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  • Cops & Courts

    Updated May 4, 2023

    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. April 23 Traffic stops: 7 A caller said his car was almost crashed into by a recklessly driven black truck with no taillights. A caller said he was feuding with his neighbor “over their stupid barking dogs.” A calle...

  • Two more wins for Davenport track

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated May 4, 2023

    COLFAX — The Davenport boys track and field team continued to pile up wins this week, winning the 23-school Undeberg Invitational in Ritzville Saturday, April 29 and the NE2B Team Championship in Colfax Tuesday, May 2. The Odessa girls finished second at the District 7 1B Championships at Valley Christian Tuesday and third at the Undeberg Invite. Davenport’s girls were second in Colfax and 11th in Ritzville. Reardan’s boys finished 10th and the girls finished 19th at the Undeberg Invite. The boys finished fifth at leagu...

  • Gilchrist recaps her first 60 days

    Jo Gilchrist|Updated Apr 28, 2023

    I was appointed as Lincoln County Commissioner for District 1 on February 1, 2023. I am the first female to serve on the Board of County Commissioners and joins Commissioner Scott Hutsell who has served since 2009 and Commissioner Rob Coffman who has served since 2010. I have been busy engaging with the local citizens she represents and am fully committed to my new role as County Commissioner. My list of committee appointments has grown quickly and some include Lincoln County...

  • Local teams take to the diamond

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 28, 2023

    DAVENPORT-Lincoln County baseball and softball teams were all in action this week, with the Odessa and Reardan baseball squads being the only to pick up wins. Odessa fell to Almira-Coulee/Hartline in a doubleheader 7-1 and 21-10 Saturday, April 22. The Tigers bounced back with a 7-6 win in the first game of a doubleheader against Wellpinit Tuesday, April 26, but the Redskins exacted some revenge with a 21-10 victory in the succeeding match. The Tigers are currently 7-8 and...

  • Davenport teams win another league meet

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 28, 2023

    DAVENPORT-A Reardan-hosted league track meet at Davenport High School had plenty of Lincoln County flavor, with the Gorillas, Screaming Eagles, Odessa, Wilbur-Creston, Almira-Coulee/Hartline and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington all present Tuesday, April 25. The Gorilla boys and girls took home another team victory, while the Odessa girls and Reardan boys finished second in their respective genders. Davenport, Odessa and Reardan will all be at the Undeberg Invite...

  • Cops & Courts

    Updated Apr 20, 2023

    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. April 9 Traffic stops: 7 A caller said a drunk man showed up to Easter services at a local church and acted disruptive and belligerent. A caller reported a blue car swerving across lanes westbound on Highway 2 at mil...

  • Area Sports Docket

    Updated Apr 20, 2023

    Varsity games, meets and matches the week of April 21-27 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Washtucna/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Apr. 21 • Reardan baseball doubleheader at Colfax @ 2 p.m. • Reardan softball doubleheader at Colfax @ 2 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 22 • Reardan track at Mooberry Relays at Rogers High School in Spokane @ 9 a.m. • Davenport track at MacDougall Invite in Colfax @ 10 a.m. • Odessa track at Quincy @ 10:30 a.m. • Davenport softball doublehe...

  • Davenport wins home meet

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 13, 2023

    DAVENPORT-The Gorillas defended their home turf at a home track meet Tuesday, April 11. Davenport's boys and girls teams won the seven-school meet, while the Odessa girls finished in second place. Here are the local results from the meet, which also featured athletes from Northwest Christian, Kettle Falls, Almira/Coulee Hartline, Lake Roosevelt and Wilbur-Creston. Boys 100 meters 5. Mason Wright, Odessa, 12.35 6. David Coriell, Davenport, 12.40 10. David Strode, Odessa, 12.69...

  • Commissioners award broadband bid

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Apr 6, 2023

    DAVENPORT — The Lincoln County Commissioners awarded Spokane-based Zero dB Communications the construction build for the first of three countywide broadband projects bringing high-speed fiber connection to the county. Zero dB Communications will construct the connection for a project through Almira, Creston and Harrington with middle mile up to one gigabyte through Wilbur. The company bid $1,232,501.17, the lowest of five companies that bid. Bids were unsealed at the commissioners’ March 20 meeting and referred to the Eco...

  • AED's spread around county

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Mar 30, 2023

    REARDAN - The risk of cardiac arrest is a scary proposition, but there are now more tools to address an episode in Lincoln County thanks to a series of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) acquired by Highline Grain Growers through a $5,000 matching grant program. The units have been disbursed in the last two weeks by Fire District No. 4 and is a medical device aimed at analyzing a heart's rhythm and deliver an electric shock to the heart without the need of...

  • Cops & Courts

    Updated Mar 23, 2023

    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. March 13 Traffic stops: 3 A caller reported a two-vehicle crash at Fifth and Marshall Streets in Davenport. A burglary at storage units across from Lakeview Terrace in Grand Coulee was reported. Four youths were tre...

  • Noxious weed board tax discussed

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Mar 16, 2023

    DAVENPORT — A noxious weed tax assessment is likely to be brought before the Lincoln County Commissioners later in 2023, according to a discussion at city council’s regular meeting Wednesday, March 8. Noxious Weed Control Board Coordinator Farren Reinbold gave a presentation to council stating the board would propose a $15 tax assessment per parcel for incorporated municipalities, with collected funds going back to the weed board. Reinbold said she expects to make the proposal to the commissioners this fall. A com...

  • A week at the Capitol

    Updated Mar 10, 2023

    Tekoa High School sophomore Alexis Taylor, 15, of Tekoa, served as a page in the state House of Representatives from 19-24 at the state Capitol in Olympia. Taylor was sponsored by Rep. Mary Dye, R-Pomeroy. The student lives in the 9th Legislative District represented by Dye. During her tenure as a House page, Taylor wrote a mock bill for a later school start to give students more time to sleep in and be well-rested for their classroom studies. Taylor is the daughter of...

  • Cops & Courts

    Updated Mar 2, 2023

    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. Feb. 20 Traffic stops: 14 An Odessa man said a suspicious person had been sitting across from Washington Federal Bank since the night prior. A commercial alarm was reported going off at Lincoln County District Court....

  • INVITATION TO BID LINCOLN COUNTY LINCOLN COUNTY CERB FTTX ALMIRA, CRESTON & HARRINGTON

    Updated Mar 2, 2023

    INVITATION TO BID LINCOLN COUNTY LINCOLN COUNTY CERB FTTX ALMIRA, CRESTON & HARRINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln County, Washington that sealed bids will be received until 12:00 p.m., Thursday, March 16th 2023 at one of the following locations: By Mail: Board of Lincoln County Commissioners, P.O. Box 28, Davenport, WA 99122-0028 Or In Person: Office of the Board of County Commissioners, Clerk of the Board’s Desk, 450 Logan Street, County Courthouse, Lower Level, Davenport, WA It s...

  • INVITATION TO BID

    Updated Feb 23, 2023

    INVITATION TO BID LINCOLN COUNTY LINCOLN COUNTY CERB FTTX ALMIRA, CRESTON & HARRINGTON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln County, Washington that sealed bids will be received until 12:00 p.m., Thursday, March 16th 2023 at one of the following locations: By Mail: Board of Lincoln County Commissioners P.O. Box 28 Davenport, WA 99122-0028 Or In Person: Office of the Board of County Commissioners Clerk of the Board’s Desk 450 Logan Street County Courthouse, Lower Level Davenport, WA It shall b...

  • Yvaughn Grace (White) Carstensen

    Updated Feb 15, 2023

    Yvaughn Grace (White) Carstensen Oct. 21, 1927 – Jan. 28, 2023 Yvaughn Grace "Yvaughnie" Carstensen, (95), of Almira, Wash. passed away on Jan. 28, 2023. Yvaughn a lifelong resident of Almira, Wash. was born in Wenatchee, Wash. on Oct. 21, 1927. The only daughter of Vaughn and Mary (Krause) White. She graduated from Almira Public School in 1945 and attended Eastern Washington State College graduating in 1949 with a teaching degree. Her first teaching job was in Colfax, W...

  • More broadband internet options coming soon

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Feb 9, 2023

    DAVENPORT — One of the potential pitfalls of seeking housing refuge in rural Lincoln County is a lack of broadband internet access, which creates difficulties for children with online work or businesspeople trying to work remotely. The county and Economic Development Council are trying to tear down this barrier, with three projects funded and one more potentially upcoming. The first is a Community Economic Revitalization Board grant that was awarded in July 2021 and provides fiber to Creston, Harrington and Almira with m...

  • Cops & Courts

    Updated Feb 9, 2023

    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. Jan. 29 Traffic stops: 11 An Odessa man said his wife had overdosed and was barely breathing. A caller reported an old red car with its hood up and flashers active on the side of Highway 231 near the Long Lake pic...

  • Wheat Producers meet in Davenport

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

    DAVENPORT-A packed crowd of wheat farmers jammed into the Lincoln County Fairgrounds meeting hall for the WSU Lincoln-Adams Extension-hosted Wheat Producers Meeting Thursday, Jan. 19 to hear four speakers discuss data, projects and observations regarding recent wheat production the university has influenced in recent years. The four speakers gave five presentations on weeds and disease control, winter wheat variety selection, the state's Soil Health Initiative,...

  • Wrestling regular season winds down

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Jan 27, 2023

    RITZVILLE - The wrestling regular season concluded with meets last weekend and a low-key meet in Reardan Wednesday, Jan. 25. Davenport and Reardan will now look ahead to league championships Saturday, Jan. 28. Below are the individual results for Davenport, which competed in Ritzville last weekend, and for Reardan, which was at the Mat Animal Invitational in Quincy. Results are listed in order of weight class. Davenport results at Ritzville • Noah Everett was pinned by W...

  • Area Sports Docket

    Updated Jan 26, 2023

    Varsity games, meets and matches the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2 for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Lind-Ritzville/Sprague/Harrington. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, Jan. 27 • Davenport basketball at Northwest Christian @ 6 p.m. • Reardan basketball at Kettle Falls @ 6 p.m. • Odessa basketball at Almira-Coulee-Hartline @ 6 p.m. • LRS basketball vs. Colfax @ 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 • Reardan girls wrestling at Bring Home Da Beef in Quincy @ 9 a.m. • Davenport, Reardan and LRS wrestling at League C...

  • Public Records

    Updated Jan 26, 2023

    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. Jan. 16 Traffic stops: 27 An Odessa woman said she saw a car broken down near the King Ranch feed lot off Coyote Heights Road. A Davenport woman called about several dogs running loose and causing problems to her prop...

  • Public Records

    Updated Jan 20, 2023

    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. Jan. 9 Traffic stops: 11 Multiple calls from Spokane Police and Spokane County said a Medical Lake man reported he saw someone starting up his pickup truck and driving off in an unknown direction. A caller said a man...

  • Public Records

    Updated Jan 13, 2023

    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. Jan. 2 Traffic stops: 4 A Walla Walla man said he noticed someone was putting funds into his account so he could mail them gift cards in an apparent scam attempt. A Davenport woman said her neighbor’s large dog was ru...

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