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DAVENPORT - Frigid temperatures and the subsequent pressure put on pipe systems caused some issues for important groups around Lincoln County last week. Namely, burst pipes at Davenport High School and Quail Court in Odessa forced respective administrations to take emergency action. As students got out of school Thursday, Dec. 18, pipes froze in the High School fire system, boys bathroom and commons area near the tennis courts, superintendent Chad Prewitt said. Subsequently, s...
Spectators at the Reardan vs. Davenport basketball games were entertained by the Junior Cheer Camp attendees at halftime of the girls game in Reardan Tuesday, Jan. 23. Turn to Page 11 to read more about Tuesday's hardwood action....
DAVENPORT — In the first meeting conducted by recently-installed Mayor Jonathan Chapman, city council passed three business items and tabled two. Council tabled the second reading of an ordinance making “necessary changes” to a chapter of the city municipal code dealing with the sewer system. Discussion surrounded when a property owner is liable for sewer repairs, and when that responsibility should fall to the city. The reading was tabled so the sewer committee could hold a meeting prior to the next council meeting. Said...
SPRAGUE - The local Chamber of Commerce awarded local man John Fraser the title of 2023 Citizen of the Year at the Chamber's Annual Meeting Monday, Jan. 15. Fraser's community service accolades are expansive. He spends several days per week picking up food donated to Feed Sprague and Manna Monday Meals, has occasionally volunteered to cook for Manna Mondays, picks up donated clothes and Meals on Wheels for community members in Sprague and Lamont and hauls refuse to Gina...
DAVENPORT - The city planning commission elected to table a motion to approve a conditional use permit for the new owners of the 30 Logan Street parcel where the Black Bear Motel is located after the owners didn't show up for the commission's meeting Wednesday, Jan. 17. City clerk Dave Leath said owners requested a Zoom link to the meeting mere minutes before the meeting began, which the city didn't see until the following morning. Land use permit documents state that the new...
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. Jan. 14 Traffic stops: 15 A caller reported two “long-haired, scummy men” hunting on Limestone Road outside Edwall. An Edwall man said a youth was riding an offroad vehicle at Telecky and Hanlon Roads. A railroa...
DAVENPORT — A negative balance found in Lincoln County’s 911 fund forced the county to void a $50,000 internal warrant in order to balance the fund for January. In a special Commissioner’s meeting Tuesday, Jan. 23, Auditor Chandra Schumacher and Treasurer Emily Hansen told the commissioners that the roughly $19,000 deficit in the fund could be covered by voiding a $50,000 warrant that was an internal payment to IT staff. Hansen said she found the negative balance Thursday, Jan. 18. Sheriff Gabe Gants said Monday that the defi...
DAVENPORT — Most Lincoln County voters will soon receive ballots for the Feb. 13 Special Election, when area school districts are asking citizens to approve levies for extracurricular funding. In the county seat, the local School District is seeking passage of a 4-year Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O) levy, estimated at an annual $2.30 per $1,000 assessed property value to be collected in 2025-28. The District is also seeking passage of a 4-year capital levy for technology, safety and facility improvements, e...
OLYMPIA — After the Washington State Democratic Party submitted their candidate names following the five names submitted by the State Republican Party, presidential candidate lists for the March 12 presidential primary were finalized Tuesday, Jan. 9. According to the Office of the Secretary of State, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie will be the Republicans on the ballot. Current President Joe Biden and challengers Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson are the Democratic candidates o...
“The possibility of a global environmental apocalypse has been dominating headlines and exercises a powerful hold on the imaginations of millions of people,” according to optimist and author Marion L. Tupy. Headlines of imminent catastrophe are resulting in public policy driving our nation and our state as well as many other western economies to the brink. The Clean Energy Transformation Act, passed in 2019, and the Climate Commitment Act (CCA) of 2021 form the arc...
It seems like every year the Democrats, who have voting majorities in the Senate and House, in Olympia introduce legislation to raise or create taxes, no matter how much revenue the state is already collecting from you and other hard-working taxpayers. The Ds are at again this session. The latest proposal from the other side of the aisle that should cause all of us to hide our wallets is Senate Bill 5770, the Senate Democrats’ very costly and long-term property tax increase p...
DAVENPORT – The current water supply outlook for Washington is an early assessment, but it shows little snowpack through December. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program hydrologist Matt Warbritton, the snowpack is significantly lower-than-average, but overall precipitation is only slightly below average, thanks to December rainfall. Because of the strong El Nino events this year, t...
