Deputies search for missing Coulee City woman

DAVENPORT — Deputies searched rural roads near Davenport for a Coulee City woman believed to be suicidal after her cellphone last pinged in the area, according to Lincoln County sheriff’s office records.

Cheyenne Mary Jochec of Ephrata reported her mother, Melinda Ann Beazer of Coulee City, missing on May 10. Beazer, who has bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, had left Coulee City around noon and was last located near the Oehlwein Road and State Route 2 intersection about four hours later. Jochec said her mother usually drove through Lincoln County on her way to Spokane and h...