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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 12 |
| 1858 | 7 |
| 1859 | 9 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 23 |
| 1862 | 22 |
| 1863 | 30 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1865 | 3 |
| 1871 | 2 |
| 1872 | 26 |
| 1876 | 135 |
| 1877 | 134 |
| 1878 | 72 |
| 1879 | 4 |
| 1880 | 22 |
| 1882 | 22 |
| 1883 | 134 |
| 1884 | 87 |
| 1885 | 149 |
| 1886 | 81 |
| 1887 | 73 |
| 1888 | 65 |
| 1889 | 180 |
| 1890 | 36 |
| 1891 | 177 |
| 1892 | 367 |
| 1893 | 355 |
| 1894 | 423 |
| 1895 | 469 |
| 1897 | 10 |
| 1898 | 38 |
| 1899 | 88 |
| 1900 | 10 |
| 1902 | 10 |
| 1903 | 144 |
| 1904 | 141 |
| 1905 | 12 |
| 1907 | 10 |
| 1908 | 45 |
| 1909 | 190 |
| 1910 | 80 |
| 1911 | 36 |
| 1912 | 17 |
| 1914 | 41 |
| 1915 | 41 |
| 1916 | 62 |
| 1917 | 62 |
| 1918 | 7 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 9 |
| 1924 | 12 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1928 | 5 |
| 1929 | 9 |
45 stories matching call
- The Candidate Nobody Came to Hear
George A. Allen ran against the corporations and the whiskey trust, but his Newport campaign meeting was called off for lack of interest.
- The Last Bugle Call for a Pioneer Soldier
Lynden mourns the loss of Captain James O'Neil, a Civil War veteran and longtime local resident.
- A Posse at the Door: A Frightened Rancher Shoots the Marshal Who Came to Help
Colville's city marshal is gravely wounded before dawn when a rancher, already robbed once that week, fires on the officers he takes for a second gang of highwaymen.
- The Shafting Took His Clothes, Not His Life
Ralph K. Kennedy was caught in the mill shafting at Dalkena, stripped and badly bruised before the machinery could be stopped. Weeks later he came home from a Spokane hospital calling himself lucky.
- A Close Call at the Buffalo Shingle Mill
A mill worker is lucky to keep his arm after a terrifying accident with a shingle saw.
- A Landslide Buries the Great Northern’s Steam Shovel at the Falls
A sudden slide knocks the big iron machine out of commission; a wrecker from Hillyard hauls it free for repairs.
- A New Town Called Cady Rises with 37 Lots—and a Saloon
Engineer Fleming platted Cady a quarter-mile from Blueslide, where a hotel, store and saloon are already rising—and more saloons are expected by spring.
- Luther Burbank's Berry Finds a Home in Lynden
Local gardener V. S. Steinhauer cultivates a hybrid berry developed by the famous botanist Luther Burbank.
- A Tragic Loss for the Women's Relief Corps
The local chapter mourns the death of a member killed in a dynamite explosion while processing a report of illness and community updates.
- A Dog's Bark Saves Sleeping Guests as Usk Hotel Burns
A pre-dawn fire consumed a Usk hotel in 1908, forcing guests to flee with little more than what they wore—and leaving the landlord's watch and money behind.
- Fire Aboard the Steamer Newport, Caught Before It Spread
A defective steam-pipe covering sparked a blaze at the Newport docks that damaged two staterooms and cost crew members their clothes, but the boat left on schedule.
- The Councilman Who Lived Across the State Line
A lawyer’s residency challenge nearly voided a railroad franchise—and forced Councilman Eckerson to offer his resignation.
- A Federal Judge Takes Away Washington's Power to Set Railroad Rates
Judge Hanford rules in Seattle that the state railroad commission cannot fix freight and fares — and Governor Mead weighs a constitutional amendment and a special session to give it back.
- A Fatal Shot in Ellensburg: Adopted Son Killed, Mrs. Norris Takes Poison
Mrs. J. C. Norris shot 21-year-old Thomas Murray in the temple, then swallowed rat poison and told callers she was glad of it.
- The Great Northern's Bad-Luck Stop: Freight Wreck at Elk
A through eastbound freight slammed into the caboose of a local train at Elk, smashing six cars and tying up traffic for hours—just the latest wreck at a town with a reputation.
- The Battle for the Ballot in Lynden
Citizens gathered at the town hall to organize the 'Majority Rule' ticket, pledging to let the public decide the future of the local saloon trade.
- Smallpox in the Jury Box: Court Shut Down by a Newport Man's Illness
A five-day lumber trial in Colville collapses when George Perkins is diagnosed with smallpox, sending jurors home and raising fears the disease will spread across Stevens County.
- The Washington–Idaho Line Was Never Quite Where Everyone Thought It Was
A congressional committee moving to re-mark the boundary publishes a surveyor general's confession: the 1873 line zigzagged as much as a degree and a half off course, was measured with link chains, and stopped short when the crew quit to save their own lives.
- The Steamboat That Played Tow Truck at Blueslide
When a touring car couldn't climb one of the worst grades in the district, Captain Stewart rigged a tackle to the steamer Spokane and hauled it up.
- Three Wires Over the Pend Oreille
Newport's phone company suspends steel wire across the river to the Fidelity mill, clearing steamboat stacks by 50 feet.
- A Rancher Found on the Riverbank—and a Family That Suspected Murder
Thomas Johnston was found dead near Blueslide in December 1908. A justice's inquest blamed exposure; his relatives demanded a second look, and a postmortem found no broken neck.
- Newport's Fire Alarm Was a Church Bell—Until It Moved
When the Congregational church bell left its old belfry, Newport lost the only way to sound a fire alarm. A telephone company offered a $100 fix.
- Dredging the Pend Oreille for Steamboats
A Seattle contractor will put a centrifugal-pump dredge below Boundary Island, aiming for a 70-foot channel six feet deep so river boats can stop creeping over the bars.
- Newport Residents Band Together to Establish Public Library
A group of civic-minded citizens incorporates a library association, elects trustees, and seeks city hall space for a free public library.
- A Hundred Ranchers Tried to Steer the Railroad Down Their Side of the River
Property owners from the Calispel valley packed a Cusick meeting to lobby the Idaho Washington Northern for a west-side route—offering cheap right-of-way and a pile of guaranteed tonnage.