Davenport News

Making my way from Winthrop to the Coulee Dam. Hitting the road around 5 a.m. in order to beat the heat and the headwinds; temperatures this week are expected to be in the 90s.. Took a break at the Rest Awhile cafe along Highway 153, just outside Pateros.

Mike Phillips, Tracts 11 and 12 on Coral Hill-Halfway Road, to Douglass Land LLC., $85. Christopher B. and Nicole Jones, .679 acres on Beaver Creek Boat Ramp Road, to Matthew C. and Jennifer S. Wilkinson, $125. Lesley Y. Spillman, parcel on Cleveland Avenue, to Jordan Terrell Spillman.

It turns out the true heart of ZAG country is just a bit west of Spokane. If you want a Washington automobile license plate that ends in those three letters, Davenport is the place to go.

About $3.1 million in projects are planned or under way in and around the city of Davenport, Wash., to upgrade a community park and add recreational facilities, including a new public swimming pool, skate park, park pavilion, and baseball and softball fields.

A 22-year-old man may be facing perjury charges after lying to police about shooting himself in the foot.

A 22-year-old Davenport, Wash., man suffered an accidental gunshot wound to the foot Friday afternoon at the Rock Lake public boat launch south of Spokane.

Michael Waldrip is the president of the Spokane Lilac Festival. If you go The 2009 Armed Forces Torchlight Parade will begin at 7:45 p.m. Saturday in downtown Spokane.

Trees in northern Lincoln County were snapped in a storm last Wednesday that the National Weather Service now says was a tornado.

A National Weather Service team sent to investigate damage from Wednesday's severe supercell thunderstorm in Lincoln and Stevens Counties determined that an F0 tornado briefly touched down NE of Davenport Wednesday evening.

On Friday the National Weather Service sent a team to investigate damage from Wednesday's severe thunderstorm.

Spotters have reported funnel clouds associated with a thunderstorm moving Northeast at 20 miles per hour that will affect Deer Park and Chattaroy area.

Health officials say a 5-year-old at Sheridan Elementary School is the second person in Spokane with a probable case of swine flu.

The fireworks and a machete were confiscated and the backpacka s owner was warned about leaving loaded guns lying around.

The National UFO Reporting Center has received reports from across the nation -- all of them describing a bright, colorful, moving object in the Monday night sky.

The soft peanut brittle from Bruttles Candy Shoppe is heading to the Lake City. The makers of the signature turn-down treats at Spokanea s Davenport Hotel will open the new Bruttles by the Lake on Friday, at 115 Sherman Ave., in Coeur da Alene.

Seven area residents graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio.

DAVENPORT, Wash. - Former Wolf Point resident Leonard Long, 73, a former truck driver and highway construction worker, died of cancer Friday at his home in Creston, Wash.

Weather pushes back West Plains minor care clinic opening in Airway Heights A storefront sign sits inside the soon-to-be opened patient waiting room at West Plains Clinic, expected to open this week.

About 2,8000 Inland Power & Light Co. customers in Lincoln County were without power Sunday night because of icy weather conditions.

Lincoln County is still experiencing significant power outages throughout the County.