Republic News

It's clear that the founders of this Republic never considered execution to be "cruel or unusual punishment". There is simply no nice way to take a life.

Two Alabama residents were injured July 6 when their motorcycle fell over as they turned from state Highway 21 into Curlew Lake State Park.

The Cervantes family -- from left, Laurel, Sergio, Dylan, 13, and Lauren, 9 -- sits down to a barbeque dinner at their Grandview home Friday, June 26, 2009.

A casual memorial reception for well-known local gardener Barney Smith will be held Sunday at the Yakima Area Arboretum.

Posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 12:52 p.m. PDT Republic-based trooper wins state award By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff REPUBLIC - Washington State Patrol Trooper A.J. Haddenham received the chief's award for professional excellence recently for his efforts after a traffic stop and ensuing altercation with William E. Kidwell last Sept.

Ellensburg may get water park: Privately financed $60 million project also has plans for two hotels, restaurants Jun.

That's not just dirt they're spreading on the roof at Pacific Plaza, there between South 12th and 13th streets and between Pacific Avenue and Commerce Street in downtown Tacoma.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Westbound traffic on West Washington Avenue at Third Avenue is being detoured while police investigate a bicycle-vehicle accident that sent a 37-year-old man to a Yakima hospital in critical condition, Yakima police said.

Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 4:15 p.m. PDT Road work expected to cause delays in Ferry County By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff REPUBLIC - Motorists along Ferry County highways will experience some delays because of road work.

Opponents of illegal immigration are paying for their petitions to be sent to newspaper subscribers here and in Skagit County.

Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 10:23 a.m. PDT Trail committee ponders trespassers By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff REPUBLIC - Ferry County's new trail committee May 20 discussed trespassers on the abandoned rail bed between Torboy and Danville.

Each day, week or month, the financial choices facing us grow more difficult. The recession has led many of us to question how we can best feed our families on a tight household budget, or whether we can still afford to go out to a restaurant.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff REPUBLIC - Fred W. Bremner, Republic, walked among the gravestones in Republic Cemetery Sunday evening, May 24, placing American flags on the final resting places of veterans.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff OROVILLE - The city council asked Clerk Kathy Jones to find out about information in a letter from North Valley Hospital saying the city would start being charged for any services given to a prisoner or person in custody who is seen at the hospital.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle Staff REPUBLIC - Two ongoing studies could lead to public transportation in Ferry County, county commissioners learned May 18.

MORTON When Sharon Fisher closes the door of her Heavenly Hand-Me-Downs shop May 29 in Morton's one-street business district, it will be for the last time.

Vicki Christiansen, who graduated from Peninsula High School, scouts a fireline as a division supervisor in Republic, Wash., in 2005.

Before I moved to Yakima from Louisville, Ky., more than three years ago, I didn't quite understand the vastness of the Western U.S. geography.

Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 10:57 a.m. PDT Spring blazes keep firefighters busy By Brenda Starkey Chronicle correspondent REPUBLIC - It's been an early spring for area firefighters.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle correspondent REPUBLIC - Ferry County commissioners appointed nine members of a new Recreational Trail Committee April 27.