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DAVENPORT-There's a new superintendent to be Chad after last Wednesday's school board meeting. On the same night former district boss Jim Kowalkowski was recognized heading into his retirement, Chad Prewitt was sworn into the position by board chair Deanna Fitzpatrick to conclude the June 29 regular meeting. Prewitt took the oath of office with Kowalkowski by his side as Fitzpatrick read him the rather complicated pledge to recite. He officially became superintendent...
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. June 20 Traffic stops: 12 An 87-year-old woman unable to get out of bed was reported. Lincoln County Public Works reported an abandoned vehicle on Harrington-Tokio Road near the county gravel pit. Davenport City Hal...
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. June 5 Traffic stops: 18 A panic alarm was reported going off at Cenex in Davenport. A caller said she believed the bridge on Sunset Highway Road just east of Davenport could collapse. A caller said her brother was f...
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. May 30 Traffic stops: 20 A caller reported a deer stuck in a fence on Highway 28 at milepost 128. A caller reported a vehicle off the roadway on Highway 231 at milepost 36. An Odessa woman said her 13-year-old son r...
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. May 23 Traffic stops: 6 A caller said they were passed by a vehicle on Highway 2, and occupants in the vehicle began throwing rocks on their car. A caller said a white Chevy blew through two stop signs in a c...
ODESSA–The Tiger baseball team defeated the Sunnyside Christian team last Wednesday, May 11, by a score of 16-6 and the Riverside Christian team this Tuesday, May 17, by a score of 9-4 to move on to the state tournament. The next game for the Tigers will be on Saturday against #1 seed DeSales at Borleske Stadium in Walla Walla beginning at 10 a.m. That game is a loser-out game. The winner will advance to play the winner of the Liberty Christian vs. Crosspoint game later the sa...
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. May 9 Traffic stops: 21 A caller reported a suspicious boat and trailer parked at the bird watching area north of Reardan. Vista Manor Apartments in Wilbur called to say one of their tenants died. A man said he was...
YAKIMA – The Wilbur-Creston Wildcats open the state 1B girls fastpitch softball tournament at noon Friday, May 27. The No. 7-ranked girls will face the No. 2-ranked Colton Wildcats on Field 2 of the state-opener at Gateway Park. It'll be a rematch of the May 16 matchup in the 1B District 6/7/9 tournament. Colton won that game, 9-7. The winner will advance to a play the winner of the Quilcene vs. Inchelium game at 4 p.m. on Field 4. The loser will drop to a loser-out battle a...
WALLA WALLA – The Odessa Tigers boys baseball season came to an end Saturday, May 21, with a 10-1 loss to the DeSales Fighting Irish. The No. 8-ranked Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but were unable to score after that. DeSales, the No. 1-seed, tied the game in the second and kept adding runs over the next three innings. Hayden Miller hit two singles, one of which resulted in the Tigers’ only run. Collin Martin also hit a single. Starting pitcher Collin Martin went three-and-a-third innings before being rel...
ODESSA–The Tiger baseball team defeated the Sunnyside Christian team last Wednesday, May 11, by a score of 16-6 and the Riverside Christian team this Tuesday, May 17, by a score of 9-4 to move on to the state tournament. The next game for the Tigers will be on Saturday against #1 seed DeSales at Borleske Stadium in Walla Walla beginning at 10 a.m. That game is a loser-out game. The winner will advance to play the winner of the Liberty Christian vs. Crosspoint game later the sa...
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. May 2 Traffic stops: 18 A caller said he ran two males out of some abandoned buildings. A Davenport woman reported a grease fire on the 300 block of Logan Street. A vehicle lockout was reported at Trader’s in Dav...
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 25 Traffic stops: 14 A Lincoln County Jail inmate was transferred from the Spokane Police Department. A caller said her mom had been acting weird over text message. An Avista caller said they found some bones i...
DAVENPORT-Local baseball and softball teams have about one week left in their respective regular seasons before heading to districts. Baseball districts begin this weekend, while softball regular seasons run through next Tuesday. Several local teams were in action this week and over the weekend as the regular season winds down. Tigers overpower Wellpinit, fall to ACH The Tiger baseball team had little trouble overcoming Wellpinit on Apr. 26, winning both games of the...
Varsity games, meets and matches for Davenport, Odessa, Reardan and Harrington the week of April 22-28. All games are subject to postponement or cancellation. Friday, April 22 Reardan baseball and softball vs. Colfax @ 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23 Reardan track at Mooberry Relays at Rogers High in Spokane @ 10 a.m. Odessa track at Quincy @ 10:30 a.m. Davenport tennis at Kettle Falls @ 11 a.m. Reardan tennis at Chewelah @ 11 a.m. Harrington tennis at Lind-Ritzville/Sprague @ 11 a.m. Odessa baseball vs. Almira-Coulee-Hartline @...
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 4 Traffic stops: 22 A man said his boat was tied up on the shore of Lake Roosevelt and drifted away in the windstorm. A caller said someone stole one of his gates around April 1. A caller said her boyfriend w...
HARRINGTON – The local Chamber of Commerce will receive $6,200 in grant funds from the Innovia Foundation of Spokane to help complete the town square beautification project, officials said. Funds will help pay to finish renovation of a historic building as a community center for the town’s 428 residents, Innovia said. The allocation was among $1.01 million in grants the agency announced last week. Five other organizations are receiving funds in Adams and Lincoln Counties. In other area grants, Innovia will allocate: $4,...
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 21 Traffic stops: 12 An abandoned vehicle was reported on Lauer Road one mile south of Highway 28 near Odessa. A Davenport man said his neighbor’s aggressive dog was out again and on his property on the 140...
Manson band director Matt Brown leads a symphony of middle schoolers at the Bi-County Honors Group Concert at the Fox Theater in Spokane Monday, March 28. The concert featured students from Davenport, Odessa, Harrington, Reardan, Sprague, Wilbur-Creston, Ritzville and Almira-Coulee-Hartline performing in high school band, middle school band and high school choir honor groups....
The Ray Cross Invitational track and field meet held in Ephrata on Saturday, Mar. 26, included schools from all different classifications, i.e. 1B to 4A. The 1B schools participating were Almira/Coulee-Hartline, Bickleton, Odessa, Pateros and St. John-Endicott-Lacrosse. 2B schools were Bridgeport, Lake Roosevelt, Liberty Bell, Lind-Ritzville, Manson, Oroville, Tonasket, Waterville, Wilbur-Creston and Brewster. 1A: Cascade (Leavenworth), Chelan, Connell, Okanogan, Omak and...
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 14 Traffic stops: 18 A Sprague man reported a black car with two people inside parked on the side of a road. The caller said when he stopped to ask the people if they were okay, they said they were just r...
The Bi-County Honors Group high school band, which consists of students from Davenport, Odessa, Reardan, Harrington, Sprague, Ritzville, Almira-Coulee-Hartline and Wilbur-Creston high schools, rehearse for their annual concert coming up this Monday at the Fox Theater in Spokane at 7 p.m. under the direction of St. John/Endicott director Billy Ray Jr. Reardan band director Ramona Hoff said there will be 24 choir students, 64 high school band students and 70 middle school band...
SPOKANE – A boys 1B basketball team with Lincoln County players with a second-place state finish Saturday, March 5, in Spokane Veteran Memorial Arena. Almira-Coulee/Hartline capped its state-trophy run with a 61-48 loss to Cusick. The No. 1-seeded Warriors opened the tournament with a 52-44 quarterfinals win over Lummi Nation and then took a 52-43 victory over No. 3-ranked Northwest Yeshiva. Lincoln County was represented in the 1B girls state tournament by No. 4-ranked W...
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. 21 Traffic stops: 10 A suspicious death was reported in Davenport. An Almira man reported a dozen cattle standing in the roadway just east of Elliot Road North. A Spokane man reported a golden lab running l...
At home in Odessa on Feb. 16, the Tiger girls had one last chance to place in the district tournament. By defeating Almira-Coulee-Hartline, they were able to move on to play for third and fourth place in Saturday's game at Jenkins High School in Chewelah. The game started off well for the Tigers, as they built a comfortable lead by halftime. But the second half of the game saw an amazing comeback by the Warriors as they scored 38 points to Odessa's 22. It was not quite...
Jacob Scrupps on the Odessa boys basketball team was named to the NE 1B South all-league team on Feb. 15 for his contributions to the Odessa team. For the girls, Ashlyn Neilsen and Hayden Schuh were both named to the girls' all-league team, and Neilsen was also named the co-MVP along with Mimi Isaak of Almira-Coulee-Hartline. Former Odessa High School Tiger, Macey Singer, now playing for Curlew, was also named to the NE 1B North all-league team....
