Colville News

What better way to celebrate the anniversary of statehood than to come up with a few East-friendly state symbols Story By Paul Turner pault@spokesman.com, 459-5470 Tags: State symbols So Washington's 120th statehood birthday is Wednesday and you don't know what to do about a gift.

E Staff Reporter Although national experts may be saying that the recession is over, the numbers in the Stevens County area are reflecting an increase in unemployment rates as the area economy is still struggling to improve.

A nurse at the Northeast Tri-County Health District office in Colville gives the H1N1 vaccination to a client last Thursday.

The first significant snow of the season could fall on Thursday in the Inland Northwest.

A Colville teenager was reunited with her family on Monday after being found wandering the streets of New York over the weekend.

New York City has no shortage of terrified young people with no idea who they are.

Despite committee's other goals, topic of new airport location dominates meeting BY SOPHIA ALDOUS S-E Staff Reporter The new airport was the main focus of the first Colville 2000 and Beyond Committee meeting last Thursday at Colville City Hall.

The Washington girl who was found wandering in Manhattan two weeks ago has an Eastern Washington connection.

An 18-year-old who turned up in the heart of New York City two weeks ago with apparent amnesia is a Kitsap County woman who was reported missing Oct.

A woman with possible amnesia found outside a Manhattan youth shelter near Times Square may soon be reunited with her father.

Six sovereign tribes and the states of Idaho, Washington and Montana have united in telling a federal judge they prefer to work together to save and protect salmon in the Columbia River system instead of arguing about legal issues.

Shannon McGinnis and her daughter, Kelly, load the back of their car with food from the Colville Food Bank and Resource Center.

Some of the most innovative farming techniques in the Northwest are being applied to a cash crop that isn't wheat, apples or grapes.

The Colville Confederated Tribes has filed suit to stop the transfer of Lake Osoyoos State Park to the City of Oroville.

Ferry service at Keller was suspended Oct. 8 until further notice after a leak was discovered in the hull of the Martha S. The suspension of service on state Highway 21 across the Columbia River 'is ample evidence that our communities need a new ferry,' Colville Business Council Chairman Michael Finley said.

Workers from Lydig Construction of Spokane work on the City of Colville's new water reservoir last Tuesday laying concrete.

Award-winning country gospel singer Cherrie Simpson will sing at Word Of Life Church, 362 N.E. 219th Ave., in the Clear Creek Business Park, at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct 3, and 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct 4. Contributed photo Cherrie Simpson, who's won a cartload of awards from the Country Gospel Music Association, will sing at Word Of Life Church, 362 N.E.

Two community meetings to discuss the arson problem on the Colville Indian Reservation are planned for Oct.

Colville, Clarkston at Riverside; Curlew, Republic, Springdale, St. Michael's at Wellpinit; St.

Nez Perce Tribe members Larry Greene, left, and Nakia Williamson accept artifacts returned to the tribe in a ceremony Thursday.