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DAVENPORT--It took an extra 30 minutes for Thursday's Gorilla home game vs. Asotin to get rolling due to lightning in the area, and rain was steadily pouring throughout the first half while remaining a light drizzle through the entirety of the contest. Those conditions ultimately favored the home team, as Davenport's defense pitched a shutout while spotting its offense solid field position throughout the game en route to a 19-0 victory. The Gorillas improved to 3-1 in NE2B pla...
LAKE ROOSEVELT - Effective 12:01 am Friday, Oct. 1, 2021, campfires will be allowed in established fire rings in campgrounds and day-use areas and on lakeshores below the high-water mark throughout Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Charcoal grills will also be allowed at this time. Fires have been banned at Lake Roosevelt since June 25 due to drought conditions, a lack of precipitation and wildfire concerns. Regulations require beach campfires must be less than three feet in diameter and must be at least 10 feet from...
DAVENPORT—After several Logan Street residents voiced their concern and opposition, council continued a public hearing for the vacation of the right of way on the street for use by the future Family Dollar site intended to go on the old Lion’s Park site. The public hearing was held at council’s Sept. 22 meeting. Doug and Mike Janke, whose father lives on Logan Street across from the old park, voiced their opposition to the right-of-way vacation, saying it would make truck access difficult and push potential building very...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A woman is being held in Spokane County Jail on $250,000 bail after allegedly shooting a man and leaving him alongside the road Sept. 24. Katey Kaczar, 29, hometown not released, was booked into the jail the evening of the shooting. She is facing charges of first-degree assault with a firearm and first-degree armed robbery, jail records show. According to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office report, deputies responded to a reported shooting near the intersection of U.S. Highway 2 and South Stroup Road, just out...
REARDAN—A viral “challenge” that has been circulating via the popular social media app TikTok that urges its followers to vandalize its school grounds or areas has struck the town and school in the last couple weeks. According to the town Police Department, vandalism began at the town park in late August, when school began. Soap dispensers were ripped out of the park bathroom and toilets were plugged. The police department set up game cameras around the park bathroom and identified four middle school boys that caused damag...
Government and community meetings in the Davenport, Reardan, Harrington, Edwall and Sprague area for the week of Oct. 1-7 Monday, Oct. 4 Lincoln County Commissioners meeting at 8 a.m. in the Lincoln County Courthouse Thursday, Oct. 7 Reardan town council at 6 p.m. in the Reardan United Methodist Church...
DAVENPORT—The crop circles owned by the city north of the baseball fields on the northeast side of town will be getting a new end-gun for irrigation. City council voted 5-2 in favor of spending $6,800 to buy a Nelson SR100 end-gun for the north crop circle after a recommendation from the water/sewer/garbage committee. The committee, which consists of Chris Ruiz, Theresa Telford and Lance Strite, met prior to council’s Sept. 22 meeting to discuss conditions at the crop circles, where new irrigation and equipment is rep...
DAVENPORT—Reports of white-tailed deer dying from Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, or EHD, are increasing in the Inland Northwest this year. The reported deaths, which are normally around 25 a year, have reached the hundreds within the Department of Fish and Wildlife. The deaths have been reported around Lincoln County, Whitman County, Spokane and Colville. “We don’t have a way to survey exactly where all the deer are dying, but it’s more about the general magnitude of all the reports,” said Fish and Wildlife Spokane District...
DAVENPORT—In a ruling given to both parties this month, The Public Employee Relations Commission ruled that both Lincoln County and Teamsters 690, which represents the Sheriff’s Office’s commissioned and non-commissioned officers, “conditioned negotiations of mandatory subjects of bargaining on a non-mandatory subject of bargaining” when the two sides refused to bargain beginning in 2016. The decision was issued by PERC originally on Sept. 16. Essentially, the ruling ordered both parties to cease and desist and continue...
DAVENPORT— To ensure everyone can reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline using the three-digit 988 code in the 82 area codes in 36 states, every customer with a number in those area codes with seven-digit local dialing must be transitioned to 10-digit (area code + telephone number) local dialing. Beginning Oct. 24, all consumers with numbers in the 509 area code must dial 10 digits (area code and telephone number) for all local calls. This summer, the FCC adopted an order approving 988 as the three-digit abbreviated d...
LINCOLN COUNTY-Mandates, pandemics and new curriculum all appear to be influences on enrollment rates, trends and retention numbers across eastern Lincoln County. Each of the four main school districts/schools in the area have seen different enrollment trends over the past five years and have seen numbers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. In Davenport, numbers dropped before 2020 but are back to 2017 rates this year. The Reardan-Edwall School District has...
Members of Davenport FFA participated in a Cottonwood Creek cleanup last week. Students picked up trash in the creek and area from Harker Street to the fire station. Participating members were Isaac Harvey, Jahdon Otero, Shelby Hargrave, Hailey Nonnemacher-Stiles, Cady Zellmer, Alyssa Kruger, Amillia Harvey, Jacob Harvey, Ryan Utley, Nathan Choate, Kristina Wright and Iralynn Wright....
DAVENPORT—The school board met virtually as COVID-19 cases locally remain high for its Monday, Sept. 27 regular meeting. The board approved two action items in part and heard excitement from superintendent Jim Kowalkowski, high school principal Chad Prewitt and elementary principal Noelle Carstens regarding the return of students to the classroom. The board first approved the consent agenda, which included hiring Kyle Edwards as custodian, the fall and winter coaches and advisors and approving FFA trips to Silverwood Theme P...
REARDAN-The Reardan-Edwall School District woke up Sunday morning to the news of the sudden passing of Jay Warwick, a longtime district employee who died in his sleep at the age of 61 Saturday, Sept. 25. Warwick had worked in the district since May 8, 1989 and was in his 33rd school year. Upon his passing, he was a maintenance mechanic. "This was a total shock that came out of the blue," superintendent Eric Sobotta said. "He was well-loved by a lot of people and was often the...
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. Sept. 20 Traffic stops: 5 An Idaho man said he received several calls from his sister who told him he needed to call the police on her behalf. A Davenport man said someone was illegally dumping garbage in the dit...
DAVENPORT-The Gorillas came into Wednesday night's matchup looking for its second NE2B win in as many nights, but it was the rival visitors from Reardan that earned its first league win this season. Reardan knocked off Davenport in four sets (25-11, 25-16, 22-25, 25-18) Sept. 29. Reardan improved to 4-3 overall and got its first NE2B win this season in four tries. The team's previous three losses all came over nonleague opponents. Davenport, meanwhile, fell to 1-5 after earnin...
Note: Games and game times are subject to change. Friday, Oct. 1 Reardan football (homecoming) vs. Kettle Falls @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 Davenport and Reardan cross country at Medical Lake @ 11:30 a.m. Davenport volleyball at Odessa @ noon. Monday, Oct. 4 Reardan soccer at Medical Lake @ 4 p.m. Davenport volleyball vs. Upper Columbia Academy @ 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5 Reardan cross country at Colfax @ 3:30 p.m. Davenport cross country at Chewelah, time TBD Reardan soccer vs. St. George’s @ 4 p.m. Davenport soccer at N...
REPUBLIC—The No. 6 ranked Davenport cross country boys team unofficially picked up a win in the Gorillas’ first league meet of the season at Republic Tuesday, Sept. 28. The Gorillas got a hypothetical score of 60 points, eking out St. George’s (63 points) and Chewelah (68 points). The meet results were listed but weren’t made official by press time this week. Meanwhile, the Reardan boys and girls and Harrington boys and girls high school and middle school teams competed in a District 7/9 meet at Asotin Sept. 28. The Reardan...
SPANGLE—The offensive struggles continued for the Reardan football team Friday, Sept. 24. The visitors traveled to face the Liberty Lancers and were shut out through three quarters en route to a 22-6 defeat. Reardan suffered its third straight league loss and fell to 1-3 overall this season and 0-3 in NE2B play. Liberty led 15-0 at halftime after Logan Wilson hit Kyler McCombs for an eight-yard touchdown and Ashton Strobel ran for a 50-yard score. Reardan sophomore quarterback Tate Nelson was sacked in the end zone for a s...
COULEE DAM-The Gorillas may have leveled up for their lone nonconference game after scheduling Lake Roosevelt, the No. 10 ranked 2B school in the state AP poll, once Oroville cancelled the previously scheduled matchup with Davenport. But the final result didn't show that, as Davenport traveled to Coulee Dam and routed the Lake Roosevelt Raiders 28-8 Thursday, Sept. 23. The first half was evenly matched. Davenport took an 8-0 lead on a 5-yard touchdown run by senior fullback...
