letters to the editor
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.
Read More
I were headed for Wilbur after a beautiful night camping in the channeled scablands near Twin Lakes. Everything had gone fine up until now.
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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).…
Read More
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,…
Read More