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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 4 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 18 |
| 1876 | 136 |
| 1877 | 92 |
| 1878 | 68 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 22 |
| 1882 | 20 |
| 1883 | 102 |
| 1884 | 48 |
| 1885 | 99 |
| 1886 | 62 |
| 1887 | 53 |
| 1888 | 82 |
| 1889 | 170 |
| 1890 | 25 |
| 1891 | 140 |
| 1892 | 348 |
| 1893 | 292 |
| 1894 | 302 |
| 1895 | 301 |
| 1897 | 11 |
| 1898 | 31 |
| 1899 | 78 |
| 1900 | 15 |
| 1902 | 8 |
| 1903 | 213 |
| 1904 | 151 |
| 1905 | 10 |
| 1907 | 10 |
| 1908 | 43 |
| 1909 | 224 |
| 1910 | 63 |
| 1911 | 19 |
| 1912 | 6 |
| 1914 | 30 |
| 1915 | 56 |
| 1916 | 86 |
| 1917 | 63 |
| 1918 | 10 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 6 |
| 1923 | 28 |
| 1924 | 20 |
| 1925 | 6 |
| 1928 | 4 |
| 1929 | 5 |
10 stories matching home
- The Launch of the Colville Examiner
A newly formed publishing cooperative pledges to keep printing local and challenge the status quo in Stevens County.
- Domestic Violence and a Locked Door
A Tacoma woman files for divorce after an alleged assault and being locked out of her own home by her husband.
- A Poisoner Walked Chewelah by Night, and Twenty Dogs Never Came Home
Poisoned meat was scattered indiscriminately through town on a Friday night. Fourteen dogs were dead by the next noon, nearly twenty by Sunday morning, and the owners put up a reward for a culprit who was never named.
- The Freight Line Proposal
A local entrepreneur hopes to bypass expensive rail rates with a new six-horse team freight route.
- The Great Buggy Heist of Stevens County
Ten horse-drawn rigs were stolen in Spokane and scattered across the countryside, leading to a swift manhunt near Addy.
- Local Marble Works Stakes a Claim
A local stone business proves that Stevens County granite and marble can compete with regional giants.
- The Midnight Track-Layers
A hardware store owner battles a railroad company that allegedly used stealth to install tracks in front of his home and business.
- A Young Man's Last Ride: Edward Kowald and the Cost of Hopping Freight
Edward Kowald, 23, tried to hop a freight to Newport after quitting work at Penrith. He fell, lost both legs, and died the next morning—joking with friends until the end.
- The Maid of Honour, Nine Years Later
Anna Peterson stood at Myron Spath's first wedding. Now she came to Newport to marry the groom herself — and he failed to arrive.
- Two Shots, a Cold River, and a Flask of Rat Poison
Frederick Angle fired twice at his wife, jumped in the river, and then drank Rough on Rats with a friend who did not survive it. The stomach pump arrived, in the paper's words, 'unfortunately' too soon.