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• Local Trail Angels: Back Country Horsemen

  May 20, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Along with similar groups in Idaho and Montana, Back Country Horsemen of Washington was founded in 1976 by trail- riding horsemen dedicated to preserving the rights of people to use …

• Back Country Horsemen tend Pend Oreille park trails

  May 20, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Land managers were in high gear last week, working to get Inland Northwest campgrounds open for Memorial Day weekend, which traditionally ushers out the season’s first big wave of outdoor …

• U-Hi teacher receives jail term

  October 13, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S6 University High School teacher Michael Cronin was placed on paid administrative leave in August and has been sentenced to serve nearly a year in jail after being found guilty of … 1

• Bill lets 4 counties drop growth act

  March 8, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – The state’s environmental community is fighting a plan to allow four lightly populated Eastern Washington counties to opt out of the Growth Management Act. But in trying to … 13

• Sentence too long in stabbing case, high court says

  October 7, 2010 in City Stabbing a man in the neck, leaving him paralyzed below the chest and in a wheelchair for life, isn’t grounds for an exceptional sentence, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled, … 5

• For Rainbow Family, forest gathering is foretaste of 2011 festival

  September 5, 2010 in City on Page A1 COLVILLE NATIONAL FOREST – A U.S. Forest Service ranger sat cross-legged on the dusty ground, holding a wildflower as a symbol of his right to speak to the circle of … 25

• County fair hosting baking contests

  August 11, 2010 in Food on Page C1 It’s not too late for Pend Oreille County bakers to get in on some blue-ribbon action. Head to the fairgrounds next Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. to enter …

• Car crash on Highway 20 sends driver to hospital

  July 28, 2010 in City on Page A6 A Cheney man was airlifted to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Tuesday morning after being injured in a traffic accident in Pend Oreille County. Kenneth R. Engel, 22, is facing …

• Usk Bridge will be closed for reconstruction

  July 9, 2010 in City on Page A7 The Usk Bridge will be closed from 6 p.m. today until 6 a.m. Saturday, said Pend Oreille County dispatch.

• Funding promises Pend Oreille County Internet speed

  April 27, 2010 in City on Page A1 A $27.3 million federal economic stimulus grant promises cutting-edge fiber optic Internet service for southern Pend Oreille County, if officials accept it. 1

• Gray wolf pack is state’s second

  July 14, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 Acting on a tip from loggers, wild-life biologists have confirmed the presence of a wolf pack with pups in northeast Pend Oreille County. At sunrise Friday, Scott Fisher played digital … 2

• Pend Oreille County may be home to wolf pair

  July 10, 2009 in Region Washington wildlife biologists are trying to put two and two together before officially declaring that a wolf pack has formed in Pend Oreille County.

• Reward offered in possible loon poaching case

  June 20, 2009 in Sports, Outdoors, City A family of common loons has disappeared from Yocum Lake in Pend Oreille County, prompting an investigation and a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone involved.

• Out & About

  June 14, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 OUTFIELD – A game camera monitored by Washington state wildlife biologists recently caught an image of what appears to be a lactating female wolf in the middle of Pend Oreille …

• Man convicted in camper’s dragging death

  September 16, 2008 in City on Page B3 The man accused in the bizarre dragging death of a 20-year-old college student during a camping trip last fall was convicted of second-degree manslaughter under a plea deal Monday in …

• Man charged with selling artifacts, remains

  September 16, 2008 in City on Page B2 Federal charges are being brought against a 68-year-old Pend Oreille County man accused of illegally selling Native American artifacts, cultural items and human remains, including some from the Custer Battlefield, …

• Gun nets felon nearly 22 years in prison

  January 9, 2008 in City on Page B2 A Colville man who once threatened to kill a Pend Oreille County judge and a deputy prosecutor has been sentenced to almost 22 years in federal prison after being designated …