Looking Back

100 years ago

Walter Morgan shot a rabid coyote on Zoe Wilkie’s farm after it chased Wilke and killed a number of her chickens.

11-year-old Herman Reinbold fell off a horse and broke his arm, which in 1924, was worthy of front-page news.

Former Lincoln County traffic officer C.H. Bliss was convicted of battery after assaulting a woman in Coeur d’Alene.

75 years ago

State Senator John H. Robertson of Creston told the Davenport Commercial Club that the state legislature found themselves cutting funds due to budgetary issues.

The Sprague Lions Club hosted Lincoln County 4-H members at an annual spring livestock show.

The Davenport school board asked voters to consider a 15-mill levy to build a new school building.

50 years ago

150 area students biked to Harrington to raise funds for the mentally ill.

The American Legion Auxiliary chose Sandra Bell to represent Harrington at Girls State in Bellingham.

Organizers in Reardan began to plan for Mule Days.

25 years ago

Rural mail carrier Ken Side of Creston admitted he made threats against Superior Court Judge Philip Borst and was found guilty by a jury.

Reardan High School’s Odyssey of the Mind team captured a second place finish in state competition.

The Harrington Mercantile closed its doors after two years of ownership under Gordon and Billie Herron.

10 years ago

Lincoln County’s first license to produce and process marijuana for recreational use was issued to Buddy Boy Farms in the Devil’s Gap area north of Reardan.

Reardan-Edwall’s school bond failed in a fourth attempt to raise $8.4 million for elementary school campus and Smith Gym upgrades.

Betty Warner of Harrington received a Community Service award from the Washington Association of School Administrators.