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DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Alcohol/Drug Center will soon be no more.

The County Commissioners elected to shut down the office at a regular meeting July 3, and gave a closure date of Aug. 11 at a regular meeting Monday, July 17.

“We had 30 days to notify our clients of the closure, which we did July 12,” Commissioner Jo Gilchrist said. “We gave them three providers (to transfer to), including two in Airway Heights or Northeast Washington Alliance Counseling Services.”

Alliance Counseling Services is the most local option for the county’s eight clients currently with Alcoho...