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  • Wagner, Kramer, Crossley surge ahead

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Aug 7, 2023

    ODESSA—Incumbent mayor Bill Crossley and councilwoman Marlene Kramer appear well on their way to the general election after another round of primary election votes were counted Thursday, Aug. 3. Crossley has 216 votes, vastly ahead of second-place Jeremy Smith (53) and third-place Ed Hayden (32). Barring a surprising surge by Hayden, Smith will advance to face Crossley in the November general election. The top two candidates in each race advance to the general. Kramer, meanwhile, had a race-leading 152 votes for Odessa C...

  • Harrington teacher arrested, jailed

    Drew Lawson|Updated Aug 3, 2023

    HARRINGTON — A local music teacher was arrested over the weekend and appeared in Lincoln County District Court Monday, July 31. 33-year-old Seth Michael Bergman of Harrington was arrested on charges of fourth-degree assault and third-degree malicious mischief for allegedly slamming a door into his girlfriend multiple times and minorly injuring her forearm while breaking the door frame during an argument in a Harrington home Saturday, July 29, according to police records. Bergman pleaded not guilty to both charges at an a...

  • Reardan woman killed in crash

    The Record-Times|Updated Aug 3, 2023

    RIVERSIDE — A Reardan woman was killed in a two-car crash one mile north of Riverside early Wednesday morning Aug. 2. 33-year-old Rebecca L. Powelson was pronounced deceased at the scene after her 1990 Ford Ranger was rear-ended by a 2013 Dodge Grand driven by Paul G. Ainsworth of Newport on U.S. Highway 2 around 6:04 a.m. Wednesday, according to a State Patrol press release. Ainsworth was charged with vehicular homicide after causing Powelson’s Ranger to rollover after impact, the release said. Both drivers were wearing sea...

  • Fun at Porcupine Bay

    Updated Aug 3, 2023

    5-year-old Adeline Delafield of Davenport calls to her parents for help building a sandcastle during a sunny water day at Porcupine Bay Campground on the Spokane arm of Lake Roosevelt Monday, July 31....

  • Primary Election Results

    Updated Aug 3, 2023

    Results as of first ballot count Tuesday, Aug. 1 Odessa Mayor: Bill Crossley: 162 Jeremy Smith: 37 Ed Hayden: 22 Odessa Councilmember No. 5 Mike Igo: 33 Laura Caler: 73 Marlene Kramer: 114 Write-In: 2 Harrington Councilmember No. 5 Steven Wright: 14 Gavin Wagner: 29 Kelly Foreman: 19 Sprague Councilmember No. 5 Jeffrey Smith: 35 Trace De Garmo: 22 RonDel Krauter: 22 Write-In: 3 Lincoln County Commissioner District No. 1 Jo Gilchrist: 494 Write-In: 19...

  • Cellular phones banned at school?

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Aug 3, 2023

    DAVENPORT — Should cell phones be disallowed at school? That was among the topics of conversation at a school board meeting Monday, July 31. Superintendent Chad Prewitt posed the question to the board after reports that the Reardan-Edwall School District and Peninsula School District had enacted some form of a cell phone ban amongst students during school hours. The conversation indeed went a step further to unanimous action in Reardan, where the school board voted to disallow cell phones and other communication devices in m...