Out of the Past: 01/27/2026

100 Years Ago—

Colville will vote on Saturday, Feb. 13, to decide the matter of a new high school building for District 5. If passed, the new high school will be located on Elm Street between 1^st and 2^nd Avenue.

F.A. Hart of Spokane, age 70, the country’s best known “fiddler,” will lead the orchestra at the old-time dance at K.P. Hall, Marcus, Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Werner of Colville will accompany on piano and traps. Tickets are $1.

M.B. Dallas, local Dodge Bros. dealer, reports a reduction in price of Dodge cars, effective Feb. 1. The new price delivered in Colville for the standard touring car is $965, a drop of $10.

75 Years Ago—    

Don’t pour gasoline, oil, or cleaning solvent into the city sewer system, city officials asked this week.

Help from friends and relatives of Stevens County men and women in the armed forces is being urgently requested by the Statesman-Examiner. In order to make the newspaper more complete, we are asking you folks at home to tell us of the doings of those in the service.

50 Years Ago—  

Western Nuclear Inc. hopes to start construction on its uranium mining and milling operation on the Spokane Indian Reservation near Wellpinit in southern Stevens County April 1.

Boise Cascade officially began operations this week at Avey Bros. Lumber Company after recently purchasing the mill operations from Pack River.

In celebration of America’s Bicentennial, the Colville TV Cable Co. is offering a 76-cent hook up special from Feb. 9 until Feb. 13. This special covers the cost of installation of the cable system and the first month’s service.

25 Years Ago—

Hale’s Ale of Seattle, the northwest’s third oldest microbrewery, began distributing its handcrafted ales throughout the entire state of Oregon for the first time beginning Jan. 1. The brewery, founded in 1983 in Colville by microbrewing patriarch Mike Hale, built its long-standing reputation in Washington state by brewing full-flavored, handcrafted English-style ales. 

Low stream flow and snowpack conditions in the western United States and Canada are causing the annual drawdown of Lake Roosevelt to happen earlier than normal.

10 Years Ago—

The city of Colville is ready to move forward on the next phase of the Hawthorne Street project. The goal of this three-phase project is to completely reconstruct Hawthorne, from Highway 395 to the intersection of Miner Street.

KETTLE FALLS—Woodland Theatre Productions, Kettle Falls, presents “The Addams Family,” a smash hit musical comedy that brings the darkly delirious world of the Addams to spooky and spectacular life.