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DAVENPORT — Lincoln County will open candidate filing for 82 local offices from Monday, May 5, through Friday, May 9, 2025, according to Elections Manager Norm Caley. The county will begin accepting mailed Declarations of Candidacy on Monday, April 21. Filings can be mailed to P.O. Box 28, Davenport, WA 99122. In-person filings will be accepted at the Lincoln County Auditor’s Office, 450 Logan Street, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. Online filings will be available from 8 a...
REARDAN - Cheney's rodeo royalty is preparing to kick off a new reign with the upcoming 2025 coronation Friday, May 2. Whitney Bjornberg, 23, of Reardan, a former Miss Lincoln County Fair and Rodeo Queen, has stepped into the professional rodeo circuit as the newly crowned Miss Cheney Rodeo. Her coronation is scheduled for Thursday, May 2, at 6 p.m. during the annual Cheney Rodeo Auction at the Spokane Tribe Casino. Bjornberg, who graduated from Washington State University in...
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 (LCSO) does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. DISPATCH LOG April 14 Traffic Stops 10 11:23 a.m. – A resident called to report a dead dog that appears to have been placed on her property. 2:28 p.m. – A red Plymouth Sundance just off the highway by Corner...
DAVENPORT - A 32-year-old Ephrata man pleaded not guilty Tuesday, April 22, in Lincoln County Superior Court to multiple felony charges related to a series of vehicle prowls and fraudulent transactions. Daniel Kyle Lewis, 32, of Ephrata, was arraigned before Judge Adam Walser and entered a not guilty plea to two counts of second-degree theft involving access devices, one count of money laundering, one count of second-degree identity theft and one count of theft of a firearm....
CHENEY — Athletes from across eastern Washington descended on Cheney High School Saturday, April 19, for the 2025 Van Kuren Invitational, with teams from Lincoln County competing against a deep and talented field. Reardan High School had a strong showing in the boys 400-meter dash, placing two athletes in the top 10. Senior Gabe Branstetter took sixth in 52.31 seconds, while junior Blake Wynecoop finished seventh with a time of 52.72. Their efforts came in a race won by Chiawana’s Tristan Breier in 50.15 seconds, fol...
CHENEY — Lincoln County’s varsity girls athletes turned in strong performances at the 2025 Van Kuren Invite on Saturday, April 19, at Cheney High School. Competitors from Davenport, Reardan, and Odessa earned several Top 10 finishes against a deep field of talent from across the region. Davenport’s Glenna Soliday emerged as a standout, placing in three events. She sprinted to 10th in the girls varsity 200 meters with a time of 26.44 seconds and finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles at 15.83 seconds. Soliday also contr...
REARDAN – The Screaming Eagles hosted St. George's in NE2B tennis on Friday, Aug. 18. Kaitlynne Guhlke, who practices with Reardan but represents Davenport High School, also took part in the match. In the boys' competition, Reardan's E.J. Preuschoff defeated Brady Nosbaum 6-1, 6-3 and the doubles team of Braden and Marcus Durbin beat St. George's Steven Liv and Joe Sudlow 6-4, 0-6, 10-8. The Screaming Eagles' Dominic Board lost to Joey Maestas 0-6, 2-6 but bounced back to b...
REARDAN – The Newport baseball and softball teams came to town Tuesday, April 22, and in both games, overpowered the Screaming Eagles with dominant pitching. The Grizzlies won the girls softball game 14-0 and the boys baseball game 8-0. In the softball game, Grizzlies' pitcher Lili Hall handcuffed Reardan batters allowing only singles by Hadley Landreth and Tayen Zagorski. Newport tattooed the ball in its at-bats. The Grizzlies hit four doubles and one home run in their 10 h...
Davenport birthdays April 24: Leslie Schweiger, Jeff Lust, Kinsley Kragt, Reece Johnson, Robert Bilodeaux April 25: Steve Plasencia April 26: Ken Deal, George Arland, Mamiko Patterson April 27: Libby Mattox, Brian Morcom April 28: Sami Guhlke April 29: Brian Madison, Josh Smith, Yara Jasmine Hein April 30: Evan Dennis, Terry Geissler, Aria Crandell Davenport anniversaries April 24: Gene and Manuela Hinkey April 25: Patrick and Wendy Bodeau, Brad and Jamie Chappell Reardan birthdays April 24: Eleanor Cantrell April 28: Lucy...
REARDAN - Families flocked to the Inland Northwest Rail Museum on Saturday, April 19, for a festive Easter event that combined tradition, history, and train rides. Nearly 300 guests visited the museum for the chance to ride in a historic full-sized train, including a recently restored Mount St. Helens lounge car and passenger coaches pulled by a retired grain-hauling locomotive now operated by the Washington Eastern Railroad. Volunteers ran four trips throughout the day, offer...
INVITATION FOR BID - CONNECTING LINCOLN COUNTY PROJECT FTTx in Odessa, Reardan and Sprague and Mid-Mile Fiber between Creston and Hawk Creek Rd. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln County, Washington that sealed bids for a broadband construction project will be received until noon on Friday, May 2, 2025 through the following methods: by mail to Board of Lincoln County Commissioners, P.O. Box 28, Davenport, Washington 99122-0028 OR in person to the Office of the Board of County...
DAVENPORT — Communities across Lincoln County are celebrating Easter with events for all ages, from sunrise services to egg hunts and train rides. In Davenport, the Lions Club will host an all-you-can-eat breakfast and egg hunt on Saturday, April 19, at Davenport City Park. Breakfast will be served from 8 to 11 a.m. and includes scrambled eggs, ham, sausage, pancakes, coffee, orange juice and milk. The Easter egg hunt begins at 9 a.m. On Easter Sunday, April 20, Christ Lutheran Church (Egypt) will hold a service at 8:30 a...
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 (LCSO) does not release names of individuals who report possible criminal or suspicious activities to dispatchers or alleged victims for this column. DISPATCH LOG April 7 Traffic Stops: 4 2:06 a.m. – A welfare check was requested by the Veteran’s Crisis Hotline on a potentially suicidal subject. 8:34 a.m. – A caller reported a male in all black clothing...
REARDAN - A local man accused of threatening to kill his family and attempting arson successfully postponed his trial during a court appearance on Tuesday, April 15. Nicolas Gene Finch, 39, returned to Lincoln County Superior Court for a readiness hearing, where his defense told the court, "We are not prepared to go to trial in a few weeks and we request new dates." Superior Court Judge Adam Walser asked both the prosecution and defense whether they could realistically go to t...
REARDAN - After being tied 12-12 at the end of regulation play, Chewelah scored four runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Screaming Eagles 16-12 Tuesday, April 15. Reardan pitcher Shyla Nortz walked three batters in the first inning and the Cougars pushed two runners across home plate with three singles to take an early 2-0 lead. In the second inning the Screaming Eagles scored six runs on singles by Natalya Hahn, Kylynn Clouse, Lillie Whitman and Rylynn Green and a double...
REARDAN - Chewelah showed the Screaming Eagles why they are the No. 1 baseball team in the NE2B league when they met Tuesday, April 15. In the second inning, the Cougars scored 16 runs on nine hits in their 22-0 shellacking of Reardan. The win improved Chewelah's record to 10-0. Chewelah pitcher Grady Skok threw a gem by allowing only one hit and by walking only one batter in the five inning game. Maveric Sobotta collected Reardan's only hit of the game. Reardan pitchers'...
HARRINGTON — Lincoln County Youth Soccer will kick off its regular season this weekend with a record 360 children participating, according to league president Jon Evans. “We have kids represented from Lind, Reardan, Ritzville, Davenport, Harrington,” said Evans. “We are always in need of referees.” Games will take place in Harrington every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature players from kindergarten through eighth grade. Participants represent communities throughout the region, including Lind, Reardan, Ritzville...
ROCKFORD – Reardan and Davenport participated in a four-way track meet hosted by Freeman on Wednesday, April 16. Freeman scored 45 points to win the boys' competition. Newport placed second with 43 points. Reardan and Davenport scored 28 and 25 points, respectively. Freeman also won the girls' competition, scoring 47 points. Davenport placed second with 44 points, followed by Newport with 31 points, Reardan with 17 points. Davenport's David Coriell won the 100-meter run in 1...
Davenport birthdays April 17: Kim Cole April 18: Malizza Hinkey, Carin Miller April 19: Cara Phillips, Morgan Wagner, Pat Abbott, Jolie Sorensen, Tyler Jenness, Kayson Kragt, Jasper White, Jeanette Zellmer April 20: Janice Emery, Ciarrah Smith, Sawyer Raugust, Tom Guhlke April 21: John Gunning, Denise Liebing, Murphy Schreck, Amelia Strite April 22: Heather Panke, Samuel Choate, Donna Sitko April 23: Ken Jacobsen, Arliene Jungblom, Mary Sorensen Davenport anniversaries April 20: Derek and Laura Bilodeaux April 21: Chad and...
1 years ago A couple who ran away from their homes in Sprague were arrested in Everett. Mr. William Lynch left his sick wife and seven children and Mrs. George Phillips left her husband and eight children. Judge Sessions sentenced them to serve one to two years at Walla Walla State Penitentiary but Mrs. Phillips was returned home to her husband and children. Floyd Smith sold his hardware store in Davenport to Livingston and Goody, the area plumbers will use their former place of business as a store house for tools and...
