Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Sorted by date Results 1 - 18 of 18
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...
The county and city snowplows have been busy this week as Old Man Winter enters the region in full force. This county plow could be seen clearing the streets in Davenport Monday, Jan. 3. 4.3 inches of snowfall was measured by the National Weather Service Thursday, Jan. 6, the highest total of the season so far....
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...
The following people were bid farewell for the final time in 2021 from July to December and had obituaries appear in The Times. January through June was covered in last week’s issue. July Carroll Krupke, Elizabeth “Betty” (Wetsch) Benton, Milton James (Jim/Zimpy) Zimprich, Lillian K. Stone, Karen Lynn Alexander. August Melvin Wayne Schaffner, Kevin Dale Allen, Dennie L. (DL) Byram, Jeanene Rader. September Richard (Dick) Sitko, John D. Garber, Diane Lee Keuhny, Lucinda Michelle (Lucy) Marz, Michael D. Ostrander. Octob...
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...
Council’s final meeting of 2021 chiefly featured discussions surrounding a previous article in The Times, approval of the city budget and swearing in a new city mayor and councilmember. Councilmember Justin Slack brought up an article in the Dec. 23 issue of The Times. “The title says ‘DOE (Department of Ecology) visits Harrington Council, says records are falsified,’” Slack said. “I think this is detrimental to the city... It says something about we're back in trouble again with the (DOE), and that, Andy O'Neill was here, h...
Government and community meetings in Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Sprague and Edwall for the week of Jan. 7-13. If you’d like your organization to be included in this tab, email dteditor@centurytel.net. Wednesday, Jan. 12 Reardan-Edwall school board workshop at 6 p.m. in the Commons Davenport city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall Harrington city council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall Sprague-Lamont school board meeting at 7 p.m. in the Sprague Conference Room...
DAVENPORT—It will soon cost a bit more to dump trash at the Lincoln County Transfer Station. Rates are set to increase 3.72% effective March 1. The cost increase is due to a rise in prices the county is being charged by its carrier, Republic Services. That rise came due to a cost-of-living adjustment, transfer station supervisor Rory Wintersteen said. ”Our per ton rate is going from $115.61 to $119.92 for credit cards,” Wintersteen said. “We have a cash discount. That one is $109.83 and is going to $113.93…we try to keep r...
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...
INCIDENT LOG Editor’s note: Most items in this section reflect the starting point for response by local police and emergency agencies. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. Dec. 27 Traffic stops: 13 A caller said she hit a cougar on Highway 2 near milepost 254.5. She said she watched the cougar get up and limp off the roadway. A Spokane woman requested a welfare check on her g...
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...
ROYAL CITY—Wrestlers from Davenport and Reardan didn’t have much time after Christmas to prepare for their next competitions, lining up at the Royal Christmas Tournament Tuesday, Dec. 28 and Wednesday, Dec. 29. The Reardan boys and girls then headed to the Winter Cup in Hanford for more competition Thursday, Dec. 30. Here are the local results from Royal City and Hanford. Davenport at Royal City 132-Brendon Peters-Biggs defeated Gerardo Martinez of Royal by fall 3:35 before falling to Waylon Thomas of Tonasket by fall 1:30 an...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Reardan and Harrington during the week of Jan. 7-13. Games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Jan. 7 Davenport basketball at Kettle Falls @ 6 p.m. (UPDATE: Games cancelled due to winter weather conditions) Reardan wrestling at Cheney @ 6 p.m. Reardan basketball vs. Northwest Christian (Colbert) @ 6 p.m. Harrington basketball vs. Wilbur-Creston @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8 Davenport wrestling at the Banks Lake Brawl in Coulee City @ 10 a.m. Reardan wrestling at...
REARDAN-For the second time in two weeks, both the girls and boys Reardan varsity basketball games were victorious over the Chewelah Cougars. The girls won their game handily 55-28, while the boys held on for a 68-61 win Tuesday, Jan. 4. The wins came 13 days after both teams beat Chewelah on the road Dec. 22. The girls came out guns blazing, using tough defense to take a 17-0 lead after one quarter. Chewelah fought tougher in the second quarter, but Reardan still led 30-10 at...
