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• Discord spills over: Workers quit talking to each other

  December 11, 2011 in City on Page B7 Sometimes subordinates get bruised when bosses punch each other. So it was when Stevens County Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen and now-retired Superior Court Judge Rebecca Baker battled over perceived conflicts of …

• Murder trial delayed months while judge, prosecutor feud

  December 11, 2011 in City on Page B1 Kristen Cosby has no patience for quarrels among Stevens County judicial officers. Cosby’s mother was the victim of an Oct. 3, 2009, homicide. Her father, Craig Raymond Cosby, is the … 8

• Washington bar clears prosecutor

  October 14, 2011 in City on Page A6 The Washington State Bar Association has dismissed a complaint that Stevens County Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen improperly solicited contributions for a Guatemalan orphanage. A three-member review committee found unanimously that there …

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  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

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  Lawyers weigh insanity defense

  August 3, 2011 in City on Page A5 COLVILLE – The suspect charged with killing a Colville man last month is exploring the option of pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, a prospect that bothers the dead … 2

• Man held after police rescue famished woman, 105

  June 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 Stevens County deputies discovered a 105-year-old woman begging for food after they were asked by an animal cruelty suspect to retrieve his medicine from the squalid Kettle Falls, Wash., home … 8

• Spin Control: Cooler head prevails in voter fraud probe

  September 26, 2010 in City on Page B3 Mention “voter fraud” and the politically righteous thunder how it won’t be tolerated. How nothing is more important than protecting the ballot. How only the lowest of the low – … 4

• Judges ask bar to probe donations connected to Rasmussen

  July 30, 2010 in City on Page A1 Stevens County’s two Superior Court judges have asked the state bar association to investigate Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen. Judges Rebecca Baker and Al Nielson said in a Sept. 30 complaint that … 7

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  New prosecutor named in Todd Chism trooper case

    May 19, 2010 in City on Page A7 COLVILLE – A new prosecutor was named Tuesday to handle the felony charges against Spokane fire Lt. Todd Chism, who is accused of assaulting two Washington State Patrol troopers during …

• Firefighter pleads not guilty; new prosecutor appointed

    May 18, 2010 in City A new prosecutor was named Tuesday to handle the felony charges against Spokane fire Lt. Todd Chism, who is accused of assaulting two Washington State Patrol troopers during a confrontation … 13

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  Firefighter charged with felonies

  April 24, 2010 in City on Page B1 A Spokane firefighter exonerated in a child pornography investigation two years ago threatened to beat a state trooper “to death” in a confrontation that led to felony charges Friday in … 5

• Juror’s inquiry leads to mistrial

  April 20, 2010 in City on Page A5 A juror caused a mistrial in a recent Stevens County drug case after he used a cell phone to look up legal information. 1

• Jury convicts man in shooting incident

  April 13, 2010 in City on Page A6 A Stevens County man faces about 7 years in prison for a dispute with a neighbor that erupted in gunfire last May. A jury on Friday convicted John Lewis Eberly …

• Guilty plea in molestation

  March 24, 2010 in City on Page A5 COLVILLE – A longtime psychologist for the Colville School District who also volunteered with police to help investigate child abuse pleaded guilty Tuesday to molesting one of his students and … 1

• Our View: Report on DSHS in Colville warrants review

  March 25, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 Stevens County Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen was asked by state Rep. Joel Kretz, R-Wauconda, to look into repeated complaints about the child-protection workers in the Department of Social and Health Services … 9

• Prosecutor alleges ‘pattern of misconduct’ at DSHS

  March 20, 2009 A “pattern of misconduct” plagues the Colville office of the Department of Social and Health Services and has resulted in the wrongful removal of foster children, in one instance described … 1