(STAFF REPORTS/Chewelah Independent)

You could be seeing more of this in the next two days. (Amanda Elser photo)

Four to eight inches of snow expected in the next two days…

Chewelah woke up on Monday morning to a significant amount of snow in the Colville Valley, and there is more on the way. With another winter storm coming in, heavy snow is likely in the mountains with moderate to heavy snow possible in the valleys.

According to the National Weather Service, light snow will develop early Tuesday morning and increase throughout the afternoon. Snow could become heavy at times during the evening and overnight hours. Warmer air will move into the region Tuesday evening which could result in a switch to rain for the lower elevations following snowfall.

A winter storm watch will be in effect from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning. Total valley snow accumulations in eastern Washington are expected to be four to eight inches while mountain snow levels could be between 12 to 18 inches. Winds could pick up on Ridgetops and gust as high as 45 m.p.h.

This weather could potentially impact travel conditions on area roads.

(BRANDON HANSEN/Chewelah Independent)

President George H.W. Bush speaks to a crowd of 7,000 at Vaagen Bros. Lumber in September of 1992. (File photo)

In the shadow of the Spotted Owl, Bush told crowd at Vaagen’s “no more studies” concerning environmental issues…

As the nation lays to rest George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, there has been an outpouring of memories and comments about the legacy of the former WW2 pilot and director of the CIA.

For Stevens County, they have a connection to the 43rd president as Bush visited Colville as a sitting president on September 14, 1992. While Bush would lose to Bill Clinton in that year’s presidential election, he did carry Stevens County in the voting results. In the early 1990s, the Spotted Owl controversy along with other issues had the timber industry facing times of uncertainty.

According to the September 17, 1992 edition of the Chewelah Independent, on the day of President Bush’s visit to Colville, people began gathering at Vaagen’s at 8:30 a.m. in the mornin. By 11:30 a.m. nearly 7,000 people had gathered for the major presidential campaign appearance.  More

(STAFF REPORTS/Chewelah Independent)

One in ten Americans are victims of package theft with Washington State being one of the states where it is most prevalent…

With the holidays here, many people are doing their shopping online. While this beats the crowd, one issue it causes is the possibility of “porch pirates.” Once your package is dropped off at your doorstep, if left unattended, thieves can snag them up.

Roughly one in ten adults has experienced package theft. Washington State is one of the most prevalent states with this happening as a recent Comcast study showed that 61 percent Washingtonians are impacted by package theft and nearly 30 percent said they were direct victims.

In a nationwide survey, North Dakota was the worst state for package theft, with people 26 times more likely to have a package stolen. Alaska was the third-worst state, with packages being eight times more likely to be stolen.

Strangely, according to the survey, rural areas are more prone to package theft than urban areas. If a package is sitting by itself in a rural area, porch pirates feel there are not as many people around to see it get taken.

To prevent this, it is recommended to reroute packages to your office or a local UPS store. You can also leave a note for your carriers with instructions to leave the package in a discreet place, not on the front porch. You could also advertise a security system with a yard sign or window sticker or enlist a neighbor to grab the package.

Here are upcoming events in the Chewelah area for Dec. 9-14, 2018.

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(CAROLYN JONES/Hands Across Nation)

Two special young ladies are Makayla and Kaitlyn Duke, daughters of Devan and Josh Duke. Makayla has raised over $1,000 with her “Pennies for the Poor” fundraisers in the past 3 years. After seeing the videos about the many disabled people in our classes and begging on the streets of Lira who need wheelchairs, her sister, Kaitlyn decided she will raise money to help provide tricycle wheelchairs for them. Her slogan is “Kaitlyn’s Cash for Wheelchairs”. Anyone wishing to donate to her campaign through her great grandmother Mary Knapp can call 509-936-0319. (Courtesy photo)

Hands Across Nations working to help improve lives over in Uganda…

The HAN 2018 “We Are Now People” Benefit is now history but it is definitely one to remember for several reasons. This year, we had a Planning Team which was so organized, that most of the organizing the meal, and acquiring of auction items were nearly completed a month before the event!

We were blessed with dozens of people who volunteered to work on the various teams; serving, cooking food, providing desserts, setting up and taking down tables and chairs, decorating the tables, setting up the live and silent auctions and collecting money. More

(STAFF REPORTS/Chewelah Independent)

The Colville Indians got to practice at the Seahawks VMAC facility before their state championship game in the Tacoma Dome. (Seahawks photo)

Before championship win, Colville practiced at Seahawks training facility

Bleary-eyed after their nearly six-hour road trip from small-town Colville, Wash. to Renton, players from Colville High School’s football team emerged from their busses. Dressed in a variety of maroon and grey athletic gear, the team quietly filed into Virginia Mason Athletic Center’s indoor practice facility. With a kind of quiet confidence, the Colville Indians were less than 24 hours from playing in the State Championships at the Tacoma Dome. Click here for full story. More

(PRESS RELEASE/Washington Secretary of State)

More voters participated in 2018 midterm election in Washington than ever before…

More voters participated in the 2018 General Election in any Washington state midterm before, according to vote counts certified today by Secretary of State Kim Wyman that totaled 3,133,448 ballots.

Statistics compiled by the Office of Secretary of State show that General Election turnout approached two additional participation records. The 71.83 percent of all registered voters who cast ballots in 2018 nearly topped the midterm record turnout of 71.85 percent set in 1970. Participation by 1,101 more voters would have set a new turnout record. More

Here is Remember When for Nov. 29, 2018…

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