Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Low standards for water put fish eaters at heightened risk

  April 23, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Washington residents eat more fish than the national average – probably no surprise for a state whose borders include the Pacific Ocean and the lower Columbia River. From salmon and … 8

• Colville Tribes’ land suit settled

  February 25, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation have agreed to accept a $193 million settlement offer from the federal government for decades of mismanagement of tribal trust funds and income-generating … 15

• Colville Tribes call Teck smelter study ‘deficient’

  May 15, 2011 in City on Page B3 Five years after a Canadian mining smelter agreed in a historic settlement to assess the impact of its pollution on U.S. waters, an American Indian tribe is calling the effort … 1

• Colville Tribes joins Coeur d’Alenes in protesting Fox commentator

  April 1, 2011 in News, City The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation on Friday issued a letter of protest to Fox News due to statements commentator John Stossel made about Native Americans, following a similar … 18

• Tribal suit aims at state’s hunting rules

  November 14, 2009 in City on Page B6 The Colville Confederated Tribes has filed a federal suit against Washington state to protect the tribes’ hunting rights on property north of the reservation. According to the suit, the Department …

• Colville tribes look forward to opening of Columbia River salmon hatchery

    July 26, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 NEAR BRIDGEPORT, Wash. – Fish flew as Shelly Davis and Raynee Innes hustled to get 1,300 salmon packed on ice. The women grabbed silvery sockeye and blue-backed chinook from coolers, …

• Court: Forest Service can sell Twisp property

  January 7, 2009 in Region YAKIMA, Wash. — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Forest Service can sell a former ranger station in Twisp, denying a request by the Confederated Tribes of the …

• Ranger station sale on hold in Twisp

  November 1, 2008 in City on Page B1 The U.S. Forest Service has suspended the auction of its former ranger station in Twisp, Wash., after the Colville Confederated Tribes complained that it should have had the right to …