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DAVENPORT — First-day student enrollment counts in area schools show some with more students and others with fewer. Davenport schools opened the year with 612.15 full-time equivalent students, down 36.28 from September last year. Superintendent Chad Prewitt said the decline is due to a large graduating Class of 2026. September counts show 22.05 12th-grade full-time enrollees. The past two years were the district’s highest enrollment on record, Prewitt said, noting the count is moving toward earlier averages. Full-time enr...
Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 9 a.m. Thursday, September 24: Airway Heights $5.04 at Aireway Heights Food Mart. Cheney $5.31 at Maverik. Colfax $5.54 at Chevron, Cenex and 76. Davenport $5.49 at Exxon. Ephrata $5.23 at Hawk Fuel. Grand Coulee $4.99 at Coulee Gas. Moses Lake $4.93 at Chevron and Colville Fuels. Post Falls, Idaho $4.53 at Walmart. Ritzville $5.24 at Love's Travel Stop and Maverik. Spokane $4.85 at Costco....
DAVENPORT — City officials are moving through the calendar that leads to next year’s budget, even though a preliminary spending plan has not gone to the council. City Administrator David Leath said the administrator prepares that draft and the council has not begun its part of the process. Capital requests were due in August. A preliminary estimate was due to his office Sept. 11, he said. The mayor is scheduled to meet department heads Friday, Sept. 25. Adopted city budgets have grown and shrunk with capital projects ove...
HARRINGTON — Motorists passing through town Saturday should be prepared to detour around Harrington Fall Festival activities Saturday, Sept. 26. Detours will be in effect from 10:30 a.m. until about 5 p.m. The route will take motorists around the 11 a.m. parade and festivities in the town park. Detour signs will be posted about 10 a.m., event organizer JoAnn Gossett said. Town Clerk-Treasurer Cassandra Nixon said festival-goers can park along Main Street, in the library lot and on nearby residential streets. Nixon said she h...
ODESSA - A 2020 Odessa graduate is back in the same building, this time in front of a third-grade class. Caitlyn Schuh, 24, started the school year as the district's new third-grade teacher. She said she came home because of the community and the culture. Schuh graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2024 with a degree in elementary education, an emphasis in middle school mathematics, an elementary mathematics endorsement and a minor in psychology. She taught one year...
SPOKANE -If campaign contributions are any indication of the outcome of a congressional race, Rep. Michael Baumgartner has already secured a win in his re-election bid for the 5th Congressional District seat. According to Federal Election Commission data, Baumgartner, a Spokane Republican, has collected nearly $1.2 million in donations to his campaign. His challenger, Democrat Carmela Conroy of Spokane, has only about a quarter of Baumgartner's financial support. The winner...
Here are the lowest regular gasoline prices per gallon reported in the region by GasBuddy.com as of 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 16: Airway Heights $4.99 at Chevron and 76. Cheney $5.19 at Mitchell's. Colfax $5.31 at Maverik. Davenport $5.49 at Exxon. Ephrata $5.23 at Hawk Fuel. Grand Coulee $5.29 at Coulee Gas. Moses Lake $4.93 at Chevron and Colville Fuels. Post Falls, Idaho $4.49 at Exxon. Ritzville $5.24 at Love's Travel Stop. Spokane $4.99 at Costco....
DISPATCH LOG DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from Sept. 7-13: Sept. 7 Traffic stops: 2 12:00 a.m. — Security check; fully redacted. 7:13 a.m. — Suspicious circumstance, Third Street, Davenport. 9:41 a.m. — Juvenile problem, Carp Lake and Teel Hill. 12:33 p.m. — Death investigation; fully redacted. 1:06 p.m. — Animal problem, west end of Reardan. 2:28 p.m. — Agency assist, state Route 2; one detained. 4:18 p.m. — Vehicle crash; location not reported. Sept. 8...
ODESSA - The owner of an alleged nuisance home on First Avenue said the property has been cleaned up. During a Monday, Sept. 14, meeting, Brianna Johnson, 20, of Ritzville, addressed the issues at her family's 405 E. First Ave. property. Johnson said derelict RVs on the property have been removed, noting the interior of the house is none of the town's business. Town Clerk-Treasurer Jaime Nelson reminded Johnson that during the last council meeting, she was given 60 days to...
ODESSA — Eight to 10 streetlights remain out around town, including some that have been dark more than a year. The issue of getting the lights on was the topic of discussion during the Monday, Sept. 14, Town Council meeting. During the session, Mayor William Crossley said during the town may hold its power bill payments until Avista shows up. Lynn Schmidt told the council that the Lions Club light has been out more than a year. He also listed the bank corner, the first pole coming into town on the right-hand side, Second A...
DAVENPORT — Davenport is still looking at a Jet A fuel tank at the municipal airport, a project that would cost about $350,000 and depends on loan and grant money. City Administrator David Leath said the city now has a 3,000-gallon tank of 100 low-lead fuel for most civilian planes. A new tank would hold Jet A for larger aircraft and helicopters. “Quite similar to the difference between regular gas and diesel fuel,” Leath said. “Jet A fuel is used for firefighting helicopters and potentially, rescue helicopters as well as big...
DAVENPORT - The City Council is reconsidering plans for a four-way stop at the intersection of Washington and Fifth streets. During a Wednesday, Sept. 9, meeting, council members revised the idea for the intersection, where Davenport Elementary School parking lot is located, after the idea faded last year. The also discussed possible stop signs near the sports complex and a speed trailer. Councilman Michael Wilkinson said the city Street Committee talked about extra signs...
DISPATCH LOG DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls for service from Aug. 31-Sept. 6 Aug. 31 Traffic stops: 3 12:02 p.m. — Paper service; location not reported. 12:44 p.m. — Paper service; location not reported. 12:46 p.m. — Paper service; location not reported. 4:06 p.m. — Animal cruelty, North C Street, Sprague. 4:40 p.m. — Threat, Lake Roosevelt campground. 5:08 p.m. — Suspicious circumstance, Morgan Street, Davenport. 7:45 p.m. — Animal attack, Adams Street, Davenport Sept. 1...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County is in line for $802,500 in state historic-preservation money to repair the courthouse exterior, if the 2027-29 capital budget funds the program. The state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation told Lincoln County Commissioner Rob Coffman in a Sept. 1 letter that the Historic County Courthouse Grant Rehabilitation Program steering committee is recommending the award. The county would have to provide a $267,500 match. The money would go toward portico work, masonry, a new roof and g...
REARDAN — Stolen and vandalized license-plate cameras will be insured and put back up after the Town Council voted Thursday, Sept. 3, to buy Flock Safety’s protection insurance. The insurance costs $500 plus tax per camera per year. Clerk-Treasurer Sam Mathis said two cameras were installed in February 2024 and a third in May 2024. Two were stolen July 6. The first was replaced at no charge. Another camera was later stolen and a third vandalized. Replacement cameras cost $864.80. The company agreed to backdate coverage to...
DAVENPORT — City Councilman Michael Wilkinson believes the city has too many projects that get talked about, but not finished. “I’m on the verge of being embarrassed to be a city councilman,” Wilkinson said during a Wednesday, Sept. 9, council meeting. Wilkinson said several projects need to be completed, including the gun range that still needs fence, power and a range master after the city paid Lincoln County $22,600 to move dirt. Other unfinished projects on his list include T-hangars dropped when costs jumped and a water...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County will pay its fiber contractor once a month instead of twice after construction invoices jumped last month, commissioners were told Monday, Sept. 8. Broadband Director Margie Hall said two prime contractors are running at full speed. Hall’s written update said $1.175 million was paid last month. Packet vouchers before the board included Paramount invoices of $499,569.98 for Deer Meadows, $78,302.16 for upper Seven Bays and $55,638.71 for lower Seven Bays. Hall and Auditor Chandra Schumacher met wit...
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County commissioners discussed a draft coroner agreement with Adams County during a meeting Monday, Sept. 8. Under the proposed agreement, the counties’ coroners would be allowed to cover short absences for each other. Adams County will send the written agreement for review....
DAVENPORT —Fiber-optic internet services went live Aug. 25 in town, with two providers already signing customers. “Odessa is live,” Broadband Director Margie Hall told Lincoln County commissioners Monday, Sept. 8. Intermax and LocalTel are installing and adding accounts daily, Hall said, noting she expects about 200 live connections by the end of September. Inland Cellular reserved rack and power space, but has not asked to get into the colocation facility. “I kept them updated all the way up to Day 1,” Hall said. “They kno...
REARDAN — Residents voiced concern over town legal bills during a council meeting Thursday, Sept. 3. Janine Burke said spending has risen sharply in recent years. “I see and hear you as a hostile council, and I’d really like to see you working better with the mayor,” Burke said. Former Mayor Gail Daniels said some of the dates and figures being circulated are wrong. “This is incorrect information,” Daniels said. “I would appreciate if people would ask a specific question and not be passing out false information....
REARDAN — Repairing a washout under a city sidewalk will likely take more pipe replacement than first thought, the Town Council heard Thursday, Sept. 3. Public Works Director Tony DeSautel said a patch failed after water settled and washed out the area. “Just looking at that pipe … we’re in trouble,” DeSautel said. “I thought we were going to have to go all the way down to the highway....
DAVENPORT — A county rumble-strip job should wrap up next week if the weather holds, Public Works staff told commissioners Monday, Sept. 8. The remaining rumble-strip paving is set for Tuesday and Wednesday. Paint — 17 five-gallon buckets — is already bought for about 4,000 linear feet of intersection work. The rumble-strip machine will follow....
REARDAN — A Wood Road family asked the Town Council on Thursday, Sept. 3, to purchase a one-acre parcel they say was supposed to return after a long county gravel-pit lease. Nick Colvin said his family has lived there about 40 years and believed a 90-year agreement with a prior owner would bring the acre back when the lease ended. He said the county sold a neighboring acre online for $10,000 and that his driveway uses a 60-foot easement across ground that is largely a pit. “I’m still willing to pay something for it,” Colvin...
DAVENPORT —Three Lincoln County Noxious Weed Board were reappointed Sept. 8. Keith Nelson was reappointed to the District No. 4 position; JoAnn Eagle to District No. 5 and Don Phillips to District No. 2....
