Veterans Honor Memorial Day
Memorial services were conducted at nine local cemeteries on Memorial Day, May 28 to honor those who gave their lives in defense of their country […]
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Quilt Show Offers ‘Eye Candy’
The 13th Annual Chewelah Quilt Show & Tea Room is almost here! This amazing show presents a large number and styles of quilts made by […]
Nostalgia Days Open to All Cars, Motorcycles
All makes and years of cars and motorcycles are welcome to the annual Nostalgia Days Car Show sponsored by Chokes and Spokes Antique Car Club […]
Saving the Best for Last
The Chewelah Community Float was awarded the Lilac Sweepstakes Award (Best Community Float) at the 2012 74th Annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade on […]
Chewelah Peak Set for Two-Day Fiddle Contest, Workshops
Everyone is invited to Fiddlers on the Peak – Fiddle and Pickin’ Contest June 1st and 2nd at the Chewelah Peak Learning Center. The weekend […]
Cemeteries Victim of Theft, Vandalism
The public is encouraged to check family members’ gravesites for missing grave markers as there have been several reports of theft and vandalism at Chewelah […]
Sonar Locates Drowning Victim
With the help of sonar technology, divers recovered the body of Frederick Barker from the bottom of Waitts Lake on May 2. Barker, a 48-year-old […]
Award-Winning
The 2012 Chewelah Community Float was awarded the Sweepstakes Award for the Community/Volunteer Made category at its debut in Wenatchee’s Apple Blossom Festival May 5. […]
Cougars Capture District 7 Baseball Championship
Cordell Bean’s three-run homer in the sixth inning highlighted his three-hit performance on Saturday as he led the Chewelah Cougars to a stunning 13-4 win […]
Fisherman drowns at Waitts Lake
(Editor’s Note: The body was recovered May 2, after this article was published. More information to come in the May 10 issue of The Independent.) […]