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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 4 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1859 | 5 |
| 1860 | 5 |
| 1861 | 6 |
| 1862 | 10 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 4 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 15 |
| 1876 | 63 |
| 1877 | 51 |
| 1878 | 31 |
| 1879 | 3 |
| 1880 | 14 |
| 1882 | 10 |
| 1883 | 76 |
| 1884 | 35 |
| 1885 | 74 |
| 1886 | 52 |
| 1887 | 38 |
| 1888 | 38 |
| 1889 | 96 |
| 1890 | 15 |
| 1891 | 68 |
| 1892 | 208 |
| 1893 | 195 |
| 1894 | 194 |
| 1895 | 255 |
| 1897 | 5 |
| 1898 | 16 |
| 1899 | 35 |
| 1900 | 7 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 94 |
| 1904 | 55 |
| 1905 | 15 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 34 |
| 1909 | 104 |
| 1910 | 26 |
| 1911 | 10 |
| 1912 | 6 |
| 1914 | 21 |
| 1915 | 17 |
| 1916 | 44 |
| 1917 | 16 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 9 |
| 1924 | 12 |
| 1925 | 5 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 4 |
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- A Frontier Rivalry Renewed
84-year-old pioneer N.V. Sheffer sets off on a donkey-drawn cart to reunite with his childhood rival, Ezra Meeker, at the Ferndale settlers' picnic.
- The New Steamer Ruth Takes Her Maiden Run Down the Pend Oreille
Fitted out at the Transportation Co. dock and steered by a set of 'monkey rudders,' Newport's newest riverboat proves herself on a trial run to Downs' Landing — if only the government inspectors would hurry.
- A Boulder, a Pistol, and a Saloon Reckoning
Harvey Goodman came back to Reis' saloon after being thrown out, setting off a rock attack, a gunshot, and two prosecutions in Newport.
- A Town Strikes Oil—or a Prankster Strikes First
A well inside Chewelah's city limits began oozing oil, setting off excitement—though one report blamed practical jokers who may have doped the well overnight.
- 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.
- After the Panic, the Woods at Elk Filled Again
A two-month shutdown ended, the planing mill was set to start, and along the Great Northern lumbermen were saying conditions looked brighter than at any time since 'the financial flurry of last year.'
- Newport Bought Its Fire Hydrants — Then Never Had Them Installed
The town paid for fire plugs in September, but the council never ordered the water company to set them. Now the work can't be done until spring — and the paper is warning that the town may pay for the delay.
- The $15,000 Orchard Gamble on Newport's South Bench
An Iowa-backed land company buys a donkey engine, clears stumps and lays out Cedar Park lots, betting Newport's bench land can become fruit country.
- The Woods Come Back to Life Around Newport
Logging camps and river drives restart, with a million feet coming down the West Branch and Victor Pierson set to run the main-river drive.
- The Colville Reservation Is Set to Be Broken Into Homesteads
A federal allotment plan would divide 1.3 million acres and assign parcels to about 2,452 Indians, opening the rest to settlement.
- Prospecting the San Juans by Sloop
Two local men set out on their annual voyage to find coal and adventure among the islands.
- A Sawmill, a Ditch and a Vision of Orchard Land at Marshall Lake
Col. X. E. Linsley brings machinery to Newport and starts the first irrigation project of its kind in the district.
- A Federal Judge Takes Away Washington's Power to Set Railroad Rates
Judge Hanford rules in Seattle that the state railroad commission cannot fix freight and fares — and Governor Mead weighs a constitutional amendment and a special session to give it back.
- Lynden Prepares for a Massive Community Picnic
A multi-band parade, athletic contests, and the installation of a giant wooden axe are set to draw a massive crowd of excursionists from Bellingham.
- A Newport Hardware Dealer Takes On the Railroad—and Reaches the State Supreme Court
H. M. Lund's suit asks whether a railroad must pay abutting property owners before running trains down a town street.
- Tragedy at Cle Elum: Twelve Tons of Dynamite Explode
A catastrophic explosion at a mining magazine claims multiple lives, including a former Lynden pioneer.
- The Mayor Won't Sign, the Railroad Can't Build, and a Saloonkeeper Sues the Town
Newport's council spends a long evening tangled in street vacations for the Idaho & Washington Northern, unsafe crossings, a disputed plat of survey monuments — and trades a lawsuit for a liquor license.
- Newport Saloonkeepers Tried to Clean Up Their Trade Before the Dry Tide Rose
A Knights of the Royal Arch organizer came to Newport to enlist local saloon men in a Colville lodge, hoping respectability could stall the growing prohibition movement.
- The Spokane Tribe's Bargain: Timber Revenue for a Forest Reserve
At the agency in Miles, tribal members agreed to set aside unallotted mountain land as a forest reserve and to open Walker's Prairie to homesteaders—if the government paid $5 an acre.
- The Original Miners: How Native Americans Discovered the Metaline's Lead Riches
Long before white prospectors staked claims, Indigenous people mined lead in the Metaline region to make bullets and slugs—and their ancient workings still dot the landscape.
- Newport's Telephone Revolution: A 600-Line Exchange Built for Growth
A Wisconsin telephone man bought out the old exchange, discarded it, and spent $11,000 to give Newport one of the most modern switchboards in the Northwest.
- The Nooksack Trek: A Local Expedition to Glacier
A group of Lynden men recount their journey into the Cascade foothills to scout for coal and game.
- 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 State Line Was Not as Solid as It Looked
A Newport property owner calls for a permanent survey of the Washington–Idaho boundary before confused surveys turn into an endless round of land litigation.
- The Wood Contractor Who Left Newport Holding the Sack
Ninian Jackson quit the Pend Oreille owing roughly $3,000 to merchants in Newport and Tweedie — and with a hundred cords of another man's wood in his wake.