(CAMERON SHEPPARD/WNPA Olympia Bureau) Many who attended held signs in support of Rep. Matt Shea… On what turned out to be a cold and rainy day, hundreds of people from across Washington gathered Jan. 17 on the state Capitol steps in support of their right to bear arms. Lawmakers and activists alike spoke to an […]
(STAFF REPORTS/Chewelah Independent) Another winter storm is hitting the area, beginning Friday night and going through Saturday morning. The National Weather Service expects two to five inches in the valleys and four to seven inches in the mountains. A winter weather advisory has been put into effect from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday […]
(COLIN HAFFNER/Chewelah Independent) True leads Colville with 15 points… Jordyn True led the way for Colville in their Thursday night game with the visiting Riverside Rams, scoring 15 in a 56-48 win. True, and the Indians, rolled out to a seven point lead after the first quarter and held on for a 27-23 halftime edge. […]
(COLIN HAFFNER/Chewelah Independent) Colville gets the win… Colville outplayed visiting Riverside in the final quarter of their Thursday night matchup to pull off the come from behind win by a 58-55 score. The Indians started things off on a good note with a five point lead after one and took that lead into the half, […]
(PRESS RELEASE/WDFW) WDFW inspected more than 32,000 vessels for aquatic invasive species in 2019… Boaters helped the state celebrate a record year for efforts to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species into Washington’s waterways, including zebra and quagga mussels, aquatic plants, and fish and amphibian diseases. Aquatic invasive species invade ecosystems beyond their natural […]
(CAMERON SHEPPARD/WNPA Olympia Bureau) Lawmakers propose comprehensive data privacy laws, would give consumers more control over personal data… Washington lawmakers have proposed groundbreaking legislation that aims to give consumers more control over their digitally-collected personal data and image. Senate Bill 6281, or the Washington Privacy Act, would allow consumers to access, correct, delete and easily […]
(CAMERON SHEPPARD/WNPA Olympia Bureau) Lawmakers sponsor companion bills in the House and Senate, claim simplicity of proposal should prevent court interference… As Initiative 976, the car tabs measure approved by voters in November, is held up in the State Supreme Court, Republicans proposed laws that would guarantee the $30 car tabs Washington voters approved. “It […]
(COLIN HAFFNER/Chewelah Independent) Kettle Falls rolls to win The Kettle Falls Bulldogs got a game-high 26 points from Matthew Thompson to lead them to an easy 60-36 win over Curlew on Tuesday. Thompson and the Bulldogs rolled out to a big 18 point lead by the end of the first half and kept their foot […]
(LEONA VAUGHN/WNPA News Service) Homelessness and climate among key concerns… Gov. Jay Inslee stood before the Washington Legislature to deliver his 2020 State of the State Address on Tuesday, Jan. 14. “Washington state indeed embodies the best in America,” Gov. Inslee said. “We have been honored to be both the best place to do business […]
(GUEST EDITORIAL FROM NE WA WILDLIFE GROUP) The Northeast Washington Wildlife Group believes our deer, elk and moose (ungulates), in NE Washington and elsewhere are in serious trouble with their numbers, quite possibly the whitetails being the lowest they have ever been. The 2019 harvest numbers have not been compiled to date but likely are […]
(BRANDON HANSEN/Managing Editor of the Chewelah Independent) I really do apologize for the four to five years that your opinion page has been hijacked by a glasses-wearing nerd who has steered the editorial page away from national politics grandstanding to top ten lists and satire. But here we go again, to really kick off 2020 […]
Fred R. Noggles 1939-2019 Fred R. Noggles was born 2/28/39 in Spokane, WA to Tom and Stella Noggles. He passed away 12/30/19. At an early age, the families moved to Ellensburg and then to Grand Coulee before returning to the Spokane Valley where he then lived most of his life. He attended Spokane area schools […]
(BRANDON HANSEN/Chewelah Independent) COUGAR WITH HEART: Jake Jeanneret overcomes limiting injury to be one of Cougars’ most accomplished athletes… You’ve no doubt read Jake Jeanneret’s name in this newspaper before; it kind of happens when he is one of Chewelah’s twelve state wrestling champions, the quarterback on back-to-back State 2B quarterfinal finishes and a baseball […]
(STAFF REPORTS/Chewelah Independent) A big dump of snow is expected tonight… Another winter storm is bearing down on NE Washington and will bring heavy snow overnight to area valleys and mountains. Winter Storm Patrick (Named after Patrick Sawyer of Quartzite Brewing Company by the Chewelah Independent Winter Weather Team) will being late Wednesday night and […]
(COLIN HAFFNER/Chewelah Independent) Colville gets home win Colville’s defense got things started and the Jordyn True led offense finished things off Tuesday in a 64-40 win over the visiting Lakeside Eagles. The indians held Lakeside to just three points in the opening quarter allowing the offense to open up a 14 point lead just eight […]
(BRANDON HANSEN/Chewelah Independent) REGROUPING: Initiative repeal effort falls short of needed signature amount to get on 2020 ballot… Facing a tight deadline to get signatures, the grassroots effort to repeal I-1639 fell short of the 258,000 signatures to make the 2020 ballot as its own initiative, but organizers are not giving up. “Let’s take a […]