April 2021 – THE INDEPENDENT

STATE NEWS: House passes $6 billion capital works budget

April 7, 2021 Administrator 0

(SYDNEY BROWN/Washington State Journal) Plan would build schools, housing while local health services, parks also benefit… Lawmakers passed a $6.23 billion capital budget April 2 […]

Chewelah School Board approves plan for high school to open four days a week

April 6, 2021 Administrator 0

(PRESS RELEASE/Chewelah School District) The Chewelah School District Board of Directors approved the Jenkins administration plan to bring back ninth through twelfth grade students four […]

NEA LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Lakeside sweeps Riverside, Freeman topples Medical Lake

April 6, 2021 Administrator 0

(STAFF REPORTS/Chewelah Independent) Lakeside and Freeman to meet in NEA League Championship Game… Lakeside was led by Jamie Kennedy with eight kills in a 25-19, […]

Two dead in Stevens County Trailer Fire

April 6, 2021 Administrator 0

(STAFF REPORTS/Chewelah Independent) A trailer fire outside of Suncrest took the lives of two people last week, the Spokesman-Review is reporting. On april 1, an […]

NE 1B SOFTBALL: Springdale sweeps Republic to open season

April 5, 2021 Administrator 0

(BRANDON HANSEN/Chewelah Independent) Lady Chargers offense explodes for 31 runs in two games… Springdale had its first double header of the season, and started things […]

Sweeping childcare reform moving in Washington legislature

April 4, 2021 Administrator 0

(SYDNEY BROWN/Washington State Journal) Increased subsidies for qualified families, opponents worried about the cost… Early childhood care and education in the state would see sweeping […]

Transitional kindergarten class to open at Valley School District

April 4, 2021 Administrator 0

(PRESS RELEASE/Valley School District) Valley School District is opening a Transitional Kindergarten class for early learners beginning in the fall for the 2021-22 school year. […]

All Washington residents over 16 eligible for vaccine April 15

April 4, 2021 Administrator 0

(RICK BANNAN/Centralia Chronicle) COVID-19: Governor says expansion of eligibility made possible due to state’s resources… The number of those living in Washington state able to […]