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DAVENPORT--Regional and local law enforcement agencies are dispersing information about a new form of an illegal substance making headlines: fentanyl. This new form of the drug dubbed “Rainbow Fentanyl” has already been found in 18 states. This new form is made to look like candy and sidewalk chalk and appears to be new method used to sell the highly addictive and deadly fentanyl to children and young adults. “It is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young people,” Drug Enforce...
DAVENPORT – After 45 years as a nurse, with most of those years spent at Lincoln Hospital, David Rettkowski is letting go of his scrubs and getting up at 4 a.m. for his shift. "It's been a good run," Rettkowski said. He was raised in Wilbur and graduated from high school in 1973. He attended Spokane Community College with the intention of studying business administration but quickly decided that was not for him and went on to receive his associates degree in nursing. After he...
Editor’s note: Record-Times editor Drew Lawson added to and slightly tweaked this article that ran in the Wilbur Register Thursday, Aug. 4. DAVENPORT--As of early July, Lincoln County residents have two medical air ambulance services available and area entities are urging everyone to buy memberships for both. There are differences in membership requirements for each service. In order to get membership in the Life Flight service, people need to sign up and pay the annual fee. Unlike Life Flight, Airlift Northwest requires t...