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The International Weight Pull Association has started their 2011-2012 season on September 1st. The first pull for our region is scheduled for the weekend of September 24th and 25th. This year is a great year to start learning what some people...

The Elodea weed epidemic that has been taking over the upper portions of Lake Spokane reached a crescendo in August, with calls flooding in and on-site visits by LSA board members confirming that something needed to be done. A narrowing of the river...

Before I jump into our subject this week, Freddie Mac reports that all interest rates (fixed rate and adjustable rate loans) have reached all-time low points. If rates hold or lower further it might...

On Saturday, September 17 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Stevens County Fire District 1 will have boots in hand as they kick-off their annual Fill-the-Boot fundraising campaign for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Firefighters will be stationed at the...

Volunteers from Suncrest Family Worship Center Paint Cornerstone Baptist Church There was quite a buzz going on last week at the Cornerstone Baptist Church in Nine Mile Falls.  With the help of...

In 2005 it was made known that 4000 acres of Washington State Department of Natural Resource Trust lands in the southern part of Stevens County would be going up for sale to possibly build a huge...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot I totally agree with Ms. Eliot, autumn is delicious. I've often felt it was more like the start of the...

If you are overweight, then daily walking may not dramatically decrease your blood pressure. The healthy benefits that walking has on the blood vessels of a normal weight person may be lost on the overweight individual. In general terms this means th...

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Contributing to a 401(k) or other employee-sponsored retirement plan, opening an IRA and rebalancing one's investment portfolio regularly are but three ways in which investors can ring in National Save for Retirement Week, says Jim Hayes, an Edward...

UnderSheriff Webb will be at Lakeside COP SHOP September 21st from 2:00-7:00 pm to issue concealed weapons permits or to answer your questions. The first day of school was a fun day for the...

Stevens County Fire Districts 1 & 2, Spokane and Lincoln counties announced that the Fire Danger has been raised to Very High. Please be careful and remember a burn ban is in effect July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011 on all forest lands under...