Kettle Falls News

A Deschutes County sheriff's captain who has been serving as interim police chief for the central Oregon city of Sunriver has been tapped to handle the job permanently.

Sewage tends to be a stinky subject, even when it's being discussed in the City Council chambers.

The man charged with stealing nearly $1 million from the retirement account of a 106-year-old Kettle Falls, Wash., woman found living in squalor last year wired much of the money to men he met online.

It is among the top-performing lines for Spokane Transit Authority, with average daily loads of 3,400 passengers on weekdays.

The Tonasket School Board heard a presentation by parent Jennifer Steinshouer at its Monday, April 9, board meeting, to create a type of alternative education program for grades K-8 in the district.