Lincoln County News

Deb Copenhaver is a legendary rodeo rider. Born and raised in Wilbur, Lincoln County, his riding career took him to famous rodeos in Cheyenne, Calgary, Fort Worth and many other places during rodeo's golden age ...

Deb Copenhaver is a legendary rodeo rider. Born and raised in Wilbur, Lincoln County, his riding career took him to famous rodeos in Cheyenne, Calgary, Fort Worth and many other places during rodeo's golden age ...

This aerial photo shows the source of the Spokane River at Lake Coeur d'Alene. The river runs through from Lake Coeur d'Alene in Idaho to the Columbia River in Washington.

WATERVILLE &#8212 Central Washington Grain Growers Inc. allocated a record $2.5 million in dividends to its 1,500 grower members for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2008, mainly because of increasing wheat ...

Airway Heights council picks Tripp as new city manager Airway Heights' public works director Albert Tripp started work with the city in 2003 as an intern, and now moves into the top administrative position as ...

LINCOLN COUNTY, Wash.- Right now WSP reports a second fatality in what was originally reported as a one-fatality collision in Lincoln County.

A 41-year-old Reardan man died Sunday night when he lost control of his car and hit a house.

Rehabilitation of a Columbia Basin rail line can proceed now that a governing entity was formed.

A 19-year-old was cited after he failed to report that his truck accidentally slid into a Lincoln County reservoir and became completely submerged over the holiday weekend.

Avista Corporation is looking to rural Lincoln County for their next big power project. via KXLY

“For Avista investors the company's current trajectory on the Spokane River dams is troubling and illustrates a fundamental problem with corporate governance”

Map: Location of wind farm Windmills five miles south of Reardan will be generating electricity for Avista Utility customers by the end of 2011, the Spokane company announced Thursday. via The Spokesman-Review

“This happened in the '70s when gas went above $1”

Men in Chip Colville's family have been pumping gas here since his grandfather opened Colville's Garage on Main Street in 1919. via Tri-cityherald.com

After buying wind energy from others for several years, Spokane-based Avista Corp. via KIFI Idaho Falls

Migratory Bird Day inspires state events There are several bird-watching events and activities around Washington this month in celebration of International Migratory Bird Day. via Seattle Times

“The motorcyclist went through Colfax and then crashed on the south end of town. He had minor injuries but was arrested for felony eluding”

This weekend was busy for Washington State Patrol troopers and tragic for a 24-year-old Harrington motorcycle rider, who was killed Sunday when he apparently failed to yield at an intersection and was struck by ... via The Spokesman-Review

The Lincoln County Public Works Dept has one opening for a regular full-time Mechanic in the Department of Public Works, Fleet Services Division, Davenport Shop. via The Spokesman-Review

“Abandon appetites all ye who enter here.”

Spokane has the Clock Tower. Seattle has its Space Needle. And anyone cruising Lincoln County on U.S. Highway 2 knows what inimitable landmark the town of Wilbur lays claim to. via The Spokesman-Review

“You say things as a way of never saying anything at all.”

Theater Artists Olympia, the "fringe" company that produces some of the more challenging theater in the Pacific Northwest, is bringing Philip Atlakson's play "The Ascetic" to the Midnight Sun performance space ... via Tacoma News Tribune

“But I think the club is doing a good job this year.”

The canon that boomed Sunday at 9:30 a.m. triggered a buzz and rumble over the sage-covered desert as though Rommel had zeroed in on Lincoln County. via The Spokesman-Review

A fugitive wanted in Washington state is now on the run in New Mexico after allegedly shooting a sheriff's deputy there. via KIRO-TV Seattle