Harden hired as school resource officer

DAVENPORT - Lincoln County Sheriff's Office deputy Dain Harden has officially been hired as the local school resource officer. His hire was approved by the school board Monday, Aug. 21.

Harden, originally from Kellogg, Idaho, has been with the Sheriff's Office since Nov. 2017.

The process of hiring a school resource officer has been in place since the departure of school safety officer Mike Jacoby at the end of last school year. The desired presence of an officer was heightened by multiple bomb and violence scares and hoaxes within the school district in the last 12 months.

"With the last year...