Lincoln County News

Grand Coulee 9/11 - An Electric City woman reported that someone had severely damaged her fence and then raced away in a black sedan.

The price of college is a big investment these days, and sometimes requires multiple means of paying for it.

A Puyallup man was killed Friday night when his motorcycle hit a deer on a road outside of Sprague on Friday night.

A motorcyclist from Puyallup has died after colliding with a deer east of Sprague.

Damage from the Swanson Lake fire temporally closed a rail wheat shipping route for farmers in Grant and Lincoln counties.

A new wildfire has scorched a long swath of land in Eastern Washington's Lincoln County.

CRESTON, Wash., -- A fire burning one mile southeast of Creston has forced the evacuations of residents to local shelters.

The incident commander overseeing the fire burning in Lincoln County said Thursday the Swanson Lake Fire is now 20 percent contained.

Rain overnight came to the aid of firefighters at a wildfire in Washington state that prompted an evacuation order for dozens of homes.

Lincoln County sheriff's deputy Scott Blomgren said the rain early Wednesday should help in the battle against the fire, which has burned more than 24 square miles in a sparsely populated region in eastern Washington.

Earlier, fire spokesman Mark Morrow said a 'level-three' evacuation order was issued in the Hawk Creek Ranch area, about 10 miles northwest of Davenport. Nearly 50 homes were in the evacuation area.

The Swanson Lake wildfire burning near Davenport in Lincoln County grew dramatically overnight to 18,000 acres and smoke can be seen for miles.

A new wildfire dubbed the Swanson Lake Fire has burned about 35 square miles of mostly grass and sagebrush along with some scattered timber in Eastern Washington's Lincoln County.

Breaking news, crews in Lincoln County are battling a wildfire. The fire is burning near Creston south of Telford near Telford rd.

A mobile home and barn in Lincoln County were destroyed in a fire Sunday. The fire occured on Hume Road about 20 miles north of Davenport, one mile west of Highway 25.

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.