Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Sheriff announces he'll retire at the end of 2022 following fourth term
Lincoln County Sheriff Wade Magers announced he won't seek re-election for a fifth term Wednesday, April 13. His subsequent retirement will mark the end of his 32-year career in law enforcement.
DAVENPORT-Lincoln County will have a new sheriff in town after 2022. Sheriff Wade Magers announced he won't seek a fifth term of office in this year's election cycle, drawing a close to a 32-year career in law enforcement that included 16 years as County Sheriff.
Magers made the announcement in a news release Wednesday afternoon, April 13.
"I have enjoyed seeing our office grow and improve in so many areas over the past 32 years," Magers said in the release. "I am proud of the accomplishments we have made in technology, which is necessary to assist dispatch, corrections and road deputies to safely, efficiently and effectively perform their duties."
Magers was hired as a patrol deputy here in 1990 and spent nine years in the position before other posts as a marine enforcement deputy and firearms instructor. He was promoted to undersheriff in 1999 under then-Sheriff John Coley and was elected Sheriff in 2006.
He successfully ran for re-election three additional times, including a contested race against Jessie Allen in 2010.
"Sheriff Magers is currently one of the longest serving Sheriffs in the State of Washington at 16 years and is the longest serving law man in Lincoln County history," Magers' release said.
More on Magers' retirement announcement and its impact on Lincoln County will be in this week's print issue of The Record-Times.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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