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DAVENPORT—The county commissioners went through the formality of approving the final preliminary budget before they approve the final 2022 budget and attempt to close a budget gap that’s grown to $1.3 million. The preliminary budget was approved Monday, Dec. 6. Typically, the commissioners balance the gap with a cash reserve and try to stay conservative with revenues to not oversell the potential for revenue, commissioner Rob Coffman said. A budget gap is typical for a small county. The current expense fund approved in the...
DAVENPORT—Michelle L. Hopkins, 47, who is charged with 10 counts of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the first degree and 15 counts of the same charge, but in the second degree, entered a not-guilty plea on all counts at an arraignment Monday, Dec. 6. The court appearance also included a 3.5 suppression hearing and a 3.6 hearing. These hearings occur when police officers are questioned under oath by the prosecutor and defense attorney in regards to police evidence before a judge r...
DAVENPORT — A local teenager from here was arrested over the weekend and held in jail until an appearance in District Court Monday. Ethan Robert Mellick, 18, was booked into Lincoln County Jail on Saturday, Dec. 11 on charges of second-degree assault and third-degree assault of a child. According to police records, deputies were dispatched to a residence on Mule Ranch Road North, 15 miles north of Davenport, when Mellick’s step-father, Louis Reinbold, said he and Mellick got into a fist fight. Deputy Brian Hudspeth sme...
SPRAGUE — A Tyler man is being held in the Lincoln County Jail on $15,000 bail in connection to a burglary at a Sprague address. Bruce Paul Havens, 48, who resides on the 25400 block of South Columbia Basin Highway south of Tyler, is charged with second-degree burglary following his Dec. 10 arrest. He was apprehended by Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputies and two Washington State Patrol troopers in connection with stolen scrap metal from 9243 Wollweber Road, records show. Corey Stolp of Edwall called the Sheriff’s Offic...
DAVENPORT—The school board approved three new hires, finalized its meeting calendar for 2022 and agreed to transfer funds to buy a new bus at its final meeting of 2021 Monday, Dec. 13. The board approved Gerly Bouchard as food service assistant, Brandan Rainwater as assistant high school boys basketball coach and Jennifer Doyle as registrar/district office assistant. The board also agreed to transfer $21,078.11 from the general fund to purchase a new school bus. John Doyle resigned his paraprofessional position, so new b...
DAVENPORT—Kathryn Wilcox, the former chief civil deputy for the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), allegedly misappropriated, or stole, over $20,000 and caused over $10,000 in “questionable losses” within the Sheriff’s Office between 2017 and 2019, documents released by the Washington State Auditor today confirmed. Wilcox, who passed away of cancer in Oct. 2020, allegedly misappropriated $20,173 between Jan. 3, 2017 and Dec. 5, 2019, a Sheriff’s Office internal investigation discovered. According to records, LCSO inform...
LINCOLN COUNTY—The total population of the United States grew by 22.7 million, or 7.4%, between 2010 and 2020, according to census data. However, that growth rate didn’t hold in Lincoln County. Census comparisons between 2010 and 2020 indicate the county had a slim amount of growth from 10,570 to 10,876. Some areas of the county grew a significant percentage compared to that 307 population growth number, while others had striking decreases. Still others have nearly the same number of residents as 2010. For the purpose of thi...
DAVENPORT—Some of the road projects the Lincoln County Public Works Department wants to complete have the necessary funding, but most are just proposed ideas. Citizens have other concerns about roads, but the county doesn’t have the funding to immediately repair those roads either. All of these topics were discussed at a public hearing for the county’s six-year transportation plan, which public works director Rick Becker clarified is largely ideas outside of the few items that have secured funds. The plan included 20 proje...
DAVENPORT-The statewide process of redistricting has been confusing, bizarre and unconventional. Not so at the county level, where the proposed commissioner redistricting maps that occur every 10 years with the advent of new census data indicates just one change. West Larene and its 100 citizens would shift from Commissioner District No. 3, which is Rob Coffman's district, to Scott Hutsell's Commissioner District No. 2. The change was brought before a public hearing at the...
DAVENPORT-It appears whether the sport is football or basketball, Davenport and Liberty are destined for heart-pounding games this school year. Unlike the football game in October, however, it was Liberty coming out on top of the nonleague contest in overtime 89-86 Tuesday, Dec. 7. A combined 47 points from junior leaders Tennessee Rainwater and Brenick Soliday in the second half and overtime weren't enough for Davenport Tuesday, which faced Liberty's own dynamic duo of Ethan...
DAVENPORT-The Liberty Lancer girls are the No. 5 ranked 2B team in the state, and sophomore point guard Teagan Colvin has a "90" rating out of 100 on ESPN.com. Both of those facts were plainly obvious Tuesday, as Liberty came into Davenport and had no trouble with the Gorillas while earning a 55-25 victory. The Lancers jumped out to a quick 16-4 lead after a quarter, and built that lead to 31-10 at halftime. Davenport scored first in the second half, but Liberty led 51-19 afte...
DAVENPORT—Michelle Leigh Hopkins, 47, whose last known address was at 1311 Logan Street here, had 23 charges added to her case at the motion of the state in a hearing Tuesday, Nov. 30. Hopkins is now charged with 10 counts of possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the first degree and 15 counts of the same charge, but in the second degree. Hopkins was originally arrested Dec. 29, 2020 along with Scotty Duane Maiden and given two charges. Maiden pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of...
DAVENPORT-In the span of about 10 minutes, the Davenport school board went through some drastic (albeit planned) changes at its Nov. 29 meeting. The board elected a new chair and vice chair, swore in a new member and saluted two outgoing members goodbye. The board also approved a contract for its new superintendent and business manager. Consent agenda OK'd The board first approved its consent agenda. That included the contract for incoming superintendent and current high...
DAVENPORT—A Stevens County boyfriend and girlfriend have each been found guilty of possession of a stolen vehicle. Michael Gene Hubbs, 34, of Springdale and Amy Elizabeth Wilsey, 33, of Chewelah were each sentenced to 25 months in prison and 25 months of community service in Lincoln County Superior Court Tuesday, Nov. 23 on the charge. According to records, Hubbs and Wilsey were originally arrested by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Sept. 4 at 506 Main Street in Davenport by sergeant Gabe Gants and deputies Luke Mal...
Thanksgiving has passed, which means Christmas season is officially here. Read that first sentence again, and hinge on the importance of the initial phrase. “Thanksgiving has passed” is what truly signifies that the Christmas season has arrived. Now, officially, is when it becomes appropriate to begin preparing for December 25. We’re getting a little too out of hand with all the Christmas themed items hitting the aisles, soundwaves and minds the minute children come home...
DAVENPORT—The Gorillas varsity girls basketball team didn’t return any of its five starters from last year. That inexperience showed in Davenport’s season opening game against Kettle Falls, which the visiting Bulldogs won handily 42-27 Tuesday, Nov. 30. Davenport’s offense struggled, as the Gorillas had more turnovers (30) than points (27). The Gorillas started strong, taking a 6-2 lead on a pair of threes from Kiersten Kemmerer. Then, the shots stopped falling and Davenpo...
DAVENPORT-It took 21 minutes of game time, but the Davenport boys basketball offense finally started moving the ball and finding some flow with three minutes left in the third quarter of the Gorillas' home opener against Kettle Falls. That rhythm, aided by an offensive outburst from junior Brenick Soliday, allowed Davenport to pull away from the Bulldogs 62-44 Tuesday, Nov. 30. Davenport started strongly thanks to lockdown defense and took a 17-4 lead. Zane Edwards capped an...
DAVENPORT-Incumbent Matt Schneider was certified as the winner of a hotly contested race for Fire District No. 5 Commissioner No. 2 by the Lincoln County elections committee Tuesday, Nov. 23. Schneider held off a strong challenge from Don Staley of Deer Meadows 349-346, with nine write-in votes tallied. Schneider secured the narrow victory by courting the farmer's vote. His votes outweighed Staley's 61-10 in rural Davenport, 54-11 in Wheatland, 50-25 in east Larene, 27-3 in...
DAVENPORT-A proposed redistricting map submitted by the State Redistricting Commission could move Lincoln County from the 13th Legislative District to the 9th Legislative District. However, the commission failed to agree on a new districting map by its Nov. 15 deadline, so the state Supreme Court will decide the final map. The four-person voting commission, which includes House Democratic Caucus Appointee April Sims, House Republican Caucus Appointee Paul Graves, Senate...
DAVENPORT-The first sustained and sticking snowfall of the fall/winter season arrived in Lincoln County Thursday, Nov. 18 into Friday, Nov. 19, marking the first winter weather commute for local drivers. 1.7 inches of snow were recorded in the Davenport area by the National Weather Service after no snow was measured previously in November. 0.2 more inches fell in the morning hours of Tuesday, Nov. 23 to bring the week's total to 1.9 inches. Davenport averages 2.7 inches of...
DAVENPORT—Thanksgiving, a time to spend with family and be thankful for life’s blessings while consuming a little too much food, is here. It’s also a holiday where people often reminisce about past happenings, memories and interactions while looking ahead to the future. In that light, let’s look back at what was happening locally during the Thanksgiving holiday at various points throughout the past century. Five years ago…2016 Locals looked forward to Davenport’s Annual Hometown Christmas, where Santa was anticipated...
LINCOLN COUNTY--Winter sports are under way in Davenport, Reardan and Harrington as practice began Monday, Nov. 15. Winter sports in the area consist of basketball and wrestling. Basketball games and wrestling meets begin next week....
DAVENPORT—The Lincoln County Health Department has been allotted $490,000 a year over a two-year span in Foundational Public Health Funding as part of the state budget. The money will be disbursed in six-month increments beginning July 1, public health administrator Ed Dzedzy told the Lincoln County Commissioners at the commissioner’s meeting Monday, Nov. 15. Dzedzy said the department expects that funding will increase as time goes on. The department hopes to fill two new positions and re-hire an existing unfilled pos...
DAVENPORT-Lincoln County Care and Share is moving locations after 36 years in its present building two blocks behind Safeway on 13th Street. Now, the nonprofit that provides clothing and furniture to those in need has outgrown the space and is moving to a recently purchased location on Morgan Street across from Molecule Cannabis between Second and Third Streets. But before the move can take place, Care and Share has further financial needs to take care of. "This purchase has...
COWICHE-Reardan soccer's Cinderella-like run into the state B soccer playoffs came to an end in the quarterfinals against No. 3 seed Highland 2-1 Saturday, Nov. 13 in the Yakima Valley area. The team finished its season 10-8-1 after making the playoffs for the first time in the schools' two seasons of existence. "It was a pretty spirited game," Reardan head coach Brian Scott said. "It was a lot of fun, other than being on the losing side." The teams played a scoreless match...
