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DAVENPORT--The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for Tuesday night into Wednesday as the first snowfall of the season is expected to arrive. A moderate band of snow is expected to hit the north parts of the county sometime between 11 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24 and 11 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, with higher likelihoods of snow Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. According to the advisory, one to three inches of snow could accumulate through Wednesday. This...
Age: 35 Family: Sara, Hunter Kendra Kramer Day Job: Owner C&S AG REPAIR LLC Relevent or Volunteer Experience: Profile questions (please respond in 100 words or less per answer): Question 1: Statistics show that statewide, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and related shutdowns that led to learning loss is still felt today. How could the School Board help narrow the gap of learning loss caused by COVID? I feel we could bring more help into the class room for the children...
Age: 47 Family: I met and married Traig Weishaar 26 years ago. Together we have two children Tori; a recent college graduate, and Pilot; who is currently in college. Day Job: I am a third generation farmer. Traig, a fourth generation farmer, and I started our own farm 24 years ago. Through the years we have diversified and expanded. I serve as the farm's financial and office manager. Relevent or Volunteer Experience: I have served the Odessa School Board for 6 years, holding...
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Age: 75 Family: I met my wife Dee in the spring of 1984 and a year later I was a husband, father of three, one a teenager and a grandfather. I have since acquired six more grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Not bad for a late starter. Day Job: Retired following 44 years as a mechanic and service manager at Walter Implement. Relevent or Volunteer Experience: Two terms Odessa City Council, 13 years Odessa School Board, twice Biergarten chairmen, twice chamber president,...
Age: 43 Family: Wife Katie and 2 children Dottie (6th grade) and Rollie (1st grade) Day Job: Relationship Manager/Loan Officer, AgWest Farm Credit Relevent or Volunteer Experience: Youth football and baseball coach 2018-present. Odessa Chamber of Commerce President 2016-2021, other volunteer work with the Stumpjumpers Desert 100, Odessa Booster Club, Almira School rebuild project, 2nd Harvest Food Bank, Inland Northwest Blood Center, and several other non-profit organizations...
DAVENPORT — Trial dates in two prominent Lincoln County Superior Court criminal cases were continued at readiness hearings Tuesday, Oct. 17. Both the cases of 42-year-old Jonathan Ray Stocker of Sprague and 29-year-old Jordan Russell Mills-Jay of Spokane won’t go to trial on the original dates. Stocker, who is charged with five counts of first-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and one count of second-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit con...
Kassidy Koch and Annmarie Bolyard are recognized with their families on Reardan's Senior Day prior to the Screaming Eagles' soccer game Saturday, Oct. 14 against Northwest Christian. Davenport's Koda Coffman is recognized as the lone senior on the volleyball team prior to the Gorillas' 3-1 upset over Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Tuesday, Oct. 17. Turn to Pages 10-11 for coverage of both games....
DAVENPORT — City administration presented council’s finance committee with the first draft of the 2024 city budget as part of a finance discussion that also included talk about various rates and levies for next year’s cycle during a meeting preceding council’s regular meeting Wednesday, Oct. 11. After discussion about city needs, the finance committee proposed a water rate increase of 3%, a sewer rate increase of 1% (down from the original proposal of 3%) and a 25-cent garbage rate increase. City employees are also expecte...
DAVENPORT-After a unanimous vote by the school board, the school district accepted a $500,000 emergency grant for repairs to the high school roof from the state Superintendent of Public Instruction at the board's special meeting Monday, Oct. 16. The high school roof is in bad shape. Leaks occurred frequently during the 2022-23 snow season, filling up to 12 "buckets full," superintendent Chad Prewitt said. The high school SPED classroom may have to close this winter due to...
DAVENPORT — As budget season approaches, potential insurance rate hikes could prove to be a thorn in the side of the Lincoln County Commissioners, who voiced their concern with the possible reality at their regular meeting Monday, Oct. 16. Commissioner Scott Hutsell said Washington Counties Risk Group could raise rates between 50% and 60%, which could be a $400,000 increase. Later, fellow Commissioner Rob Coffman said the Risk Group confirmed the rates could be as high as 60% via a letter issued Wednesday, Oct. 18. “So at...
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. Oct. 8 Traffic stops: 9 A Harrington woman accused a man of stealing drills, chargers, a car stereo and her vibrator. A caller said she believed someone was shooting in the direction of her house while hunting. A str...
SPRAGUE — An unknown-by-authorities person evidently figured Doerschlag Road was as good a place as any to drop off a massive load of tires last Monday, Oct. 9. According to police records, Jason Osborne of Sprague was driving to work around 5:30 a.m. that day and discovered “a lot” of tires on Doerschlag Road about two miles east of Harrington-Tokio Road. Osborne moved the tires off the roadway and called the police, records state. Lincoln County Public Works arrived on scene and determined that there were enough tires...
DAVENPORT — Several agreements and contracts were considered and approved by the Lincoln County Commissioners at their regular meeting Monday, Oct. 16. The lone resolution on the table was for designating authorized signatories for a Washington Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program sub-application and grant. The commissioners also approved the following agreements and contracts: • An interagency agreement between WSU Extension and Lincoln County to support 2024 Extension activities. • A right...
When Gov. Jay Inslee’s misguided vaccine mandate ended in May, his office said there would not be an outreach effort to rehire the more than 2,000 employees lost because of the condition for employment — even with staff shortages in the state workforce. Instead, fired state workers could reapply for their former jobs or seek new careers with the state just like everyone else. (I thought they should be asked to return, pretty please, and that the ask should be accompanied by...
President Joe Biden’s $65 billion infrastructure bill contains $8 billion for regional hubs to develop ways to produce and distribute hydrogen fuel. One is planned for the Pacific Northwest and should help haulers and truck manufacturers in Renton and Portland in their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Specifically, long-distance haulers need a network of hydrogen fueling stations (like today’s truck stops) along with affordable trucks and fuel. Hub res...
