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| 1854 | 7 |
| 1858 | 6 |
| 1859 | 8 |
| 1860 | 3 |
| 1861 | 9 |
| 1862 | 9 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 9 |
| 1865 | 3 |
| 1872 | 15 |
| 1876 | 112 |
| 1877 | 100 |
| 1878 | 37 |
| 1879 | 9 |
| 1880 | 22 |
| 1882 | 19 |
| 1883 | 120 |
| 1884 | 52 |
| 1885 | 138 |
| 1886 | 75 |
| 1887 | 83 |
| 1888 | 64 |
| 1889 | 166 |
| 1890 | 34 |
| 1891 | 116 |
| 1892 | 361 |
| 1893 | 358 |
| 1894 | 318 |
| 1895 | 285 |
| 1897 | 11 |
| 1898 | 29 |
| 1899 | 71 |
| 1900 | 6 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 160 |
| 1904 | 134 |
| 1905 | 8 |
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| 1916 | 73 |
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| 1929 | 5 |
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- A Suitcase Standoff in Newport's Japanese Colony
A worker tried to leave town without settling with his labor boss; the boss seized his suitcase, and a deputy sheriff had to restore the peace.
- Prospecting the San Juans by Sloop
Two local men set out on their annual voyage to find coal and adventure among the islands.
- Three Trains a Day: Newport's Railroad Boom Arrives
The Idaho & Washington Northern's new equipment, a nearly finished depot, and Sunday river excursions promise to bring tourists and growth to the Pend d'Oreille valley.
- Four Steamboats and a Free Bus: Newport's River Boom
The Ruth began regular runs, the Nancy returned, and new boat houses rose at the Stevens dock as Newport became the busy hub of Pend Oreille River traffic.
- Newport Left in the Dark as Town Council and Electric Company Deadlock
A standoff between the town council and Northern Electric leaves Newport without streetlights, prompting fears of crime and a possible new franchise.
- Five Minutes Through Box Canyon
The launch Nancy sets a river record while the Metaline returns with a new boiler and Newport's waterfront hums with new boats and schedules.
- Sudden Tragedy at a Neighborhood Gathering
A festive party in Badger ends in sudden grief as a beloved local woman collapses and passes away.
- Tragedy at the Lynden Light Plant
A dedicated engineer is killed while volunteering his time to maintain local machinery.
- He Sold the Homestead and Left His Family Behind
A divorced rancher liquidates his property and disappears, prompting talk of a contempt charge.
- 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.
- Socialists Take the Pend d’Oreille by Lecture Tour
Two organizers close a river-wide circuit at Newport’s Opera House, leaving new locals in four towns and a promise to return for the presidential campaign.
- A Stevens County Rancher Gets Word of a $7 Million Transvaal Inheritance
Richard Oehmigen of Hunters learned that relatives in Germany had named him heir to one-fifth of an uncle's distant estate—and took the news with remarkable calm.
- 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.
- 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 Christmas Saloon Fight in Elk Left a Lumberjack Maimed for Life
Two lumberjacks mixed holiday liquor with violence at an Elk saloon, and a 50-minute brawl ended with three fingers bitten off and charges likely for everyone involved.
- Two Gun Mishaps in One Week Leave Newport Men Wounded
A hunter swapping rifles and a 10-year-old boy with a .22 both shot themselves in the foot. Both were brought to Newport for treatment.
- The Assessor Followed the Law. Then the County Lawyer Sued — and the Taxpayers Got the Bill.
A Stevens County feud over exempting mortgages and county warrants from taxation turns into a straight-up election threat, reprinted from the Colville Statesman-Index.
- The Mystery of the Apple-Boring Wasp
An entomologist from Pullman descends on Lynden to investigate a bizarre fruit-eating worm that defies known science.
- The Hook Slipped: A Scaler Killed Two Miles From Newport
James Wall, 50, was loading logs for the Panhandle Lumber Co. when a heavy log fell and fractured his skull. He lived only five minutes.
- The Nancy Comes to the Pend d'Oreille
A fast gasoline launch purchased in Portland will run daily between Metaline and Newport, promising same-day connections to Spokane.
- The Cave at the End of the Boundary Trail
A 1908 Newport writer follows a blazed trail north of Metaline into a limestone cavern of bath-like basins, a 'Guardian of the Baths' and a music room already being vandalized.
- The Fake Postal Inspector Who Robbed the Great Northern — and Got Away With Less Than $5
A bogus federal inspector bound two mail clerks, rifled registered pouches, and slipped off the Oriental Limited at Spokane, leaving Newport authorities to piece together a brazen, almost profitless heist.
- A Morning Boat to Metaline — and a Waterfront to Rebuild
The steamer Ione began daily service on the Pend Oreille this week, promising a one-day run to Metaline and Sunday excursions out of Newport, while the falling river exposes wrecked piers, booms and 200 feet of dock.
- 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.
- $10,000 for a Road, and Not a Shovel of Dirt Turned
A $10,000 appropriation for a Newport-to-Columbia road vanished into surveys and clerical work, The Miner charged, leaving Stevens County without a graded mile to show for it.