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Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, June 27: A Davenport woman reported receiving fraudulent phone calls from someone identifying themselves as with “Children’s Chance.” Aboard a house boat in the river north of Hawk Creek cam...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, June 20: After a Davenport mother’s call to dispatchers about her two sons, ages 9 and 12, not returning home from the Water Park pool, a couple of deputies launched a search that ended when...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, June 13: A deputy provided traffic control after a motor home towing a boat became inoperative in the middle of Hawk Creek Road at Miles Creston Road. A patrol vehicle was involved in a collis...
There has been a lot of talk on the street lately about a proposed public safety sales tax in Lincoln County. I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of our struggles, clear up a few misconceptions and then explain the concept to the public. First of all, as you know, the county had a very difficult time balancing the 2016 budget. This condition has been escalating for several years and will continue to compound itself into the future. I feel that it is...
Harrington Opera House Society The monthly meeting of Opera House Society met Monday evening in the Art Room with Ed and Bunny Haugan, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Karen Robertson, Carol, Gordon Herron, Marge Womach and Linda Wagner attending. As the completion of the elevator installation is nearing, the building committee has a short list of finishing touches that will be worked on, including the state inspection of the elevator on Tuesday, chandelier controls and an air...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, June 6: A Mondovi area resident described a man looking into the windows of a house from a patio. A woman was observed sleeping in a running vehicle parked at the U.S. 2 Telford rest are...
The monthly meeting of Opera House Society met Monday evening in the Art Room with Ed and Bunny Haugan, Mark and Sheryl Stedman, Karen Robertson, Carol, Gordon Herron, Marge Womach and Linda Wagner attending. As the completion of the elevator installation is nearing, the building committee has a short list of finishing touches that will be worked on, including the state inspection of the elevator on Tuesday, chandelier controls and an air conditioner electrical fix. New carpeting has been laid where needed, and finishing...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, May 30: Trader’s Express in Davenport was given erroneous information by a driver who attempted to leave with a gas nozzle still in the vehicle’s tank, breaking it off. No one was hurt af...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, May 23: Dispatchers took another report of an IRS scam incident from a Davenport resident. Executing a search warrant at a residence in the 1000 block of Thirteenth Street in Davenport, dep...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, May 9: Reardan emergency personnel assisted Spokane County authorities who discovered a vehicle off the roadway on Coulee Hite Road with the driver at the wheel. A collision involving a veh...
Odessa’s Travis Schuh turned in the fastest time among Odessa and Lincoln County runners in Spokane’s Bloomsday race May 1. He finished his race in 48:55, narrowly outpacing Davenport’s 18-year-old Nathan Hopkins who had a time of 50:07. Almira’s Darren McCall finished in 1:05:34, Creston’s Alicia Rosman in 1:21:21, Edwall’s Mariah Wollweber in 1:31:42, Harrington’s Jaeger Jacobson in 1:09:45, Reardan’s Carson Torkelson in 1:17:40, Sprague’s Tracey Korthuis in 1:12:36 and Wilbur’s Eric Wyborney in 1:00:12. Schuh plac...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, May 2: A cow got stuck in a fence near SR 23 and Ringwood Road in the Sprague area. A Davenport woman said she discovered a smashed cigarette on the deck of a residence in the 300 block of...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, April 25: Wilbur ambulance and MedStar aerial ambulance personnel, along with an off-duty firefighter and sheriff’s deputies assisted in the transport of a patient from the U.S. 2 Telfo...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, April 11: Acknowledging she and her dog are afraid of cats, a Wilbur woman phoned in her concern that a stray cat had gotten inside her house. A woman was injured in a one-vehicle rol...
Lincoln County Commissioner Mark Stedman submitted a proposal to the Odessa Town Council at their last meeting on April 11 that would increase the sales tax collected within Lincoln County by 3/10 of one percent. The rate, which is currently 7.7 percent, would rise to 8.0 percent. The taxes collected now go four different entities. The state of Washington get 6.5 percent, local jurisdictions get 1.0 percent, criminal justice gets 0.1 percent and emergency communications get 0.1 percent. If the tax rate is raised to 8.0 percen...
Harrington Opera House Society The Harrington Opera House Society met Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m. with Carol, Sheryl Stedman, Billie and Gordon Herron, Ed and Bunny Haugan, Linda Wagner, Marge Womach and Karen Robertson present. Gordon Herron of the building committee reported on the present status of the progress of remodeling and alterations for installation of the elevator due to be delivered April 18. It is anticipated that the installation will require seven to 10 days. The building committee had met with Avista, Herron...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, March 28: A collared pit bull dog was reported to be growling at people outside a store at Eighth and Morgan streets in Davenport. The animal was taken into custody. A deputy responded to a re...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, March 21: Dispatchers received calls from at least two Sprague residents reporting a suspicious vehicle occupied by a man in his early 30s with a beard and moustache, wearing a ball cap and...
New pastor Harrington United Methodist Church and the Zion United Methodist Church have recently been blessed with a new pastor, Michelle Mitchell, commuting from her home north of Davenport. She comes with a diverse work history and commitment to service in a wide range of ministries. She spent 25 years as a university professor with a PhD in computer science. “My most recent full time appointment was at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, although I taught as an adjunct at Whitworth for a couple of semesters after moving to S...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, March 14: A Sprague man was arrested in connection with the burglary of a residence in the 300 block of East 1st in Sprague after a woman reported food, about $200 cash, records and mov...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, March 7: A Davenport woman reported receiving a fraudulent phone call from someone claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. Reardan Police investigated a possible harassment inc...
Harrington Historic Preservation Commission The Harrington Historic Preservation Commission met March 1 with members Celeste Miller, Karen Allen, Aileen Sweet, Lindsey Hutsell and Anita Harman, as well as Margie Hall of the Economic Development Council and visitors Amy Foley and Marge Womach. The group held elections, with Celeste Miller reelected as chair, Lindsey Hutsell co-chair (replacing Karen Allen, who had served for several years). Several local citizens have been appr...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Feb. 29: A Reardan woman requested a county deputy’s help with allegations of vehicle theft and drug use. A Davenport caller reported speeding vehicles on Sixth Street as it becomes McInn...
Sheriff's Report 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. Monday, Feb. 22: A woman staying at a Davenport motel reported she wasn’t able to find two suitcases she left near the county courthouse. A Davenport woman told dispatchers someone was attem...
The February 9 special election held in Lincoln County saw the school and hospital levies in Odessa and Harrington pass by comfortable margins. Of the 5,823 registered voters in 40 precincts, 3,107 had returned ballots by February 12 when the last count was tabulated for a voter turnout of 53.36 percent. The election will be certified on February 19. Odessa School District 105’s Proposition 1 (Replacement Maintenance and Operation Levy) passed within Lincoln County by 323 to 114 votes or 73.91 to 20.09 percent. When the f...
