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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 4 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 8 |
| 1862 | 4 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1864 | 3 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 11 |
| 1876 | 74 |
| 1877 | 68 |
| 1878 | 30 |
| 1879 | 5 |
| 1880 | 12 |
| 1882 | 11 |
| 1883 | 76 |
| 1884 | 35 |
| 1885 | 69 |
| 1886 | 30 |
| 1887 | 36 |
| 1888 | 35 |
| 1889 | 99 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 77 |
| 1892 | 169 |
| 1893 | 153 |
| 1894 | 162 |
| 1895 | 215 |
| 1897 | 13 |
| 1898 | 23 |
| 1899 | 40 |
| 1900 | 4 |
| 1902 | 5 |
| 1903 | 102 |
| 1904 | 68 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1907 | 6 |
| 1908 | 29 |
| 1909 | 103 |
| 1910 | 37 |
| 1911 | 8 |
| 1912 | 6 |
| 1914 | 25 |
| 1915 | 21 |
| 1916 | 38 |
| 1917 | 20 |
| 1918 | 4 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 7 |
| 1924 | 11 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 2 |
29 stories matching keep
- Two Lost Hunters Stayed Alive for Two Days Without Food or Fire Near Sullivan Lake
Fred Douglass and a companion wandered off the deer trail, soaked their matches, and survived by walking until they stumbled onto a miners' cabin at Happy Camp.
- A Mill Town Gets a Recreation Hall—and a Makeover
The Consolidated Lumber Co. builds a reading room and ball alleys to keep its married workers—and remakes a shack town along the Great Northern.
- Rangers Hold a Kaniksu Forest Fire to Forty Acres
Two rangers and a hired crew keep a West Branch blaze from spreading through the national forest.
- Newport's Antler Hotel Adds Three Stories as Rooms Sell Out Nightly
Landlord Fiedler breaks ground on a major expansion to keep pace with demand, with a new sample room on the ground floor and guest rooms above.
- 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.
- Vigilante Justice Threatened Amid Rural Chicken Raids
Farmers are fed up with rampant chicken theft and are warning that the next thief might be met with lead.
- New Owner, New Wires: Newport Telephone Service Gets an Upgrade
After selling the local telephone line to Mr. Anderson, Newport sees longer hours and a new central office planned for the Antler Hotel's former sample room.
- 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.
- 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.
- A Butcher Builds a Slaughterhouse So Newport's Meat Money Stays Home
L. J. Kirchans of the Central Market has broken ground a mile west of town. His target isn't just local trade — it's the Spokane packers.
- After a Lifetime at the Inn, Anna Quick Hands Over the Keys
A Spokane hotel man leases the Newport Hotel for a year as its founder — who opened a house in Old Town before the Great Northern ever arrived — retires for a well-earned rest.
- A Farmer's Quarter-Mile Wall Against the Pend Oreille
After losing $3,000 in crops, John Davas built a dike near Dalkena high enough to turn back the spring flood—and stout enough to protect his neighbors.
- The Political Circus of 1908
Local news satirizes the convoluted web of political machines, patronage, and special interest groups fighting for influence in Whatcom County.
- He Fired a Salute—and Killed His Best Friend
Sam Kay was trying to greet J. McGraw before a hunting trip when a revolver shot struck McGraw in the stomach. Kay is in custody while the Stevens County coroner investigates.
- A Wall of Fire Above Tacoma Creek
A lightning-sparked blaze burns 2,000 acres, jumps a three-mile trench and pulls lumber companies, settlers and the state fire warden into a desperate fight.
- The Ruth Takes Shape for the Wildest Steamboat Ride in America
With her machinery unloaded at Newport, the new steamer Ruth is expected to make her trial trip by early September, hauling Metaline ore and passengers through Box Canyon.
- Bandits Take the Newport Train and Vanish Into the Night
A mail car is rifled near Hillyard, a frightened hobo raises the alarm, and a $3,000 reward turns up nothing.
- 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.
- Stevens County's First Prohibition Convention Vows to 'Kill the Saloon' for Good
Reformers from Newport and across Stevens County met in Colville, organized a permanent Prohibition party, and asked commissioners to stop licensing saloons outside town limits.
- Passing the Hat for a Ferry—and a 100-Worker Mill
Newport citizens organize to build a free river ferry, hoping to keep the Fidelity Company's new mill and its payroll on this side of the Pend Oreille.
- A 'Non-Partisan' Judgeship Descends Into Mud, Ink and a Socialist Wildcard
Stevens County's race for superior judge turns into open personal warfare between newspaper offices, while a Socialist candidate from Northport quietly builds what his rivals fear is an 800-vote bloc.
- A Valley Drowns Every Spring—and One Farmer Wants a Better Dike
A correspondent warns that the Pend Oreille freshet has wrecked $50,000 worth of Calispel Valley crops—and argues the proposed diking districts are too piecemeal to save the basin.
- The Kaniksu’s 1908 Fire Season: 40 Blazes, $3,569 Spent, and a Warning in the Young Timber
Federal rangers and local crews kept the Kaniksu National Forest from another Alispel-scale conflagration, but the season still burned 700 acres and cost an estimated $15,000 in damaged reproduction.
- Newport Merchants Agree to Close at 6:30 — and Fine Themselves $50 If They Don’t
In 1908, local shopkeepers signed a pact to shorten business hours, hoping clerks and owners alike could finally take part in public life. Violators owed $50 to the Commercial Club.
- 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.