Chewelah News

More busy work for firefighters in Eastern Washington Sunday. They responded to several small brush fires including one near Northwest Boulevard in North Spokane.

Firefighters are working in Stevens County, Washington trying to contain a wildfire on Quartzite Mountain, about three miles east of Chewelah.

Fire crews are fighting a wildfire that is burning just north of the town of Chewelah.

Crews are battling a blaze near Chewelah that began Saturday night around 9:45 p.m. Pat Schneider Wildfire burning near Chewelah, WA It has been a tough fire for crews to contain and has already burned about 10 acres of timber and brush.

The largest upcoming projects are repaving on intercity routes north of Spokane, including a 12.5-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 2 between state Highway 211 and Newport.

The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Middle Jun. 20--CHEWELAH, Wash. -- Kelsey Larsen had barely shed her cap and gown after graduating from Colville High School two weeks ago before exchanging them for green Nomex pants, a yellow fireproof shirt, and a hard hat.

Kelsey Larsen had barely shed her cap and gown after graduating from Colville High School two weeks ago before exchanging them for green Nomex pants, a yellow fireproof shirt, and a hard hat.

GOLF. The second Golf 2009 special section of the season is included in today's Spokesman-Review. Stories include: Golf columnist Steve Bergum reviews the new Wine Country GC near Walla Walla.

ROSALIA a ' A 22-year-old woman was killed and two people injured in a crash on U.S. 195 three miles north of Rosalia Friday afternoon just before 1. The Washington State Patrol says Kasey N. Skaggs of Renton was southbound in a 2006 Chevy Cobalt when she attempted to pass three vehicles.

A 22-year-old Washington State University nursing student was killed Friday after losing control of her vehicle while trying to pass other cars on two-lane Highway 195 north of Rosalia.

One person is dead and two are injured after two cars collided head-on on Highway 195 near Rosalia early Friday afternoon.

The Washington state Department of Transportation expects two projects worth a combined $7.2 million to get under way soon on busy U.S. 395 between the Spokane County line and Immel Road, near Chewelah, Wash.

Liz Cobb of Chewelah flies over the long jump pit to win the event in the 1A meet at Cheney.

A Spokane man was hospitalized after a two-vehicle accident about 3:30 p.m. Saturday on U.S. Highway 395 south of Chewelah.

A 9-year-old girl was killed in a crash Sunday on U.S. 195 south of Spokane. The crash happened just before 2 p.m. WSP said 89-year-old Esther May Westlund of Spokane made a left turn off 195 into the path of an oncoming motorcycle driven by Robin Scholz, 51, of Colfax.

The 89-year-old woman involved in a crash that left a 9-year-old girl dead will be undergoing a driver re-exam to determine whether or not, at her age, she is capable of being on the road.

A nine-year-old Chewelah girl is dead after the motorcycle she was riding on crashed into a car on Highway 195 at Meadow Lane.

A 15-year-old girl suspected of stabbing a man in north Spokane during a Friday night fight has turned herself in to police.

Highway 395 has reopened after a two-vehicle accident south of Chewelah temporarily blocked it.

Lawmakers will not be coming back to Olympia for a special session, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday.