Colville News

The Yakama Nation Indian Tribe released sockeye salmon into a lake on the east slope of the Cascades Tuesday, marking yet another effort by Pacific Northwest tribes to restore fish in areas where they have long been extinct.

Colville Community Senior Center Foundation realizes goal BY CHRIS COWBROUGH S-E Editor The Colville Community Senior Center Foundation took a big step recently when they purchased a parcel of land on Wynne Street that will one day serve as the new multi-purpose home and meeting place for valley seniors.

Mid-Valley Hospital earned the distinction of being among the most technologically-advanced hospitals in the country, according to results of the 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released in the July issue of Hospitals and Health Networks magazine.

Big fireworks shows are planned all across the region Saturday night to celebrate our freedom.

Head golf professionals are not simply ordained. Most find their way to the top only after serving extended stints as assistants.

The Colville Confederated Tribes will pay $108,000 to keep a state fish hatchery open for the next year.

Abused dog from puppy mill finds safe haven with Colville animal lovers BY SOPHIA ALDOUS S-E Staff Reporter The story was one so cruel and heartbreaking that it made national news: nearly 400 American Eskimo dogs seized from a Kennewick kennel that officials have dubbed one of the largest and worst puppy mills in the country.

Common loons have been nesting at Yocum Lake in Pend Oreille County at least since 2001.

Nespelema s Millpond Days honor residents of all ages who strengthen the community, through its joys and through its sorrows Rebecca Nappi I Rebeccan@Spokesman.Com, 459-5496 The Spokesman-Review Val Drywater, grand marshal honoree, leads the way in the potluck line at Millpond Days community dinner in Nespelem on June 19.

Rick Brazell, USFS Supervisor, is presented with award by Lloyd McGee, President of the Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition.

This young stunt rider wowed the crowd at the Pro-West Rodeo last Father's Day weekend, along with spectators at last Saturday's parade down Main Street in Colville.

Police have identified a suspect in a gunpoint OxyContin robbery at a north Spokane Walgreens on June 16.

The Colville Indian Housing Authority has issued a request for proposals to design and monitor the construction of 27 single-family homes.

Last weekend's annual Pro-West Rodeo and Bull Bash played to good crowds at the Northeast Washington Fairgrounds arena in Colville.

Eastern Washington roads will receive about $25 million in federal stimulus money.

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.

CSD to serve as witness for both plaintiff and defense in lawsuit against the state BY SOPHIA ALDOUS S-E Staff Reporter In a strange twist of events, the Colville School District has been subpoenaed to serve as a witness for both the plaintiff and the defense in a lawsuit filed against Washington State by two sets of parents in King County and ...

Local couple Larry and Carol Enright take their place as Pro-West Rodeo Marshals BY SOPHIA ALDOUS S-E Staff Reporter Carol and Larry Enright know how to get things done.

Mount Carmel Hospital holds open house for completed expansion project BY SOPHIA ALDOUS S-E Staff Reporter A sense of accomplishment and a spirit of gratitude and joy marked last Sunday's Grand Opening of Providence Mount Carmel Hospital.

Port Moody museum curator Jim Millar won't be quitting his day job any time soon.