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COULEE DAM – Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area may implement the following pile burns during the fall of 2020. Pile locations: • Martin Creek, 12 acres, about 3 miles south of Haag Cove, Ferry County • Hunters, 4 acres, near Hunters Campground, Stevens County • Rickey Point, 8 acres adjacent to Rickey Point Road, Stevens County • One large pile at each of the following locations: Stevens County -Evans, Kettle Falls, Gifford, Lincoln County -Fort Spokane, Keller Ferry, and Spring Canyon A goal of prescribed fire in P...
OLYMPIA - The governor and his wife tonight called on state residents to forgo Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations with family this year. Speaking together from a couch, Gov. Jay Inslee said we're "going to have to pause" traditional family Thanksgiving celebrations and "December holidays." "We have to rethink these holidays so we can be thankful when we don't lose more lives to COVID," he said, calling the situation that has dragged on since February only "temporary."...
DAVENPORT– Drivers should expect wintry conditions and slick roads overnight tonight. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for 10 p.m. tonight to 10 a.m. Tuesday in advance of a storm that's expected to bring 1-3 inches of snow across the area overnight. "Light now will develop overnight," the advisory said. "Wintry driving conditions will be possible during the Tuesday morning commute, especially on untreated roadways." About 1-2 inches of snow i...
REPUBLIC – Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp said he lost his job as police chief and sole officer in the city after the council voted to disband the Police Department. Culp made the announcement the day after he was presumably defeated by gubernatorial incumbent Democrat Jay Inslee in the Nov. 3 general election. Inslee leads statewide with 57.73 percent of the vote as of Friday. In a Facebook Live video Wednesday, Culp said the City Council had a special m...
SPOKANE VALLEY — Liberty state supporters have a new champion in Olympia following yesterday's general election. Republican Rob Chase of Spokane Valley will be filling the 4th Legislative District seat being vacated by Rep. Matt Shea. As of the end of ballot counting Nov. 3, Chase had 61% of the vote to Democrat Lance Gurel's 39%, according to the Spokane County Election Office. Chase is a former Spokane County treasurer and was backed by Rep. Shea. Liberty state is the most current iteration in Eastern Washington's c...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Are you ready for President-elect Biden? On Friday morning, Nov. 6, voters nationwide awoke to new election tallies that showed former Vice President Joe Biden, a Delaware Democrat, leading in more than enough states to win a majority of the Electoral College votes and the presidency. Meanwhile, Republican President Donald J. Trump is moving ahead with lawsuits over alleged voting irregularities in multiple states across the country, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. Several states remain c...
LINCOLN COUNTY – During an initial count in the Nov. 3 general election night, voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots for incumbent President Donald J. Trump. Lincoln County voters led the state with 72.29% support for President Trump and running mate Vice President Mike Pence. Only 25.69% of voters here supported Democrat challenger Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. Only two Eastern Washington counties – Whitman and Walla Walla – were leaning toward Biden. Statewide, Biden was leading with 60.76% to Tr...
DAVENPORT – COVID-19 continues to have a major impact on our lives and Representative Tom Dent of the 13th Legislative District understands exactly how vicious the virus can be after he suffered a setback and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on October 21, 2020. Representative Dent was successfully treated at the Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake with REGN-COV2. “I cannot say enough about the quality of care and the dedication of the staff at Samaritan. We are truly fortunate to have such a high quality fac...
DAVENPORT – At an Oct. 23 meeting, the Davenport City Council voted to accept a one percent increase of the property tax collected by the county on city properties, a move that will bring the city roughly $2,600 a year. According to Lincoln County officials, properties in the city of Davenport in 2020 were worth an assessed value of $107 million. The county taxes those properties at the rate of 3.375%, a tax that brings in $278, 752 to the county coffers. State law allows the city of Davenport to take one percent of that r...
Wash., D.C. – The Trump Administration last week removed the gray wolf from the endangered species list. In Washington, this means the wolf will no longer be considered a federal endangered species in Western Washington, or east of Highway 97. Management of the wolf is now transferred fully to the state, which still lists the wolf as a state endangered species. State cattlemen’s groups applauded the federal decision. “We have tremendous confidence in the science that informed this important decision, and thank (Inte...
REARDAN – The district has plans to improve the schools in the next five years. Finance director Justin Flaa presented a draft for a capital improvement plan through 2025 to the board. “Last year when we talked about capital projects, the board said loud and clear that you wanted to have a plan,” Flaa told the board. “This is our first draft of what that plan might look like.” The five-page plan detailed how much money various projects would cost and indicated what funding sources would be used. It listed project descripti...
HARRINGTON – At a Oct. 28 meeting of the Harrington City Council, the council determined how to spend over $10,000 in federal assistance granted to the city via the CARES act. Council members Peter Davenport, David Buddrius, Stephen Hardy, and Levi Schenk, along with Mayor Justin Slack attended the meeting. The council approved the purchase of several items related to upgrading technology at city hall. The council approved spending $700 on a microphone to record online meetings and $6,000 on iPads and associated a...
This month, President Trump signed an executive order to reduce Medicare spending on prescription drugs. For each medication, Medicare will pay no more than the lowest price available in other developed countries. President Trump has been true to his campaign promises. I voted for him in 2016, and will again in 2020. However, in this case, the administration identified the right problem, but chose the wrong solution. It’s no accident that the United States leads the world in developing new medicines. We have the world’s bes...
To the average American, China’s control of the world production, processing technology and stockpile of critical metals is not their concern. However, to our military and high-tech leaders, it is a very big deal. Our government has a list consisting of 35 metals considered to be vital to our national economy and security. While 17 are classified as “rare earth” and are not commonly known, all are critical components of products such as smart phones, laptop computers, lithi...
Operating expenditures for Washington’s K-12 public schools have increased almost 92 percent in real terms since 1982, even though student population has increased by only 36 percent. In 2005, Washington taxpayers spent about $9,500 per public school student. In contrast, private schools typically spend around $6,000 per student. Even taking the differences in their missions into account, public schools still spend over 50 percent more per student than private schools, and g...
LINCOLN COUNTY – Davenport and Reardan student-athletes had to wait seven months until practices could resume in any fashion. Now, sports camps have been occurring since October, but these practices look far stranger than normal. Throw that in with the fact that the athletes don't know when exactly they'll be able to play in a game, or what that game might look like, and the strange themes the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought become evident. "We're trying to keep an optimistic a...
RENTON, Wash. – The WIAA Executive Board approved a process for determining the status of upcoming WIAA seasons during the 2020-21 school year Nov. 2. The process outlines a timetable for decision making as well as a minimum participation requirement and is based on feedback from athletic directors. The Executive Board determined that, in order for a season to take place, 50% of schools in a WIAA region (by classification) must be eligible to participate in league games as p...
OLYMPIA – Warning to health care professionals with Washington licenses: Beware of scammers falsely claiming to represent the Washington State Department of Health – and don’t send money to anyone without being certain of the recipient’s identity. That comes in the wake of at least two apparent attempts to defraud Washington providers. One attempt failed, but the other proved costly to a dentist. In that case, the dentist received a call from someone spoofing the Department of Health’s telephone number, along with two bogus...
Nadine, life time resident of Hunters/ Enterprise WA passed away peacefully October 28, 2020 at 94 years of age. She graduated from Cheney Normal School and returned to teach in Stevens county schools retiring after 30 years. The retirement years were busy with grange, Rebekah Lodge, ladies club, pinochle, casino day trips and traveling. Nadine is survived by sons Edwin (Shelly) Johnston and Wayne (Donna) Johnston, 5 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. She was preceded...
A heifer calf was recently donated for a rollover auction at Stockland Livestock on Oct. 19 to benefit area ranchers who lost cattle and feed due to the Whitney fire. The heifer raised $1,550 that will be distributed via the Lincoln County chapter of the Washington Cattlemen's Association....
DAVENPORT-- For her senior project, Davenport High School student Amber Anderson worked to collect donations of new lifejackets for the city pool. Anderson, a lifeguard, was able to collect 13 lifejackets by putting an ad on Facebook, as well as putting flyers up around town. The new jackets will be available to lend out at the city pool this summer....
DAVENPORT – On Wednesday, October 28th, 22 members of the Davenport FBLA chapter participated in a virtual FBLA Northeast Region Fall Conference. Members listened to and participated in a variety of guest speakers from the area presenting on topics like small business ownership, cyber security, leadership and event management. The Davenport FBLA newly elected officers for the 2020-21 school year are: President Kylee Buchanan, Vice President Kenzie Gerlitz-Simpson, Event C...
7 Years ago Nov 2nd, 1950 J.C. Penny’s holds pre-holiday clean-up sale Items on sale included: Cotton Flannel Print Packed with Style .49c per yard.; Women’s Lace Trim Nylon Slips $3.33; Rayon Blouses, White or Pastel, $1.00 50 Years ago Nov 5th, 1970 Couple honored as Farmers of the Year Mr. and Mrs. Maury Fink were honored at the Chamber of Commerce meeting last week as the 1970 Soil and Water Conservation District Farmers of the year. About 70 persons attended the noon luncheon. The Finks farm South of Davenport and wer...
CRESTON – A semi truck that rolled off the road on Oct. 31 near Creston did not result in any injuries, according to the Washington State Patrol. The truck rolled onto its right side after the driver was pulling over to use the bathroom and the wheels sunk into soft gravel. There were minor injuries to the driver and passenger. The truck was laden with fruit destined for out of state. The fruit was considered a total loss....
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. NOTE: Several listings are missing locations because the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office did not include them in its report to the media. OCTOBER 25 Number of traffic stops:30 OCTOBER 26 Number of traffic stops...
