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| Year | Stories |
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| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 5 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1872 | 7 |
| 1876 | 64 |
| 1877 | 47 |
| 1878 | 33 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 24 |
| 1882 | 9 |
| 1883 | 64 |
| 1884 | 33 |
| 1885 | 48 |
| 1886 | 19 |
| 1887 | 28 |
| 1888 | 20 |
| 1889 | 68 |
| 1890 | 16 |
| 1891 | 55 |
| 1892 | 129 |
| 1893 | 107 |
| 1894 | 158 |
| 1895 | 191 |
| 1897 | 7 |
| 1898 | 15 |
| 1899 | 25 |
| 1900 | 3 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 70 |
| 1904 | 33 |
| 1905 | 7 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 15 |
| 1909 | 52 |
| 1910 | 22 |
| 1911 | 6 |
| 1912 | 6 |
| 1914 | 17 |
| 1915 | 18 |
| 1916 | 26 |
| 1917 | 17 |
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 2 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1928 | 4 |
| 1929 | 2 |
15 stories matching hard
- 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.
- Prospecting the San Juans by Sloop
Two local men set out on their annual voyage to find coal and adventure among the islands.
- The Local Rebel Taking On the Political Machine
Frank W. Bixby, a Lynden attorney, is making waves by refusing to bow to Whatcom County’s political establishment.
- A Judicial Candidate's Newport Speech Turns Into a Personal Attack
George A. Allen came to the Opera House to talk primary law. He spent the evening savaging Judge D.H. Carey instead—before a crowd of about 14.
- The Minister's Daughter and the $300 Check
Winifred Moter — adopted as an infant by Rev. R. C. Moter — is jailed in Spokane on a forgery charge, and Newport weighs its sympathy for the parents against the wreck of a young life.
- A Republican Landslide—and a Socialist Spark—in Newport's 1908 Election
Stevens County swept Republican by roughly 1,000 votes, but Newport precinct drew just 267 of 333 registered voters and saw the Socialist tally more than double from nine to twenty-one.
- 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.
- Two Newport Homes Burn as Volunteers Fight Without Enough Hose
A lightning-sparked fire destroyed the Seeley house and spread to the Montzheimer home, exposing the town’s thin fire protection.
- Overnight Line at the Courthouse as Washington’s New Primary Law Meets Its First Test
Candidates camped outside the Stevens County auditor’s office to file for office—and Newport-area races split three ways before the votes were even cast.
- West Bank Wins the Railroad
Idaho & Washington Northern picks the west side of the Pend Oreille for its Metaline extension, promising Ione by late next year and a boom for the Calispel valley.
- The Chambermaid Who Foiled a Newport Crime Spree
Two well-dressed thieves from Butte stole pants and shirts from local merchants—then a rooming-house maid overheard their plan to rob a saloon bartender.
- 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 Panic Year Boom: Newport Built Through Hard Times
Despite a national financial panic, Newport added 87 homes, six concrete business blocks, new depots, churches, and a reshaped downtown—proud evidence of a town betting on itself.
- A Photograph Was Not a Crime: Newport Candidates Beat Back a Newspaper's Bid to Rule Them Off the Ballot
When the Colville Statesman-Index declared two Newport men disqualified for running photo advertisements under the new direct primary law, Dr. G. W. Sutherland wrote the attorney general — and came back with a ruling that the law said no such thing.
- The Banker Who Steered Newport Through the Panic of 1907
G. S. Thomas founded Newport's first bank, helped bring the city its water system, and died after guiding the institution through the financial stringency of November 1907.