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DAVENPORT — An 84-year-old veteran who has survived three strokes, open-heart surgery with seven bypasses, prostate cancer, colon surgery and congestive heart disease is pedaling a recumbent tri across the country on a nearly four-month journey to support homeless veterans and first responders. Tony Lee Harriman said he wanted one of his last adventures “to be big benefit a cause close to home and heart.” He describes his Catrike as “very comfortable and easier to pedal.” Harriman is raising awareness and funds for the Tunne...
REARDAN - Residents pressed the Town Council Wednesday night, April 1, to consider the limited water supply and infrastructure capacity before approving further growth amid regional development pressure from Spokane and Airway Heights. During public comment, resident Nikki Dominique asked: "What do you guys think about growth in Reardan? About our water supply, about our infrastructure?" "I'm for a little bit of growth," Councilwoman Leanne Merkel responded. Mayor Kathy...
The Record-Times Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 7: Airway Heights $5.04 — Chevron and 76. Cheney $4.99 — Maverik. Colfax $4.99 — Cenex and 76 Davenport $4.99 at Exxon. Harrington $5.03 — Cenex Lewiston, Idaho $3.99 — Conoco Medical Lake $4.84 — Conoco Moscow, Idaho $4.27 — Sinclair Othello $4.79 — Conoco, The Main Stop and 76 Post Falls, Idaho $4.07 — Walmart Pullman $4.99 — Cenex, 76 and Mobil Reardan No data. Ritzville $5.09 — C...
DAVENPORT - Lincoln County’s information technology team repelled a recent surge in brute-force cyberattacks while advancing high-speed network upgrades and a new server purchase despite sharply higher hardware costs. Information Systems Director Keith Nelson gave the update Monday, April 6, to Lincoln County Chairman Scott Hutsell and Commissioners Rob Coffman and Jo Gilchrist. Nelson said the county faced unusually heavy "brute-force" login attempts last week on a public-facing server, with traffic far above normal l...
COULEE DAM - A local man was sentenced to 14 months in prison Monday, April 6, after pleading guilty to reduced charges in two separate assaults. Kevin Raymond Duclos, 37, appeared before Lincoln County Superior Court Judge Adam Walser. He pleaded guilty to third-degree assault after both original second-degree assault charges were reduced. One count involved domestic violence with his estranged wife; the other stemmed from a roadside incident with a child. Lincoln County...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County commissioners are restructuring job titles and pay scales in the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office while launching a search for a replacement attorney to handle the caseload in both superior and district courts. Prosecuting Attorney Ty Albertson outlined the changes Monday, April 6, during the Lincoln County Commissioners meeting after chief deputy Bruce Cox submitted his resignation. Cox’s last day will be May 31. Albertson asked the board to eliminate the chief deputy prosecuting attorney title...
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 March 30 Traffic stops: 13 11:44 a.m. — Child custody papers served on Main Street in Davenport. 11:46 a.m. — Child custody papers served on Main Street in Davenport. 4:10 p.m. — Fifty-five-year-ol...
REARDAN — The Town Council unanimously approved Ordinance 2603, its first Complete Streets policy, during Wednesday’s meeting. The ordinance integrates Complete Streets principles into all transportation planning, construction, reconstruction, retrofits, maintenance and repair projects funded wholly or partly by the town. It also encourages private developers and other agencies to follow the same standards inside town limits. Council members noted the policy is now required for most grant applications. “He said about 99% o...
DAVENPORT — A city truck backed into a parked dark blue Honda Civic in front of Davenport Auto Parts on Morgan Street, leaving visible blue paint transfer on the truck’s rear bumper. George Edward Livingston of Davenport reported the collision shortly before noon April 1, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office reported. The driver of the 2013 Ford F250 city truck, Gregory Lee Walker, said he was unaware he had made contact while backing out of a parking spot. Witness Jake James Coffman confirmed seeing the city truck strike Liv...
SPRAGUE — A woman reported a gun brandishing incident from last fall after she accidentally flashed her high beams while driving through town. Hayden Ann Powell of Spokane told Deputy Blake Martin on March 23 that the event occurred in November 2025 while she was traveling on Sprague Highway Road E in broad daylight. She said a heavy-set white man in his 60s with gray hair and a small dog pulled beside her in a silver Ford SUV, brandished a gun, and then followed her northbound on State Route 23 for some distance before s...
DAVENPORT — A local mechanic who spent more than a year rebuilding a motorcycle discovered it had been stolen and voluntarily returned it to its rightful owner. Christopher Matthew Suksdorf of Davenport acquired the 2007 red-and-black Hyosung motorcycle in September 2024 from a woman he met at a party in the Spokane area. Suksdorf, who works as a mechanic, said the bike was in poor condition and needed extensive repairs. He initially checked with law enforcement and believed it was not stolen. After completing the rebuild, a...
DAVENPORT — An intoxicated woman was arrested after she allegedly shoved a table into a 16-year-old boy, pinning him against a wall, flipped the table onto him and slapped him during a domestic disturbance at a Mondovi Road residence north of town. Amanda Lynn Dinwiddie, 34, of Davenport, was charged with fourth-degree assault (domestic violence), fourth-degree assault and attempted third-degree malicious mischief. Deputies determined she was the primary aggressor. A 16-year-old girl identified as Dinwiddie’s niece told dep...
DEER MEADOWS — Lincoln County commissioners have awarded a $7.27 million contract to extend high-speed broadband service to the Deer Meadows and Seven Bays areas. Broadband Director Margie Hall recommended the award to Lincoln County Commissioners during their Monday, April 6, meeting. Paramount Commun-ications of Richland submitted the low bid of $7,274,775.48. There were three bids received March 27. “I would like to recommend to the board that you accept the bid submitted by Paramount Communications,” Hall said. Commi...
SPRAGUE — Deputies and Sprague Fire crews checked the rest areas on Interstate 90 after a report of what appeared to be discolored feet under a locked female bathroom stall door March 26. Shelby Madison Mitchell of Soap Lake and Kaia Nakota Spring of Lakewood told dispatchers they said hello but received no response and feared the person might be deceased or overdosing, an incident report shows. The women left the scene and called the non-emergency line about 9:10 p.m. Deputy Blake Martin and fire crews cleared all stalls i...
HARRINGTON — A man reported that a yellow marking string and two stakes he placed the day before to show a property line were stolen from his yard overnight. Lee Benjamin Breuckman, of 305 N. First St., told deputies he had a recent civil dispute with a neighbor over a garden and the property line. He put up the markers April 3 and discovered them missing when he woke up April 4, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office report. Deputies responded but closed the case with no report needed....
Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of noon Tuesday, March 31: Cheney $4.86 at Maverik. Colfax $4.99 at Busch Distributors, Cenex and 76. Davenport $4.99 at Exxon. Lewiston, Idaho $4.05 at Sinclair, Neighbor’s A1 Market and Maverik. Moscow, Idaho $4.19 at Rosauers, Mobile, NomNom, Cenex and Sinclair. Othello $4.59 at Hawk Fuel. Plummer, Idaho $4.00 at Warpath Conoco. Post Falls, Idaho $3.90 at Local Market Post Falls Chevron. Pullman $4.99 at JMT, Mobile, Safeway a...
DAVENPORT — The Fort Spokane Museum and Visitor Center in Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is temporarily closed for repairs, the National Park Service announced Monday. The landmark building, which dates to 1880 and originally served as the fort’s guardhouse, is the primary hub for visitor information, exhibits, a park film and ranger programs. It is expected to reopen in July, park officials said. The project, funded through the Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund signed into law by President Donald J...
GRAND COULEE — A local man had his bail reduced from $25,000 to $5,000 Tuesday in Lincoln County Superior Court. Leonard Edwin Ethrington IV appeared in restraints for a motion to amend his release conditions on a second-degree burglary charge, according to court records. Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney Ty Albertson addressed the court on the request to lower the bail set earlier this month. Judge Adam Walser approved the reduction to $5,000 while leaving the previously scheduled May 13 trial date and April 14 r...
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 March 23 Traffic stops: 6 6:32 a.m. — Suspicious circumstance reported. A man and woman were seen yelling at each other in a City Hall parking lot. Both parties left the area before officers arriv...
ODESSA — A man failed to appear Tuesday for arraignment in Lincoln County Superior Court on charges of first-degree identity theft and theft from a vulnerable adult in the first degree, according to court records. Jose Chacon of Santa Ana, Calif., faces the identity theft charge for allegedly knowingly obtaining, possessing, using or transferring a means of identification or financial information of another person with the intent to commit a crime from approximately Dec. 1 to Dec. 29, 2025, in Lincoln County, according to c...
DAVENPORT — A Spokane woman appeared in custody Tuesday for arraignment in Lincoln County Superior Court on a charge of possession of a stolen vehicle, according to court records. Sarah Meadow Levine, 45, remained in jail after a $10,000 bail was kept in place after the court determined she was a flight risk, according to court records. The charge stems from a March 24 traffic stop in which she was driving a white 1999 Subaru Legacy with a red hood that had been reported stolen the previous day from Okanogan County, a...
DAVENPORT - The City Council unanimously approved a five-year contract with J.U.B. Engineers Inc. to provide engineering services for the municipal airport. Resolution 2026-06, approved during the council's Wednesday, March 25 meeting, authorized Mayor Brad Sweet to sign an agreement with the Spokane-based firm; he signed the resolution the same night. The Federal Aviation Administration requires five-year engineering contracts at municipal airports. The city's previous...
SPRAGUE — A Cheney woman failed to appear Monday for a hearing on a petition for a permanent protection order in Lincoln County Superior Court, according to court records. Madeline Marie Gregory, also known as Madeline Scoon, 29, was paged by court staff but did not appear or respond. Petitioner Ashley F. Melanson, the mother of the alleged victim, appeared before Judge Adam Walser, who granted a one-year protection order for stalking, according to court records. The order stems from the allegations that led to criminal c...
DAVENPORT — The School Board heard an update on nearly $6 million in grant-funded upgrades to HVAC systems, aging roof replacements and ADA-compliant door installations during its Monday, March 30, meeting. The work, funded largely by the $5.9 million Small School Modernization Grant, will begin this spring and summer at the elementary, middle and high schools, Superintendent Chad Prewitt told the board. “In the spring and summer of 2026, we will begin the next phase with a $5.9 million Small School Modernization Gra...
ODESSA — A local man charged with strangling his fiancée appeared Tuesday in Lincoln County Superior Court for a readiness hearing as his trial date was reset. Jacob Michael Bergstrom, 34, of Odessa, is charged with second-degree assault by strangulation and second-degree malicious mischief causing damage exceeding $750, court records show. He pleaded not guilty at an earlier arraignment and was released on $25,000 bail, court records show. A trial is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. May 13, with a readiness hearing April 28, ac...
