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| 1854 | 5 |
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| 1859 | 7 |
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| 1863 | 11 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
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| 1876 | 89 |
| 1877 | 63 |
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| 1880 | 15 |
| 1882 | 13 |
| 1883 | 98 |
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| 1885 | 75 |
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| 1888 | 37 |
| 1889 | 127 |
| 1890 | 20 |
| 1891 | 102 |
| 1892 | 258 |
| 1893 | 262 |
| 1894 | 288 |
| 1895 | 303 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 31 |
| 1899 | 40 |
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| 1903 | 128 |
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- Colville Boosters Redrew the Map, and the Taxpayers Paid for the Surveys
Northport cries foul after County Surveyor Clare Hunt moves the Newport–Metaline–Orient road off its original line, leaving a direct-route town side-tracked — and several thousand dollars spent on surveys that produced no road at all.
- The Wreck That Nearly Came Through Newport
A loose rail derailed an engine near Hillyard just as two soldier trains were passing through the region. Speed—or the lack of it—was all that prevented a disaster.
- The Electric Company Cut His Lights—Now It’s Due in Court
Dr. Phillips says Northern Electric refused to restore service at his office despite his offer to pay the ordinance rate. A Colville judge will hear the case Sept. 21.
- He Heard the Timbers Creak and Almost Got Out
A snow-loaded barn roof gave way near Northport; the 14-year-old inside ran for the door, but a six-inch beam caught him. The leg could not be saved, and neither could the boy.
- A Premature Blast Tore Apart 'Lead' Long's Face Near Metaline
A miner known across the district was badly hurt at the Wake Up Jim prospect when a blast went off early, and details were slow to reach Newport.
- 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.
- Auto Stage Plunges into Gulch
Seventeen passengers survive a terrifying tumble after a mechanical failure on a stage route.
- The Axe Slip That May Have Cost a Newport Boy His Foot
Will Scott, 15, was helping his father at a Jackson wood camp near Penrith when the axe glanced from a log, severing cords and crushing bone in his foot. Dr. Phillips dressed the wound.
- Two Telephone Companies Race to Wire the Pend Oreille Valley
Newport expected telephone connection to Metaline and the Calispel country in 1908, with two companies promising to build the line.
- Tracks Laid in the Night, and the Storekeeper Wins
A Spokane injunction against the Idaho & Washington Northern — won by H. M. Lund over trains smoking out his Fourth Street store — is upheld by the state supreme court, with 30 days for the railroad to settle or stop running.
- Tragedy at Cle Elum: Twelve Tons of Dynamite Explode
A catastrophic explosion at a mining magazine claims multiple lives, including a former Lynden pioneer.
- Found Dying in a Cesspool, a Laborer Takes His Last Secret With Him
Jack Kane was pulled unconscious from the Eagle Mill Co. grounds south of the Great Northern tracks. A missing watch, empty pockets and friends who suspect foul play left Newport with a death it could not explain.
- A Wall of Flame at Newport's Doorstep
Wind-driven fires jump trenches in the Pend Oreille timber country, threatening Scott's Addition and costing ranchers and mills thousands in cordwood and logs.
- A Lamp Left Burning in the Kitchen Erases Cusick's Hotel and Store
The Ponderay Hotel and the Usk Mercantile Co. store burn to the ground an hour after midnight, and the town learns neither may ever reopen.
- 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.
- A Dollar for Three Children: Newport Officers Rescue the Zink Children
After their mother’s death, Maggie, Ruth and Clarence Zink were found underfed and living among loggers; a Spokane children’s home and a Christmas box intervened.
- A Pick, a Stick of Dynamite, and a Supper Break That Killed a Man
A landslide buried the Great Northern's Spokane Falls Northern track near Marcus. The crew sent to clear it was never told the dynamite was already loaded — and grief over the dead man turned into gunfire before the sheriff arrived.
- The Tax Bill That Landed on Stevens County Property Owners
A fight between the county assessor and prosecuting attorney over taxing money and mortgages ends in a court-ordered reassessment—and a bill for the people.
- The Judge, the Ballot, and the $2,000 Reprieve
A losing judicial candidate tried to force Stevens County to reprint every ballot. A Tuesday court ruling stopped him—and spared the treasury a costly last-minute scramble.
- Summer Days and Wild Claims on Orcas Island
A pair of Lynden men report on their six-week wilderness camp, navigating smokey skies and the quiet rhythms of the San Juan Islands.
- The Survey That Stalled Because the Homesteaders Weren’t Local Enough
A federal commissioner refused to order a Pend d’Oreille township survey after examiners questioned whether the applicants actually lived on the land.
- After the Mill Burned, the Neighbors Got Their Day in Court
A Spokane judge orders White Pine Lumber to pay four homeowners for a 1905 fire, while the company's failed suit against Great Northern leaves perjury charges in its wake.
- One Hundred Arrests, Three Hundred Dollars: Newport's Year in the Police Court
The city marshal's 1907 tally — drunks, burglars and a jailbreak by a notorious horse thief nabbed on a Washington Avenue street corner.
- Newport's Schools Open to a Crowd—and a Growth Chart
With 211 pupils enrolled on the first day and 250 expected, Newport reads its own boom in the school register, five years after a single teacher taught about 30 children.
- Rain Stops the Great Pend Oreille Fire After a Firefighter Is Killed
More than a hundred men cut fire lines from Tacoma Creek to Little Pend Oreille lakes as flames threaten Sandpoint and destroy tens of millions of feet of timber.