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• Crews kept busy fighting furniture store fire in Colville

  February 17, 2013 in Region Fire crews from Stevens County, Arden and Kettle Falls spent all night Saturday dousing a fast-burning fire that engulfed a two-story business in downtown Colville.

• Caretaker convicted of theft from centenarian, now 107

  October 5, 2012 in City on Page A1 A Stevens County jury on Thursday convicted a caretaker of raiding nearly $1 million from the retirement fund of a Kettle Falls woman who was then 105 years old. The … 5

• Forgotten towns

  July 28, 2012 in Features on Page E1 Grady Knight, a Colville-area video producer, is looking for Spokane and North Idaho people in their 80s and older who grew up on the upper Columbia River before it was … 1

• Getting There: License fees will improve city roads

  July 16, 2012 in City on Page A1 The first Spokane street maintenance jobs financed by a new vehicle license fee will be getting under way across the city in the next few weeks. The City Council last … 14

• Scientist honored for work in Arctic

  June 15, 2012 in City on Page A9 Dr. Steven Amstrup spent years plowing through unexplored frontiers of polar bear research in the Arctic. Amstrup, of Kettle Falls, Wash., was the first person to succeed in putting radio …

• Northwest polar bear researcher wins Indianapolis Prize

  June 14, 2012 in City, Outdoors, Region Dr. Steven Amstrup spent years plowing through unexplored frontiers of polar bear research in the Arctic.

• Theft case takes new twist

  May 1, 2012 in City on Page A1 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 … 13

• Getting There: Citylink budget cuts force route changes

  March 19, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Citylink, the free bus system in Kootenai and Benewah counties, is facing major cuts in service next month to the urban lines in Kootenai County. A reduced budget is forcing … 1

• Polar bear expert nominated for conservation prize

  December 1, 2011 in City on Page A5 A Kettle Falls-area polar bear scientist is one of 29 leading conservationists internationally who are in contention for next year’s $100,000 Indianapolis Prize. Steven Amstrup moved to Stevens County about … 2

• Witness contact leads to arrest

  September 1, 2011 in City on Page A1 The man charged with mistreating a 106-year-old Kettle Falls woman and draining her retirement account now faces a witness tampering charge. John H. “Herb” Friedlund, 78, was arrested early Wednesday … 1

• Caretaker of 106-year-old woman charged with theft, too

  August 3, 2011 in City on Page A5 COLVILLE – The man charged with mistreating a 106-year-old Kettle Falls woman was arrested on theft charges Tuesday. John H. “Herb” Friedlund, 78, is accused of raiding the retirement accounts …

• Investigation into woman’s caregiver extends to finances

  July 5, 2011 in Region The investigators who rescued a 105-year-old woman in late May from a squalid Kettle Falls home are now looking into whether the woman’s care provider was also improperly using her … 1

• Railways could become international bike trail

  October 14, 2010 in City, Outdoors on Page A5 A portion of a railroad running from Grand Forks, B.C., to Kettle Falls, Wash., has been declared for sale or abandonment. While the action could cost the area jobs and …

• Getting There: Bus line links Spokane to northern neighbors

  September 20, 2010 in City on Page A1 Folks living along the U.S. Highway 395 corridor north of Spokane are going to get a new choice for transportation. The state of Washington has launched bus service between Kettle …

• Getting There: New airport art lets imagination take flight

  September 6, 2010 in City on Page A1 The newest installation of public art at Spokane International Airport is described as “a flock of alluring, complex, three-dimensional floating shapes.” Spokane Arts Director Karen Mobley goes on to say …

• Border agents find pot, arrest driver

  July 7, 2010 in City on Page A5 A Canadian truck driver was arrested at an Avista Utilities power plant in Ferry County with 300 pounds of marijuana on Friday.

• 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, …