News across Stevens County
Salvation of the Lambs: A Case Study
By Linea Jantz In each hand, I held a warm glass bottle of formula. A lamb nursed furiously at each bottle, tails wiggling with delight. The barn was dim and smelled of last summer’s late season hay and warm milk. When the lambs finished eating, they pressed against my legs. I…
Taste Budz Review: Gordo’s Cantina Mexican Restaurant
Chewelah keeps on growing, and there is now an awesome new Mexican restaurant, Gordo’s Cantina. What we enjoyed: Tacos Placeros Carne Asada Burrito Vampiro Cocktail House Margarita Zack and I both ordered chef favorite items. I got the Tacos Placeros. They fill slightly toasted…
October 2026 – Huckleberry Press
A Tootsie Roll History
By Cassie Patton As the end of October approaches, out come the popular Halloween candies, such as Tootsie Rolls that taste like chocolate, but actually have no trace of it at all. The famous Tootsie Roll as we know it today was introduced in 1896 by Jewish Austrian immigrant,…
Is It a Collection… or Hoarding?
The last 10 years or so have seen the growth of an industry, namely storage units. They pop up like toadstools after a rain. I got curious and a bit careless in my thinking, I suppose. I was blaming other people for the phenomenon Couldn’t they curb their impulse buying? Seemed…
Sharing Our Home with Wildlife
When we are privileged to live amidst wildlife, as so many of us are here in the Inland Northwest, we have a responsibility to disturb their habitat as little as possible. Natives are taught from childhood and newcomers are expected to learn that we should observe animals from a…
Tag, You’re It
When did everybody get so old? Obviously, I don’t mean me – I’m eternally young and plan to stay that way – but everybody else in my generation and above? My resident Viking recently reported being startled by seeing a grizzled old man in the mirror, rather than the much younger…
The Many Unexpected Gifts in Passing
Oct. 2 would have been my brother Denny’s 77th birthday. Last year at this time, my sisters and I were busily preparing a birthday party for him at his assisted living facility. It would be the last time several of his best friends and some of his nieces and nephews would see…
Gov Ferguson requests federal Major Disaster Declaration for Washington wildfires
OLYMPIA — Governor Bob Ferguson on Monday, September 28, sent a letter to President Donald Trump formally requesting a federal Major Disaster Declaration following devastating wildfires in Eastern Washington. At an event in Spokane today detailing the request, Governor Ferguson…
BRIEFLY
BRI E FLYIONE – The SelPort Lumberjacks – a football team comprised of Selkirk and Northport high schools, continued to dominate Friday, when they beat Curlew 28-6 in a Northeast 1B North League game.
Panthers trade volleyball win, loss
CUSICK — The Cusick High School volleyball team traded a win and a loss last week.Cusick (2-4, 3-4) visited Northport (2-0, 5-1) Tuesday, Sept. 22, losing in three straight sets.The Panthers trailed b
Newport bests Kettle Falls on gridiron
NEWPORT — The Newport football team had another successful outing this past Friday, beating Kettle Falls 28-6 on the road. The Grizzlies are now 2-1.Newport rushed for 367 yards on 48 carries, dominat