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DAVENPORT — With the filing deadline for the Aug. 4 primary election set for 5 p.m. Friday, Lincoln County residents and area candidates have filed for a range of local, legislative and congressional offices. All incumbents filed for re-election. As of 3:30 p.m. today at press time, the following positions have candidates filed. All countywide and commissioner races drew single Republican candidates. Several Republican precinct committee officer positions also received filings across the county. Filing remains open through Fr...
DAVENPORT - Five high-crash locations in Lincoln County will be getting rumble strips. Public Works Director David Orvis and County Engineer James Wege updated Lincoln County commissioners Scott Hutsell and Jo Gilchrist during the commissioners meeting Monday, May 4. Commissioner Rob Coffman was absent. Orvis said the $300,000 project targets the intersections of Mohler/Harrington-Tokio, Little Falls/Devils Gap and Waukon/Highway 231 (both sides) plus the south side of...
Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of noon Monday, May 4: Cheney $5.25 at Maverik. Colfax $5.15 at Cenex and 76. Davenport $5.34 at Cenex and Exxon Lewiston, Idaho $4.42 at Cenex. Moscow, Idaho $4.59 at Mobil, Chevron and Primeland Coop. Othello $5.19 at Hawk Fuel. Pasco $5.17 at Friends Corner. Plummer, Idaho $4.44 at Benewah Automotive Center. Post Falls, Idaho $4.42 at Local Market Post Falls Chevron. Pullman $5.29 at Safeway. Ritzville $5.39 at Circle K and...
DAVENPORT - A town hall meeting Tuesday, May 5, spotlighted the status of the federal farm bill and its potential benefits for local agriculture. 5th Congressional District Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Spokane, led the discussion as well as fielding questions on tariffs, immigration and public lands. The congressman opened the hour-long event at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds by updating constituents on his work in Washington, D.C. He emphasized the farm bill as a major...
DAVENPORT - A registered sex offender pleaded guilty Tuesday to failing to notify authorities after he stopped living at his registered address, receiving a short jail sentence and community custody in Lincoln County Superior Court. Calvin Keith O'Donnell, 53, appeared in restraints and in custody before Judge Adam Walser. According to court documents and the probable cause affidavit, O'Donnell - convicted in 2000 of first-degree rape of a child - had been registered since...
DAVENPORT - A Spokane woman accused of driving a vehicle reported stolen the day before remained in custody Tuesday after her trial date was pushed back in Lincoln County Superior Court. Sarah Meadow Levine, 45, appeared in restraints before Judge Adam Walser for a readiness hearing on a single count of possession of a stolen vehicle. According to court records and the probable cause affidavit, deputies spotted Levine driving a white 1999 Subaru Legacy with a distinctive red...
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 April 27 Traffic stops: 5 6:35 a.m. — Citizen assist. A woman requested a ride from Lincoln County Hospital back to her house in Wilbur after arriving by ambulance with her daughter; a deput...
WILBUR — A father seeking clarification on a restraining order called the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office after discovering it listed his son as a protected person, according to sheriff’s office records. Mitchell Ray Goodwin had cared for the boy full time for the past four years. The order, served by the boy’s mother, Savanna Dawn Tanner, was filed April 16 after the son returned from spring break at Goodwin’s residence on Trinity Avenue. Goodwin told dispatch he did not want to violate the order but was unsure what to d...
DAVENPORT - Broadband Director Margie Hall reported steady progress and renewed community interest across several phases of the county's high-speed internet expansion during the commissioners meeting Monday, May 4. Hall updated Commissioners Scott Hutsell and Jo Gilchrist; Rob Coffman was absent. Residents in the Northridge development near Davenport and Wilbur have encouraged officials to restart construction of their stalled fiber network. Hall said Northwest Line Builders...
WILBUR — An unlicensed driver struck a legally parked vehicle in the Wilbur School parking lot, according to Lincoln County sheriff’s office records. Deanna Dawn Sudol’s 2024 Toyota Camry was hit by a 2017 Kia Sorento driven by Leola Lee Clark on April 23. Clark had only a Washington identification card and no valid driver’s license, the records state. No one was injured and damage was minor. The vehicles were not blocking traffic....
Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 4 p.m. Monday, April 27: Airway Heights $4.92 at Airway Heights Food Mart. Cheney $4.97 at Maverik. Colfax $5.29 at Maverik. Harrington $5.03 at Cenex. Lewiston, Idaho $4.09 at Exxon and Sinclair. Moses Lake $4.89 at 1 Stop. Othello $4.99 at Hawk Fuel. Pasco $4.79 at MetroPetroleum. Plummer, Idaho $4.35 at Beneway Automotive Center. Post Falls, Idaho $3.92 at Local Market Post Falls Chevron. Pullman $4.89 at Safeway and Cenex....
DAVENPORT — With one key local office vacant and most incumbents expected to seek re-election, Lincoln County’s 2026 election season kicks off next week as candidates can begin filing for a full slate of county positions. Elections Manager Norm Caley said the majority of courthouse positions are on the ballot this cycle, along with dozens of precinct committee officer spots for both major parties. A 1% filing fee based on salary applies to the paid offices. “Those positions, we have one Democrat lately who files, and 16 to...
DAVENPORT - The School Board has approved expanding its solar program at elementary and middle schools. During a Monday, April 27, meeting, the board decision came after a presentation from David Funk of ZEN Northwest PPA, the company that installed solar arrays on the high school last year. Funk said the expanded system will save the district $900,000 during its lifespan. The deal calls for rooftop solar arrays, with work scheduled for next summer after roof replacements are...
RITZVILLE -- While some farmers in the state may be concerned about water contained in mountain snow packs, dryland farmers here have learned to do without. That’s the word from Aaron Esser, Washington State University’s Extension Office agent here. “For the most part across Lincoln and Adams counties, and dryland Eastern Washington, a lot of our winter wheat crop is in the good-to-excellent range,” Esser said. “I’ve seen fairly good stands of wheat across the region.” Esser, who works almost exclusively in dryland crops...
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 April 20 Traffic stops: 8 7:48 a.m. — Motor vehicle theft. (Details redacted.) 9:03 a.m. — Fraud. (Details redacted.) 9:06 a.m. — Death investigation. (Details redacted.) 10:14 a.m. — Medical. A...
DAVENPORT — A woman called the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office after finding a man inside her jailed son’s camper on rented property. Robin Marguette Gipson reported April 21 that Robert Leonard Watkins was in the 1979 trailer belonging to her son, Joseph Michael Erwin, who is incarcerated in Spokane County Jail, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office records show. The camper sits on property rented by John William Orndorff from an individual identified only as “Terry.” Deputy Blake Martin responded and learned both Gipson and...
SPRAGUE — A local woman was arrested on a fourth-degree assault charge following a domestic dispute in which her husband punched multiple holes in a bedroom closet door. Jessica Marie Hagen, 34, was booked into jail after admitting to deputies that she slapped her husband, Michael Loren Matte, in the face during an argument late April 19 at their home on South Dayton Street, court records show. The dispute escalated after Matte accused Hagen of revealing herself to a visiting friend, prompting him to punch the hollow-core c...
WILBUR – A freshman student fled from Wilbur School officials April 22 after being confronted about having alcohol on a bus. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office records show the school contacted a deputy regarding a reported of a student drinking on a school bus. The student was detained by a school official, but refused to allow the employee to search their bag, records show. The student then fled school....
GRAND COULEE — A local man failed to appear Tuesday for a scheduled change-of-plea hearing on a second-degree burglary charge earlier this week. Leonard Edwin Ethrington IV, 45, of Grand Coulee, did not show for the hearing before Lincoln County Superior Court Judge Adam Walser in Davenport, according to court records. “I tried to text him and it was rejected. So sorry,” public defender David Hearrean told the judge. Walser noted that he routinely advises defendants to stay in contact with their attorneys. Prosecuting Attor...
WILBUR — Wilbur School officials called the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office after an elderly man repeatedly appeared on campus appearing lost, hungry and confused. According to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office records, school Superintendent Teresa Chrisman reported Gerald Alan Conover had shown up again April 20. He was given a free school lunch but did not know what day it was. Deputy Brian Hudspeth responded and Conover was later issued a trespass warning....
DAVENPORT — A vehicle fire fully blocked state Highway 25 about 10 miles north of the city Sunday evening, April 26. The blaze involved a 2017 Hyundai Tucson and was reported around 8:39 p.m., according to Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office dispatch records. Deputies, fire crews and Washington State Patrol troopers responded. Crews watched the vehicle burn until it was safely extinguished, records show. The driver was not injured and was given a ride to the casino afterward, records show. The burned vehicle was towed by Joh...
DAVENPORT — A property disagreement over cattle corral panels that had stood for more than 30 years off state Highway 25 prompted dueling calls to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office on April 21. According to Sheriff’s Office records, Miranda Susan Marty of Fruitland reported that neighbor Dirk Oscar Jacobsen crossed her fence the previous day and removed some of the panels, records show. Her husband, Jack Daniel Marty, had recently acquired the land from previous owner Kenny Swiger. Jacobsen told deputies he has owned the p...
WILBUR — A state Department of Transportation employee reported a road-rage incident April 26. Sarah Katherine Wirth of Moses Lake was southbound in her work truck on State Highway 21 on Sunday morning when she passed a black-and-red Chevrolet Corvette traveling at about 30 mph in a 50 mph zone, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported. After passing, the Corvette driver allegedly tailgated her and followed her into Wilbur, the report said. Wirth pulled into Sandy’s Family Foods to avoid confrontation. But the Corve...
DAVENPORT — — The City Council on Wednesday, April 28, debated whether to strengthen enforcement of city ordinances on junk vehicles, litter and property maintenance. Councilman Lance Strite raised the issue, noting a public works employee was hired last year with the understanding he would handle both seasonal public works duties and part-time code enforcement. Councilman Cory Hollis agreed. “If we’re going to pay him for code enforcement, I think we need to do that,” Hollis said. “Otherwise what’s the position for?...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County’s legislative lobbyist is calling for a shift from a defensive posture in Olympia to a more proactive approach. Zak Kennedy of Potts & Associates updated county commissioners Monday, April 20, on the strategy change during the board’s regular meeting. “We are basically always on our heels, always playing defense,” Kennedy said. “We have made no progress in the past 30 years. Meanwhile, the other side of the issue, in 10 years, laying groundwork through small builds and small changes resulted in...
