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• Fire that destroyed longhouse confirmed to be electrical

  December 28, 2012 in City Investigators confirmed an accidental electrical fire is to blame for the destruction of the Chief Joseph Nez Perce Longhouse. 6

• Fire destroys longhouse on Colville Reservation

  December 27, 2012 in City on Page A1 By the time firefighters arrived at the Chief Joseph Nez Perce Longhouse early Wednesday morning it was too late: flames were destroying the building. An electrical fire broke out at … 9

• Wildfire threatens Indian school near Omak

  October 3, 2012 in Region A wildfire fanned by gusty winds is threatening an Indian boarding school on the Colville Reservation east of Omak in north central Washington.

• Wolves fitted with tracking collars on reservation

  June 8, 2012 in News Two gray wolves were trapped on the Colville Reservation this week and outfitted with tracking collars.

• Cartels stretching tribal police

  November 20, 2009 in City on Page A7 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Matt Haney, police chief of the Colville Confederated Tribes, has two officers by day and three by night to patrol the 2,275 square miles of reservation under … 5

• Tribal police: Cartels drive reservations’ drug problems

  November 19, 2009 in City, Nation/World Matt Haney, police chief of the Colville Confederated Tribes, has two officers by day and three by night to patrol the 2,275 square miles of reservation under his jurisdiction. 3

• Sophisticated pot fields a growing problem in Washington

  October 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 Some of the most innovative farming techniques in the Northwest are being applied to a cash crop that isn’t wheat, apples or grapes. It’s a low-tech but high-stakes, high-risk venture … 18

• Colvilles to fund hatchery for year

  July 2, 2009 in Idaho, Outdoors on Page A6 The Colville Confederated Tribes will pay $108,000 to keep a state hatchery in northeast Washington open for the next 12 months. The Colville Fish Hatchery raises rainbow trout and kokanee …

• Work to begin on casino

  July 5, 2008 in City on Page A6 The business arm of the Colville Confederated Tribes will break ground Monday on a 58,000-square-foot casino on reservation land near Omak, Wash. The $24 million project, expected to be completed …