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2 stories matching census
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- A Boom in Desks: Newport's School Census Doubles in a Year
Clerk Lusher counted 276 school-age children in District No. 115—double the number from a little over a year before. The census, which excluded the Idaho side of the line, was read as a clear sign of Newport's growth.
- Newport vs. the Census: 'Colville Should Come Out of Her Dream'
When the secretary of state counts only 1,000 residents, Newport's paper fires back: we are 1,800, the county's largest city—and tired of paying for Colville's improvements.