(PRESS RELEASE/Providence) Providence Stevens County Ministries is conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) in order to engage the community to learn about the healthcare needs of our country. CHNA’s are designed to assess the community health needs and develop strategies to address those needs. Developing key partnerships is vital for the programs created and/or […]
Donald Vernon Richardson 1949-2019 Donald Vernon Richardson, age 69 of Valley, Washington, passed away unexpectedly on January 28, 2019 while on a road trip through Oregon. He was born on August 1, 1949 in Chewelah to Theodore “Frank” Richardson and Helen Elizabeth (Blomgren) Richardson. After graduating high school at Springdale in 1968, he enlisted in […]
Scholarships available for Jenkins High School students… Applications for the 2019 Peggy Meyer Memorial Scholarship are now available at the counselors office at Jenkins High School. This scholarship is awarded annually to a female with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and is available to seniors at Jenkins High school or the Chewelah Alternative High […]
Snowblowers cause many injuries each year… A Tuesday snowblower accident has left a Deer Park man with a severely injured hand an article on KREM.com said. The man made his way to the Spokane Fire District 4’s station in Deer Park, a spokeswoman for the district said, with an injury to his hand that was […]
Old man winter has apparently decided to give a bonus round of snow and in the process decided to invite the entire State of Washington to the party. This has led to some unusual weather in the Seattle area which is getting more snow than we are and has created some interesting visuals like beaches […]
Chewelah Area Recreation Planning Effort (CARPE) is a broad, all-hands, all-lands recreation and tourism planning effort to develop a recreation plan that will be adopted by various entities (like the City of Chewelah, Colville National Forest and others) and used in other efforts (such as obtaining funding for swimming pools, trails, etc.). It will also […]
New restaurant offers breakfast and lunch options… There is a new kitchen in town, one that will be dishing up breakfast and lunch for the hungry masses in Chewelah. The new restaurant — Monica’s Buttermilk Kitchen — is in the building that used to house Mondo’s Italian Restaurant — a local favorite — and has […]
Chewelah sending a Royal Rumble-like lineup to Mat Classic with expanded brackets… All 14 Chewelah Cougars advanced directly into the state tournament last Friday when the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) announced the canceling of all regional wrestling tournaments across the entire state due to the large winter storm that swept through over the weekend. […]
Please attend the Annual Meeting of the Stevens County Noxious Weed Board and Stevens County Conservation District on Thursday February 21, 2019, at the Sheriff’s Ambulance Building, 425 N. Hwy, Colville, Washington. Doors open at 8 a.m. for coffee and refreshments. Program starts at 8:30 a.m. The Conservation District will give an update on the […]
STATE NEWS Misdemeanor pot possession charges would be dropped under Washington bill With marijuana now legal in Washington, a proposal in the state Senate would grant automatic clemency for anyone over 21 convicted of marijuana possession after Jan. 1, 1998, the year voters legalized the drug for medical use. That could wipe out as many […]
Zimmerman and Link led Selkirk in loss… Selkirk took on top-seeded Almira-Coulee-Hartline in the second semi-final of the NEA District 7 1B tournament with a stake in the final and an automatic birth to the regional tournament on the line. Both teams put up a strong fight, but it was the Warriors coming out on […]
Wellpinit falls in semis Wellpinit found themselves up against top-seed Almira-Coulee-Hartline with an automatic birth to the regional tournament on the line Tuesday in a NEA District 7 1B semi-final but came out on the losing end 76-33. The Warriors, who went undefeated in league play and dropped just one game all year, put the […]
Selkirk advance to district title game against ACH… Selkirk and Inchelium faced off in a semi-final matchup of the NEA Distirct 7 1B tournament. A win would put the Rangers in the finals of the tournament and guarantee a spot in the regional tournament, which is exactly what Selkirk got, pulling off a 59-43 win […]
Adding additional officer would incur costs of $130k annually; City will sell surplus residential lot on Tamarack Lane… The Public Safety Committee of the Chewelah City Council reported that they had considered an additional officer to the city’s police department but decided against it due to cost concerns. Committee chairman John May explained to the […]
In 2018, service answered 16k 911 calls… Stevens County dispatchers answered 83,704 phone calls in 2018, with 16,290 of those calls coming in on 911 lines, according to a press release by the county. The Stevens County Sheriff’s Office Communications Division serves 2,500 square miles, along with a population of 45,000 people. Their efforts help assist […]
Tiny homes are an affordable housing option but difficult to zone in both urban and rural communities… Tiny houses are a trendy new housing option that are often considered affordable; however zoning requirements and other laws make them difficult to legally place. A tiny house is usually between 100 and 400 square feet but can […]