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DAVENPORT-Hundreds of people in the area were sleeping in, heading to church or enjoying their morning breakfast and coffee when a substation regulator at the Avista transformer on Third Street caught fire around 8 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 2. Suddenly, over 1,700 customers were without power on a chilly winter day. The outage would last over 10 hours before hard-working Avista crews finally restored power to the city by 6:30 p.m. Crews from Fire District No. 5 and Avista were...
DAVENPORT-Near the northeast end of the city just south of the Gun Club lies Willow Ridge, a group of seven units that include four apartments, a safe house for victims of abuse or violence and a two-unit pod for transitional housing. Willow Ridge appears rather uninteresting to the eye upon first glance...rather like a condominium complex of sorts. However, there is more to Willow Ridge than meets the eye. The units will soon be transferred to Rural Resources, supposedly...
It was an eventful year in east Lincoln County. Here’s a look back at the news that dominated the headlines in the second half of 2021. A recap of the news from the first half of 2021 was in last week’s issue. July Fireworks were discouraged for the Fourth of July weekend by authorities countywide amidst a heavy heat wave, high winds and drought. Lincoln County dealt with its hottest temperatures on record. The hottest temperature was actually in June, where a temperature of 111 degrees Fahrenheit was reported on the 29t...
DAVENPORT—The Lincoln County Commissioners completed the 2022 budget in the nick of time last Thursday, Dec. 30 ahead of a New Year’s deadline. The commissioners dealt with the budget gap through unestimated unreserved beginning cash and allotted expenditures for various departments. The county is budgeting for $2,372,570 in property tax revenue, $1,090,000 in retail, sales and criminal justice tax revenue, $510, 264 from the Department of Interior, over $800,000 in state revenues, $747,376 in various fees and $829,419 in...
DAVENPORT-The city has maintained the status quo after approving a budget in the black while looking ahead to a couple key projects in 2022, mayor Brad Sweet said in a yearly outlook interview with The Times. High on the priority list here is finishing construction at the municipal airport and beginning construction on the somewhat controversial Family Dollar store going into the old Lyon's Park site between First, Second, Morgan and Logan Streets. Sweet said the city is...
REARDAN-It was a relatively quiet end to 2021 for the town, which as mayor Gail Daniels has learned, isn't always a bad thing. It's allowed her to look ahead to 2022 with an eye on several new projects for the town. The first she described in a conversation with The Times is the potential for a joint project with the Reardan-Edwall School District that would include a replacement track and tennis courts at the school, new bathrooms and playground equipment at the city park and...
HARRINGTON-Jess Silhan is only in his fourth year living in the city, but the new mayor already has his eyes set on improving local issues. Silhan, a former West Side and Tri-Cities resident, moved here in 2018 with his wife, Cynthia and now takes office after running for mayor unopposed in the 2020 election. Silhan said addressing issues with the city's wastewater treatment facility is his first priority upon assuming office, which he did Dec. 29. "I have to make sure I...
DAVENPORT-An offensive showcase, Tuesday's game was not. But the Gorilla boys managed to score a couple more baskets than the visiting St. George's Dragons en route to a gritty, sloppy 45-39 win Jan. 4. St. George's put an early emphasis on double-teaming Davenport star Tennessee Rainwater and using 6'7" forward John Nowland inside to disrupt his driving attempts. In this first quarter, this allowed Davenport junior Brenick Soliday to convert three three-pointers, helping the...
DAVENPORT-The Gorilla girls have had trouble scoring points this season, and that trend continued Tuesday in a 52-24 loss to St. George's. St. George's came out strong, scoring the first nine points of the game and nabbing a pair of transition baskets as Davenport's bigs couldn't score around the rim while the guards turned the ball over in the half court. It didn't get much better, as Davenport's only score of the quarter was a Kiersten Kemmerer three-pointer and the Dragons...
DAVENPORT--Power has been restored city-wide as of 6:40 p.m. The power went out here and along Highway 2 east toward Mondovi this morning after a substation regulator caught fire around 8 a.m. A crew from Avista was sent from Spokane to address the outage, which affected over 1,200 users and lasted over 10 hours during a cold Sunday in the city. The fire required a response from Fire District No. 5 and Avista crews. Local district crews were sent home by 9:30 a.m. The outages were restored throughout the city intermittently...
DAVENPORT--A substation regulator at the transforming station on Third Street here caught fire this morning, causing power to go out in the city. Crews from Fire District No. 5 and Avista Utilities were dispatched around 8 a.m. and were on scene for about 90 minutes. A crew from Avista in Spokane is on its way to work on repairs, which is expected to take the rest of the day. "We tried to put it out with a couple fire extinguishers, but it kept re-igniting," District No. 5...
DAVENPORT—The city’s newest restaurant is closing its doors after just six months in business. 6th Street Café and Pizza announced it would be closing its doors “for the time being” in a Facebook post Monday, Dec. 27. The restaurant, owned by Ian Riley and Jessica Friedland of Davenport, made its grand opening June 25 after buying the building on Sixth and Morgan Streets in early 2020. 6th Street Café initially served pizza, coffee, breakfast items and drinks, but consisten...
DAVENPORT—A busy end to 2021 for city council included the reinstitution of water late fees, approval of the 2022 city budget and swearing in of four councilmembers Dec. 22. The first resolution passed by council reinstated the late fee for customers overdue on water payments and allows water shut offs effective immediately, with a catch. The resolution, which took effect immediately after passage, also created a new city program that allows customers to make payment arrangements for past due balances, city clerk Dave L...
It’s been an eventful year in east Lincoln County. Here’s a look back at the news that dominated the headlines in the first half of 2021. A recap of the news from the second half of 2021 will be in next week’s issue. January The first batch of COVID-19 vaccinations arrived at the Lincoln County Health Department. 200 doses of the Moderna vaccine were slowly distributed to healthcare workers and the elderly. Drew Lawson, now of Medical Lake and formerly of Vancouver, took the reins as editor of The Davenport Times. Lawso...
DAVENPORT – Frigid temperatures, biting winds and some snowfall arrived in the area this week and are expected to last through New Year’s Day Saturday, Jan. 1. Temperatures reached into the negatives and were even colder with wind chill by Tuesday, Dec. 28 and were expected to remain in the teens, single digits and temperatures through New Year’s Eve. The cold started Monday, Dec. 27 when high temperatures of 20 degrees and a low of 6 degrees Fahrenheit were measured by the National Weather Service in the Davenport area....
DAVENPORT – The high and middle school winter concert was held in front of a full house in the school auditorium here Wednesday evening, Dec. 15. Performances by both choirs and bands entertained the audiences. Choir director Helen Adams first led the middle school chamber choir in performances of "Amani Utupe," which is Swahili for "Grant Us Peace, Give Us Courage." The choir also performed "Medieval Gloria," a Latin praise and "Music in the Air." Band director Rob Harper t...
DAVENPORT – Presiding judge Dan B. Johnson denied a motion Tuesday to suppress in a 3.6 hearing concerning a search warrant conducted at 1311 Logan Street prior to the arrests of Michelle L. Hopkins and Scotty Duane Maiden on charges of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the first and second degree in late December 2020. Hopkins is now facing 25 counts regarding the above charges. Johnson had ruled that a thumb drive containing body c...
Wow! What a year. 2021 might not have been topsy-turvey and tumultuous as 2020 for many people, but it was still full of thrills, scares, joy and in some cases, heartbreak and hardship. It only seems appropriate that the forecast calls for single-digit, potentially record-low temperatures in the last week of the year, doesn’t it? Many went into 2021 with a positive outlook, and for many, it was a vast improvement to 2020. Students stayed in school nearly the whole year. Sports...
DAVENPORT – Basin Pacific, a Moses Lake-based insurance and benefits company with 19 locations around Washington, Oregon and Idaho, has purchased the old Inland Power and Light building currently occupied by The Times and formerly occupied by Horizon Credit Union. Basin Pacific currently has an office on Morgan Street next to City Hall, but is moving into Horizon’s old space in the building on the corner on 12th and Morgan Streets due to a need to upgrade sizes, company pre...
DAVENPORT – Jessica Smith was sworn in as the next city councilmember at council's Dec. 22 meeting, becoming the only new councilmember entering 2022. She was sworn in along with re-elected members Cory Hollis, Lance Strite and Patrick Katz. Smith is replacing Theresa Telford on council. Telford didn't file for re-election in 2021. "When you live in a community, you have to give back at some point," Smith said on her desire to run for city council. Smith has lived in D...
DAVENPORT – The Lincoln County Commissioners tabled a motion to adopt the final 2022 budget until next week after Christmas at their Dec. 20 meeting, saying that budget isn’t ready for approval yet. “A lot of items are still in flux,” commissioner Scott Hutsell said at the meeting. “But we’re 95% done.” Hutsell said some insurance items and budgeting with the Washington State University Extension have yet to be completed. The meeting was recessed to Dec. 28 for final budget ap...
DAVENPORT — Winterfest between Davenport and Reardan was back this year, and the "Golden Plunger" prize's recipient came down to a rock-paper-scissors game during halftime of the boys basketball game Saturday, Dec. 11 before the host Gorillas were declared the winner. The Winterfest competition between the two local high schools was to be decided through a points system based on five competitions: A food drive donation throughout the week, dress-up days at school, fan and s...
The Inland Northwest Rail Museum hosted a "Trains and Trees event" last weekend Dec. 10-12 before closing down for the season. Children and adults alike arrived to enjoy model trains, Christmas trees, lights, candy canes and hot chocolate. The museum's usual attractions of indoor and outdoor train cars and rides on the narrow gauge engine were also available for visitors....
DAVENPORT-The "Golden Plunger" was won by Davenport over Reardan in last week's Winterfest competition, and that Gorilla success translated onto the basketball court. Davenport's girls basketball team surprised Reardan with a gritty, oft-ugly 38-33 comeback victory Saturday, Dec. 11. Davenport didn't score for the first half of the first quarter as Reardan built a slim 5-0 lead. Reardan senior Ella Curry then banked in a jump shot at the quarter horn to give the visitors an...
DAVENPORT-Reardan came out ready to play, but Davenport outlasted its visitors and pulled away for a 76-60 victory in the annual rivalry boys basketball game Saturday, Dec. 11. Reardan came out guns blazing against the more talented Gorillas. Owee Handley hit several shots to the roar of the visiting crowd, while Davenport kept pace as Reardan led 21-20 after a quarter. "Owee Handley gave us a big spark in the first quarter," Reardan head coach Brian Graham said. "It helped...
