Lincoln County News

Is is something in the water? R-71, the gay partner benefits referendum, looks to be passing statewide , driven by the "yes" vote in 10 of Washington's 39 counties, all of them bordering the Salish Sea.

Eastern Washington phone line and DSL provider CenturyTel is renaming itself CenturyLink.

The state-operated ferry across the Columbia River at Keller has been shut down due to a hull leak, disrupting travel between Lincoln County and Ferry County and the Colville Indian Reservation.

Washington's minimum wage will not increase next year for the first time since voters in 1998 authorized annual adjustments to track inflation.

It'll be a busy day for me, getting back to the blog after a three-week break for other business.

Garrett Ziebell, 19, helps unload wheat during the harvest this month at E&F Farm, owned by Fred Fleming, near Reardan in Lincoln County.

Highway 2 four miles east of Reardan is closed in both directions because of a semi-truck fully engulfed in flames, the Washington State Patrol said.

Size and bag limits are going out the window at about two dozen lakes, ponds, reservoirs and some creeks and stream in eastern Washington.

Scott Cooper pores over his wrinkled road atlas in an attempt to get out of wherever he and Doug Clark are.

A landslide across Porcupine Bay in Lincoln County created huge waves in the Spokane River that hurt two children swimming in the water Tuesday afternoon.

A landslide across Porcupine Bay in Lincoln County created huge waves in the Spokane River that hurt two children swimming in the water Tuesday afternoon.

Crop circles sprouted in the wheat fields on the Haden family farm in Wilbur, 65 miles west of Spokane, in late July.

Washington State Patrol troopers say last weekend was the deadliest weekend in 2009 for Washington roads.

Last weekend was the deadliest weekend of the year for motorists. State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste gave the details Thursday and said the loss of life "is of great concern to me." Ten people were killed in six collisions and crashes statewide, including three people not wearing seatbelts.

A Ford, Wash., man has been charged with driving under the influence and may be charged with vehicular homicide after he lost control of the pickup he was driving, left the roadway and rolled several times.

A Medical Lake man was killed Monday night in what appears to be an alcohol related crash in Lincoln County.

A Ford man has been charged with DUI and vehicular homicide after he lost control of the pickup he was driving, left the roadway and rolled several times.

A multi-mullion dollar pot growing operation has been uncovered in Lincoln County near Reardan and three men from the Tri-Cities are facing charges for manufacturing marijuana.

Farmers west of Spokane are used to growing grain, but now they're part of a growing mystery in the wheat fields of one farm.

Nearly 2,000 marijuana plants averaging five feet in height were uprooted last week by authorities from an irrigated corn field north of Reardan, the Lincoln County sheriff said today.