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DAVENPORT--The local community is mourning the loss of one of its own this week. Ruthie J. Massie, 21, Davenport was killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash that also injured five girls Monday, Feb. 21 at 12:40 p.m., according to a release from Washington State Patrol. According to the report, a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Massie was traveling eastbound on Highway 2 when it lost control and flipped off the highway north into the field north of Highway 2, where it came to rest upright. Four of the passengers were 11-y...
DAVENPORT--The local community is mourning the loss of one of its own today. Ruthie J. Massie, 21, Davenport was killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash that also injured five girls Monday, Feb. 21, according to a release from Washington State Patrol. According to the report, a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Massie was traveling eastbound on Highway 2 when it lost control and flipped off the highway north into the field north of Highway 2, where it came to rest upright. Four of the passengers were 11-year-old girls and...
SPOKANE VALLEY-In typical Reardan fashion, the girls' loser-out game against No. 6 Lind-Ritzville/Sprague wasn't always pretty. But the senior leadership of Ayden Krupke and Madi Dewey was enough to push the girls past the Broncos 48-46 Thursday, Feb. 17 to survive and advance to the final day of the District 7 2B Tournament. LRS started off with the advantage, building a first-half lead that ballooned to as many as 11 points as Reardan was sloppy and inconsistent offensively....
SPOKANE VALLEY-Two nights ago, No. 3 Davenport was a controversial no-call away from upsetting No. 2 Colfax, advancing to the district finals and earning an automatic berth to state. But it wasn't to be, and tonight it was No. 5 Lind-Ritzville/Sprague doing the upsetting as the Broncos ended the Gorillas' season with a 65-58 victory in a District 7 2B Tournament loser-out game Thursday, Feb. 17 at West Valley High School. The Gorillas didn't look particularly rusty out of the...
DAVENPORT-City council had a vacancy for one of its seats since Nathan Hansen resigned in November due to a move outside city limits. That vacancy was finally filled at council's Feb. 9 meeting, when local businessman and resident Jonathan Chapman was selected from four candidates to fulfill the remainder of Hansen's term. The four applicants for the advertised position were Chapman, Robert Jenkins, Marjorie Stemmelin and Barbara Vincent-O'Connor. Five councilmembers were...
DAVENPORT—Brandy J. Hood, a Reardan woman who was found guilty by a jury on four counts of fourth-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and one count of harassment with the threat to kill Jan. 18, won’t be receiving a new trial. Presiding judge John F. Strohmaier denied a motion for mistrial after Hood accused Reardan police chief Andy Manke of influencing the jury and having personal relationships with jurors that may have influenced the guilty verdict. The judge’s decision was handed down at a Feb. 15 court...
DAVENPORT—A Yakima truck driver originally charged with second-degree assault stemming from an incident in May 2021 entered a guilty plea on an amended charge and won’t face jail time. Ernest Vern Windisch, age 62, pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment in Lincoln County Superior Court Tuesday, Feb. 15. Windisch was handed $700 in total fees but given zero days in jail after his guilty plea, according to court records. The sentence stems from a prosecutor’s review of a report filed by Lincoln County Chief Crimin...
SPOKANE VALLEY-The seventh-seeded Reardan boys basketball team saw its season come to an end in the second round of loser-out play at the District 7 2B Tournament at West Valley against St. George's after the sixth-seeded Dragons erased an 18-point fourth quarter en route to a 69-65 overtime victory Tuesday, Feb. 15. Reardan had previously fallen to Colfax in the second round of the winners bracket last Thursday after defeating Chewelah 58-50 Monday, Feb. 7 in the...
SPOKANE VALLEY-No. 2 Colfax never trailed in its 59-58 win over No. 3 Davenport in a District 7 semifinal matchup, but the Gorillas made it mighty close in the final minute Thursday, Feb. 15. After leading by as many as 11 points throughout the game, Colfax found itself up by a point 58-57 with 1:25 left after a fierce Davenport comeback. "We were able to isolate the ball who wanted it to get to on defense," Davenport head coach Matt Henry said. "And we were able to get...
SPOKANE VALLEY-The seventh-seeded Davenport girls' basketball team saw its season come to an end after two games at the District 7 2B Tournament at West Valley High School. The Gorillas fell to the St. George's Dragons 62-46 in a loser-out game Saturday, Feb. 12. Davenport played the fourth-seeded and favored Dragons closely in the first quarter, with the score tied 11-11 after eight minutes. St. George's then built a 32-24 lead by halftime before building a 22-point...
SPOKANE VALLEY-The No. 1 Colfax girls varsity team has been on a crash course for the District 7 2B title game all season, and an upset bid by upstart Reardan didn't give the Bulldogs much trouble deterring that course. The Bulldogs topped No. 5 Reardan 61-27 in a district semifinal Tuesday, Feb. 15. Reardan came out swinging behind seven points from senior Ayden Krupke, taking a 7-5 lead and forcing a Colfax timeout. The Bulldogs took the lead 13-12 despite 10 points from...
DAVENPORT—The long-awaited and somewhat controversial Family Dollar store that’s been in the works here since Fall 2020 has finally broken ground. Construction crews began turning up ground at the former Lyons Park site Monday, Feb. 7. Property owner Brian Anderson said the Family Dollar, a retail chain store similar to the Dollar Tree, is expected to be open for business late this summer. The permitting was completed in City Hall last week. Family Dollar is responsible for constructing the building’s interior and handl...
DAVENPORT – A Yakima truck driver accused of running a red Jeep off Highway 2 a few miles east of Davenport in May 2021 has a hearing to change his plea on a charge of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon. Ernest Vern Windisch, age 62, has an appearance scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 15 after originally entering a not-guilty plea Oct. 5, 2021. Windisch received the second-degree assault charge July 21, 2021 after a prosecutor’s review of a report filed by Lincoln County Chief Criminal Deputy Kody Becker on May 28, 2021. Ac...
Reardan recognized seniors in boys and girls basketball, band and cheer during the basketball games Thursday, Feb. 3. The ceremonies featured the usual flowers, emotions, celebrations and moments that come with the local seniors playing their final game in the Reardan gym....
DAVENPORT – Two newspapers serving Lincoln County readers will soon become one paper covering a larger section of the county. The Davenport Times and Odessa Record are merging to create the Lincoln County Record-Times, Publisher Roger Harnack announced last week. It’s a merger that will become effective March 1 and first be reflected in the March 3 issue. “Given the continued economic stresses on our communities and the lack of prospective employees to fill openings, this merger will enable us to continue to provide a voice...
Spokane Valley--The second round of the District 7 2B Tournament featured two overtime contests, mostly expected results and one surprising result that affected the outlook of the girls' bracket. All higher seeds won Thursday, with the exception of the Reardan girls pulling off an upset victory over St. George's in overtime that sent them into the district semifinals and the favored Dragons into a loser-out scenario. Locally, the Davenport boys survived St. George's in...
Spokane Valley--The basketball postseason has arrived in the Northeast 2B League, with all 11 boys and girls teams earning their spots in the double-elimination tournament beginning Monday, Feb. 7 and running 12 days until the final round Saturday, Feb. 19. Locally, the Davenport boys finished third in the regular season and earned a first-round bye, while the Reardan girls finished fifth and also received a de facto bye after Chesterton Academy forfeited the tournament. The...
DAVENPORT—Test scores, daily class schedules and a new secondary school principal were chief among the discussion topics at a busy school board meeting Monday, Jan. 31. The meeting also included approval of three action items and the announcement of two educational resignations and hires apiece. High school principal Chad Prewitt led a discussion regarding English/language arts and math test scores. Students were tested in these subjects in a standardized test this fall for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, a...
REARDAN—A local woman that was found guilty by a jury on four counts of fourth-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and one count of harassment with the threat to kill Jan. 18 is claiming the jury was influenced by her arresting officer. Brandy Hood, who was orginally arrested Jan. 21, 2020 by Reardan police chief Andy Manke after several incidents involving her two daughters, filed a motion for a re-trial in Superior Court Tuesday, Jan. 28, according to court records. The jury found Hood guilty of p...
HARRINGTON—The school district here is seeking passage of a two-year replacement levy for collection in 2023 and 2024 to help fund several school expenses. The assessed value is less than in previous years, but the amount remains the same as the most recent levy. Voters will decide the levy’s fate in a special election Tuesday, Feb. 8. The two-year levy seeks $375,000 for collection in 2023 and 2024. The assessed impact on school district taxpayers is estimated at $2.25 per $1,000 in property value, which is a decline from th...
DAVENPORT—Brian and Stacy Graham purchased six acres of farmland in 2017 with the goal of turning the largely run-down structures on the property into usable buildings for family and livestock use. That goal took another step toward reality when the Heritage Barn Register awarded the Grahams a $20,000 grant to fix the roof of the main barn on the property, which has been damaged over the years due to age and weather deterioration. Brian Graham said the barn was constructed in...
DAVENPORT—The Gorillas’ full-court, three-man pressure was far too much to handle for the Upper Columbia Academy Lions in the second quarter of Tuesday’s Senior Night contest. Davenport outscored UCA 31-2 in the period, taking a 54-16 lead into halftime and forcing a running clock in the second half en route to an easy 83-35 win. “I’d like to be able to run it (going forward),” Davenport head coach Matt Henry said of his team’s full-court press. “We have too much length and sp...
DAVENPORT-After a five-week long stretch in which the Gorilla varsity girls didn't win a game, things began to click. Davenport has now won four of its last five games in an eight-day span and could finish as high as fourth in the NE2B ahead of the district playoffs Monday. The most recent victory was a 43-25 handling of Upper Columbia Academy on Senior Night Tuesday, Feb. 1. That was preceded by a 47-20 win over Chewelah last Saturday and a comeback, gritty 38-35 win at...
REARDAN—Students in the school district here are studying from home this week as surging COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant forced district leadership to elect for a remote learning model this week. Reardan had 188 of its roughly 690 students miss school last Friday due to either being positive for coronavirus or being in close contact with a positive case. The school leadership team elected to be remote for the 3.5 days of scheduled school this week on Monday m...
REARDAN-This fall, Reardan's head football coach won't be Eric Nikkola, Dan Graham or Gene Smith. It'll be the first time that's happened since 1968. In light of Nikkola's retirement and the fact that the school has had just three head men running the football program for the past 53 seasons, the school district is planning to host a "50 Years of Football" banquet recognizing Nikkola, Graham and Smith Saturday, April 23 in the school gym. The idea for the event came from...
