville River from the mouth to Meyers Falls Dam. The Kettle river is also open upstream to the Barstow Bridge. F...
OLYMPIA - Phase 2 of Gov. Jay Inslee's "Smart Start" plan to reopen the Washington economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be adjusted on almost a daily basis. After first ordering that restaurants that reopen their dining rooms to 50% capacity keep a daily log of customers, Inslee released a press release stating that adding one's name to the log would not be required but encouraged. The reversal came after criticism of the plan from restaurant owners and...
CHENEY – A financial fraud apparently launched in Africa has found its way to the West Plains. According to police, so far at least nine incidents have been reported of an unemployment scam authorities are calling very sophisticated, immense and seemly targeted at Washington state, although other states have also been impacted. While fraud, Cheney is classifying the incidents as identity theft. “We chose to classify them as identity theft because the victims’ names and social security numbers were used in an attempt to obtai...
OLYMPIA — The Columbia River Salmon Fishery Policy Workgroup will host a virtual public meeting May 27 to review the state Fish and Wildlife Commission’s policy on Columbia River basin salmon management. The workgroup will meet from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 27. The meeting will be conducted via webinar in accordance with the coronavirus quarantine ordered by Gov. Jay Inslee. The public will be able to participate in the meeting online. The meeting will be recorded and posted online later for those unable to attend the web...
OLYMPIA — The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking the public to submit written comment on a proposed target shooting rule update by June 10. The proposed rule update defines recreational target shooting, identifies when and where target shooting is allowed or prohibited, and describes allowable and prohibited targets for use on public lands managed by the agency. The proposed rule also defines a required backstop as an unobstructed earthen mound or bank at least 8 feet in height, which must stop the progress of a...
PORTLAND, Ore. - A man wanted in connection with the shooting death of his father in Ritzville remained in the Multnomah County Inverness Jail on Tuesday morning, booked on several charges. Grayson D.W. Morris, 26, is being held without bail on charges of first-degree robbery with a firearm, attempting to elude by vehicle, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, reckless driving, reckless endangerment, and four counts each of unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree attempted...
RITZVILLE — Flags will be put up to honor veterans in observance of Memorial Day at 10 a.m. Friday at the Ritzville Memorial Cemetery, followed by placement of flags at the Lutheran Cemetery, according to Jeff Kissler of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Kissler said Monday morning, the flag will be flown at half-staff until noon, when the flag will be raised to full-staff until sunset, in accordance with the tradition of honoring the nation's battle heroes. Kissler will play t...
COLVILLE — The Tri-County Economic Development Dis-trict has $5,000 “Microenterprise Opportunity Grants” to assist small businesses in Lincoln Countty effected by COVID-19. Qualifying businesses in Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille and Lincoln Counties are eligible to apply. Applications close May 29. Apply online at www.tricountyedd.com....
DAVENPORT — The latest cash grain market here shows Soft White Wheat is at $5.34 Hard Red Winter is down at $5.05 Dark Northern Spring is at $5.89 Barley remains at $110 per ton....
HATTON -- The National Weather Service is reporting a largely stationary line of thunderstorms stretching from Hatton to near the Ritzville area this evening, May 18. A funnel cloud was also reported in the Colfax area. The thunderstorms are moving to the north and east. Expect brief heavy rain, hail and frequent lightning. Localized flooding may occur where the rainfall is heavy. A hazardous weather outlook has been issued for Adams County and portions of Lincoln and Spokane counties....
