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HARRINGTON-Keeping in trend with the primary election, Gavin Wagner had a lead over Kelly Foreman in the race for City Councilmember No. 5 after first ballot returns Tuesday, Nov. 7. Wagner, a local farmer and artist, had 70 votes, while Foreman, a process improvement associate, had 40 votes. The leader in the general election also carried the primary election 58 votes to 31, while Steven Wright collected 21 votes in August. If that result holds, Wagner will take a seat on...
ODESSA-Bill Crossley appears to have been re-elected for another term as Town Mayor. He held a massive lead over challenger Jeremy Smith 196 votes to 48 after first election returns Tuesday, Nov. 7. Crossley has been mayor since 2018, and it seems he'll be carrying that role for four more years. The same was leaning true for incumbent councilwoman Marlene Kramer, who led challenger Laura Caler, an ELA teacher at Odessa High School, 149 votes to 90 in the race for Councilmember...
REARDAN-Lane Collier had a comfortable lead over Brian Benham in a race for the Reardan-Edwall School Board Seat No. 4 after the first election count Tuesday, Nov. 7. Collier leads 392 votes to 280. Both men are running for their first appointment to the Board. Collier, a locomotive engineer, had just a slim 126-114 lead in Lincoln County over Benham, an IT service desk manager in Spokane Valley. But the margin was wider in Spokane County, where both candidates live. There, Co...
DAVENPORT—Incumbent mayor Brad Sweet was losing his bid for re-election to a local School District employee who said in May he didn’t want the job after first election returns Tuesday, Nov. 7. J.J. Kowalkowski narrowly led the 8-year incumbent 142 votes to 126 Tuesday night. Kowalkowski, who works grounds and maintenance with Brian Telford at the School District, said after filing week in May he intended to withdraw from the race. But he appeared on the ballot regardless due to withdrawal rules, and had the advantage to be...
ODESSA-Two incumbents appeared to have secured comfortable victories, but one challenger was the favorite to unseat another incumbent in three contested School Board races after first returns Tuesday, Nov. 7. Longtime Board member Ed Deife trailed Zach Schafer 230 votes to 153 in the race for Director No. 2. Schafer, a relationship manager and loan officer for AgWest Farm Credit, had 211 votes to Deife's 142 in Lincoln County. Schafer led 13-7 in Adams County and 6-4 in Grant...
HARRINGTON-Two challengers are leading incumbents in contested races for the Harrington School Board, though one race was more lopsided than the other after first returns were announced Tuesday, Nov. 7. Challenger Britney Wagner leads incumbent Darren Mattozzi 170 votes to 64 in the race for Director No. 1. Wagner, a stay-at-home mother and substitute teacher with the school district, had a comfortable lead over Mattozzi, a School Board veteran. The incumbent Mattozzi, the...
DAVENPORT--More voting results from the 2023 General Election were announced today, Thursday, Nov. 9. Below are the updated totals. There are an estimated 253 ballots left to tally countywide, with the next count coming Tuesday, Nov. 14. Below are the results as of Thursday. Mayor of Davenport J.J. Kowalkowski: 207 Brad Sweet: 181 Harrington Councilmember No. 5 Gavin Wagner: 93 Kelly Foreman: 58 Sprague Councilmember No. 5 Jeffrey Smith: 59 RonDel Krauter: 56 Odessa Councilmember No. 5 Marlene Kramer: 175 Laura Caler: 115...
SPRAGUE—Voters here had three local races or measures on their ballots this general election and made their voices heard Tuesday, Nov. 7. In a contested race for City Councilmember No. 5, Jeffrey Smith held a semi-narrow lead over RonDel Krauter 56 votes to 44. City residents were slimly voting to pass an EMS levy after first count, with 60 voters favoring the levy and 43 voters against the levy. In a contested Cemetery District No. 7 Commissioner No. 3 race, Larae Rodriguez had a lopsided 123-36 lead over Thomas Pelley. T...
1 years ago An unknown thief broke into Robert Garber’s farm home southeast of Reardan. The commercial club protested for Sunday trains to resume running through Central Washington. Clay Chapman of Odessa was arrested on charges of selling liquor to a 15-year-old Bluestem boy. The boy was also booked into jail. 75 years ago 4-H members elected President Glenna Landreth of Espanola, vice president Gerald Sheffels of Govan, secretary-treasurer Kay Childs of Davenport, home economics rep. Carol Hein of Reardan, ag rep. G...
The Odessa volleyball team celebrates after securing a state tournament berth with a 3-2 victory over the rival Wilbur-Creston Wildcats in the District 7 1B Tournament at Wellpinit High School Saturday, Nov. 4. The Tigers are currently playing for a fifth-place trophy in Yakima. Read more on Page B1....
ODESSA - Veterans Day was celebrated by the School District with a school-wide assembly on Monday, Nov. 6. Although the ranks of the veterans attending were thin, school children, staff members and administrators were in attendance to present quite a memorable experience for those present. The Odessa Junior/Senior High School band led off with a rousing rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner. After having gone an entire year with no band teacher or band class, the students...
DAVENPORT - The local FFA chapter's nursery landscape team was named a silver emblem finisher at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis on Thursday, Nov. 2. The emblem came with a 17th-place team finish of 43 nursery landscape teams from around the country. Davenport's team of four competitors, one alternate and two other accompanying students consisted of Tanner Zaugg, Chase Zellmer, Jacob Harvey, Ryan Utley, Shelby Hargrave, Kiera Katz and Titus Griffin, who joined...
HARRINGTON - When Brad Simpson was young, two men in his life inspired him to join the military. His grandfather John Simpson was a Bronze Star recipient in the Army in World War II and his father Skip Simpson was a machinist in the Navy during the Vietnam War. Wanting to keep that legacy alive, he signed up for military service in 1990 after his graduation from Harrington High School. When Brad told his grandfather John, who was a "Junglee" with the 41st Infantry Division in...
DAVENPORT — If you hate finances, you didn’t want to be in the Lincoln County Commissioners’ chamber Monday, Nov. 6. But those interested in county budgets and the allotments disbursed to various county departments got a treat at the annual all-day budget meeting. The initial 2024 budget presented, which is not final, projects the following revenue sources for the current expense budget in 2024 that total over $100,000. Revenue sources totaling less than $100,000 weren’t included in the article for spatial reasons. • $2,51...
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. 28 Traffic stops: 12 A 7-year-old boy said his mom was having trouble breathing. An alarm going off at the Lincoln County Courthouse was reported. A Davenport man said he saw people looking at his truck while at...
TELFORD — A chase involving a stolen car, false report of a mass shooting and abducted pigs ended near the Rest Area in a spooky turn of events for the alleged victims Tuesday, Oct. 31. According to police records, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy Kurt Cuzzetto saw a gold 2001 Chevrolet Silverado followed closely by another vehicle in Creston. The driver of the second car said the Silverado belonged to his friend and had been stolen in Chelan, according to records. The Silverado was eastbound on U.S. Highway 2 with Cuz...
Like many businesses across Eastern Washington, Free Press Publishing is going to winter hours. Effective Nov. 8, our Whitman County Gazette office will resume Wednesday closures through cold-weather months. And beginning Nov. 10, our Cheney Free Press office will be closed Fridays. Our Lincoln County Record-Times and Ritzville Adams County Journal offices are already closed Fridays. Closing our offices one day a week for the winter doesn’t mean you have any less news coverage...
What a year it has been, wet, to drought, a veritable bounty of variety. That’s what living in Eastern Washington is all about. Sometimes it lulls us into a false sense of security, weatherwise. And for sure this influences our responsibilities and approach to managing our cow herds. I remember my dad reminiscing about one fall in the 1950s when the temperature changed from the mid 50°F range to minus 10°F or so in a couple of days. The implication was that the newly see...
New friends and family have steered my culinary interests toward gluten and dairy free recipes. For health and wellbeing, some folks must avoid certain ingredients or ingredient properties. Until recently, those avoiding gluten had to make everything from scratch and scrutinize package labels to avoid accidentally ingesting hidden gluten. Dairy is a little easier to spot but sometimes hides in the trace ingredients. Preparing meals for several group events gave me opportunity...
