letters to the editor

Property Tax Relief

By Huckleberry Press / April 15, 2022 /

somewhere in the neighborhood of $9000. You can’t buy a used pickup that runs for that price today. Over the years I bought another house, got transferred and managed to buy another. All those years I paid the property taxes, which supported the schools and the streets. My wife and I now have a small place that may be our last. We have a fixed income and because the housing market has gone mad and sales prices are so high, the values go up and so do the taxes.

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Wilbur’s Welcome

By Huckleberry Press / April 15, 2022 /

I were headed for Wilbur after a beautiful night camping in the channeled scablands near Twin Lakes. Everything had gone fine up until now.

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Land Use Regulations

By Huckleberry Press / February 13, 2017 /

by Stevens Country Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen   Some time ago, I had a visit from some folks who own land in Stevens County. The land had been an old home site many…

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Voluntary Stewardship Program

By Huckleberry Press / November 3, 2016 /

by Property Rights Rep. for the Stevens County VSP Voting Board, Rene’ Holaday If you have not heard of the Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP), and you participate in any form…

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Government Land Management

By Huckleberry Press / March 24, 2016 /

As many know, the federal government’s management of forest land in our region is being reviewed through the formal process of plan revision. Our County Commissioners have been attentively overseeing…

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Omnibus Bill

By Huckleberry Press / January 18, 2016 /

I would urge voters to go to PBS.org/Frontline and watch the 45 minute video “Escaping ISIS”. It documents what ISIS does to non-believers and that women, as young as 9…

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Hardworking, Honest Contractors

By Huckleberry Press / August 27, 2015 /

I would like to give some accolades to two contractors I had do work for me the past couple of months. First is Eric Hovde of Tamarac construction(509 680 0494).…

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Storage Unit Theft, Chewelah

By Huckleberry Press / August 23, 2015 /

Our storage unit at Chewelah Mini Storage was broken into around the end of May. The thieves even went through our boxes, tore them open and took what they wanted,…

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