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HARRINGTON—A local man was injured in a one-car rollover crash three miles east of the city on State Highway 28 Monday, March 4. Francis M. Pate, 59, of Harrington was injured after his gray 2000 Toyota Camry left the Highway and rolled multiple times near milepost 120 of the Highway around 5:43 p.m. Monday, according to a release from Washington State Patrol. The Patrol reported that the Camry stopped 60 feet off the roadway and Pate was ejected from the vehicle. He was injured and transported to Sacred Heart Medical C...
In 2023, a Greyhound bus exiting an Illinois highway collided with three semi-trucks parked along an exit ramp, killing three bus passengers. That same year, a woman in Modesto, California, crashed into a parked truck and subsequently died. In 2021, a man in North Carolina was hospitalized after hitting a trailer while swerving to miss a parked semi-truck. His car then caught fire. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, there is only one truck parking space for ev...
DAVENPORT - Two wind turbine project builds being attempted in Lincoln County by Omaha-based Tenaska and Toronto-based Cordelio Power aren't the only projects in the works here. Triple Oak Power, a Portland, Oregon-based green energy supplier, is in the process of leasing land for a turbine project of its own north to northeast of Davenport. While CEO Jesse Gronner was wary to offer many details on the project, titled "Great Bend Wind," before such details are finalized, he sa...
DAVENPORT - County Commissioners in Lincoln and Adams Counties are opposed to their counties holding an elected coroner position. Commissioners from the neighboring counties met here Monday, Feb. 26 to discuss House Bill 1326. The bill was passed in 2021 and discusses coroners and medical examiners. Two sections of the bill take effect Jan. 1, 2025. Section 4 states that every county should have an elected county coroner, except in counties with less than 40,000 residents....
DAVENPORT — The Feb. 13 Special Election was officially certified Friday, Feb. 23, confirming that Educational Programs and Operations and Capital Projects levies around Lincoln County all passed. Voter precinct data was released with that certification, indicating which areas of each School District were more in favor of the levies than others. In Davenport, a 4-year EP&O levy valued at approximately $2.30 per $1,000 assessed property value and a 4-year capital projects levy valued at approximately $1 per $1,000 assessed p...
DAVENPORT —-The results are certified, and all Lincoln County school levy propositions have passed. Results were certified Friday, Feb. 23. The local District flirting with levy failure was Reardan-Edwall, mostly due to opposition in Spokane County. But Lincoln County favored the levy enough to overrule said opposition. The 3-year Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O) levy valued at approximately $2 per $1,000 assessed property value passed 776-713, with 373 in favor to 190 opposed in Lincoln County and 523 opposed to 4...
DAVENPORT - Two proposed wind farms by Omaha-based Tenaska and Toronto-headquartered Cordelio Power are facing backlash from Lincoln County citizens. The Record-Times polled online followers this week to gauge what questions readers have surrounding the turbine projects, which are titled "Hawk Creek" and "Lincoln County SW." 72 responses had been received by Monday, Jan. 20 through call, text and online commenting forums. Of those 72 responses, 70 had voiced their opposition t...
DAVENPORT — A Kennewick man booked in Lincoln County Jail died over the weekend from medical causes, the Sheriff’s Office confirmed this week. Thomas L. Faulk, 20, of Kennewick, died at Lincoln Hospital after suffering a medical emergency at the Jail Saturday, Feb. 17, the Office said. Faulk was booked into jail Tuesday, Feb. 14 on two counts each of controlled substance possession, driving without a license, operating a vehicle with suspended registration and failure to comply, jail booking records state. His death rem...
DAVENPORT - Per annual tradition, the Reardan FFA ag issues team gave a 15-minute presentation on this year's issue of study to the Lincoln County Commissioners Tuesday, Feb. 20. This year, the chapter is studying the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and questioning whether that model can survive with, or despite, the current Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Commission. The team, consisting of Wyatt Stolp, Amelia Ray, Bryson Flaa, Aidan Chilson and Rysen Soli...
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 does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Feb. 11 Traffic stops: 10 A caller said she saw two flashlights around a shop below her house. A caller reported a man walking in the center of Highway 2 just west of the Davenport Airport. A Reardan woman said her ph...
DAVENPORT - A local man who was one of four candidates who interviewed for the Mayor job in December had better luck in his second try at getting involved in city government. Daniel Coriell, 23, was unanimously appointed to City Council's vacant No. 1 seat Wednesday, Feb. 14. Coriell fills a seat vacated by Jonathan Chapman, who resigned from City Council when Council voted 4-2 to appoint Chapman to the mayoral role in January. He was the only citizen to apply for the council...
DAVENPORT — As one election ends, another begins. Ballots for the Presidential Primary Election were mailed to Lincoln County voters Wednesday, Feb. 21. Three Democrats and five Republicans will be on the ballot. Incumbent President Joe Biden, U.S. Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota and author Marianne Williamson will be the options on the left, as will “uncommitted delegates.” Republicans on the ballot include former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, forme...
Results as of Thursday, Feb. 15. Reardan-Edwall School District EP&O levy Yes: 771 No: 711 Odessa School District EP&O levy Yes: 290 No: 117 Odessa School District Capital levy Yes: 298 No: 107 Harrington School District EP&O levy Yes: 172 No: 81 Davenport School District EP&O levy Yes: 484 No: 379 Davenport School District Capital levy Yes: 489 No: 353 Hospital District No. 1 Excess levy Yes: 306 No: 148 Almira School District EP&O levy Yes: 104 No: 24 Creston School District EP&O levy Yes: 388 No: 205 Wilbur School...
REARDAN - Tenaska and Cordelio Power, the companies looking to build two wind farms in Lincoln County, held community meetings in Reardan and Harrington this week to answer questions about the projects titled Hawk Creek and Lincoln County SW. Both projects have rather broad potential locations and are almost entirely dependent on which landowners sign on to the lease to have wind turbines built on their property, Tenaska project manager Monte Ten Kley said at the Reardan...
DAVENPORT - A couple's first Valentine's Day is special. For Pete and Dixie Knutson, it was also memorable, considering they lived amongst lepers in Liberia, West Africa. Dixie was just 17 years old when she left eastern Montana to attend Northwest College in Kirkland, Washington. She left behind her family and the cattle ranch she loved. Their home had no telephone, electricity or running water and was 50 miles from the nearest town. In Fall 1963, she arrived in Kirkland...
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 does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Feb. 4 Traffic stops: 10 A disabled vehicle was reported at Highway 231 South and Highway 2. A caller said the front door of someone who wasn’t home was left open. Traders Express staff in Davenport said a patron lock...
SPOKANE - Reardan resident Jennie Wagner received the 2024 Excellence in Agriculture award from Farmland Company at the Spokane Ag Show Tuesday, Feb. 6. The annual award is given to those who have contributed significantly to agriculture in the Inland Northwest. "Jennie was nominated for the award because of her long time commitment to teaching youth about agriculture," Ag Show board member Brian Jeske said. Wagner retired from the Medical Lake School District last May after...
ODESSA — Memorial Healthcare Center staff received some good news last week: No mold or spores were found in Quail Court, the local assisted living facility that was damaged by a burst pipe and subsequent flooding Jan. 14. However, residents won’t still be able to move back in for several months. Center CEO Brett Antczak said there are still multiple procedures to go through before that is a reality, despite insurance inspections having been completed. “The biggest thing we have to wait for is the Department of Health,” Antcz...
ODESSA — Town Council discussed the issue of municipal well No. 3, until recently the town’s primary water source, at a regular meeting Monday, Feb. 12. Faced with declining output from well No. 3, the public works crew switched to using well No. 4, the former backup well. A $30,000 grant was obtained to study why the well’s output declined so drastically. The study resulted in two proposals: scrubbing of the well shaft for $250,000 with no guarantee that the decline would be remedied or placing a camera down the shaft to in...
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 does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Jan. 28 Traffic stops: 1 A Davenport man said a man in a gray hoodie was trying to get into cars near Maxwell Street. A Davenport man requested a welfare check on a man whose mailbox was full of mail and who had...
DAVENPORT — Two non-local companies are in the process of trying to lease private land to construct two wind farms in Lincoln County. Omaha-based Tenaska and Toronto-based Cordelio Power are partnering on the Hawk Creek and Lincoln Southwest projects, which aim to construct farms in the northeast and southeast portions of Lincoln County. The Hawk Creek project would run north to Lake Roosevelt, east to Reardan, west to just west of Davenport and south to about Bluestem, while the Lincoln Southwest project would run north t...
REARDAN — On Dec. 12, the Washington State Dept. of Commerce’s Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention notified Police Chief Mike Suniga that his department was awarded a $49,753 Pursuit Technology Grant. The grant funded the purchase of three Flock Safety license plate readers to be installed on Broadway Avenue at each end of town. The readers will capture the license plate numbers of all cars and compare them to databases for wanted subjects, stolen vehicles and missing persons. In addition, the grant funded two...
DAVENPORT — Colville-based Rural Resources, which provides many services to those in need or down on their luck in Lincoln County, has moved into a physical office space where the old Drug and Alcohol Center was at 511 First Street. There, two full-time employees are stationed with various areas of expertise, with more employees expected to fill that office in coming months. Running the office, for now, is housing case manager Amanda Gavin. Gavin also helps run the Willow Ridge homeless shelter that Rural Resources has o...
ODESSA — Town Council has a vacancy to fill. Josh Clark resigned his position in Seat No. 2 effective Jan. 8. Clark had been on Council since Oct. 2023, when he replaced Amy Gimmestead. He ran unopposed for reelection to the seat, which was a 4-year term. No reason was given for his resignation, Town Hall staff said. Clark didn’t return inquiries for comment from The Record-Times by press time. Town Clerk Meri Jane Bohn said multiple applications have already been received from interested citizens. Applications will be acc...
DAVENPORT - Most proposed replacement levies aimed at raising funds for local schools appear to have passed after ballot returns in Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Harrington updated Thursday, Feb. 15. Most levies are passing comfortably, while one is still slightly too close to call. The tightest margin is a proposed 2-year replacement Educational Programs and Operations levy in the Reardan-Edwall School District, valued at approximately $2 per $1,000 assessed property value....
