OPINION: Thank the EPA for efforts to protect health, environment

Back-to-back letters to the editor attacking the Environmental Protection Agency as one of the main causes of all the country’s problems leave me little choice but to respond.  

Boulders block tracks: Line near West Glacier reopened after four hours

No trains were damaged or derailed when several large boulders fell onto the BNSF Railway tracks about two miles east of West Glacier at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Washington fire grows slightly

ENTIAT, Wash. (AP) — A wildfire burning grass, brush and scattered timber in central Washington has grown by about 2 square miles, but officials reported good progress in protecting homes in the area.

New council members, mayor sworn in tonight

The Daily Inter Lake

Two boys arrested for damage

MOSES LAKE - Two 13-year-old boys were arrested in Moses Lake Sunday afternoon after allegedly causing more than $100,000 worth of damage to Hochstatter Electric.

4 more hurt at risky Mattawa intersection

MATTAWA - Four more people were injured Friday at the dangerous west entrance to Mattawa, which is scheduled for massive safety improvement by sometime next year.

Plane burns after hard landing

ROYAL CITY - A Royal Flying Service crop dusting airplane burned early Tuesday morning after making a hard landing on the side of Highway 26 near the Royal Golf Course.

Police Blotter: Nov. 14 - 15

Inspectors find more boats transporting invasive species into Montana

Montana watercraft inspection stations have intercepted 13 boats carrying invasive mollusks into the state this year. As of May 30, inspectors have caught 12 boats with invasive zebra or quagga mussels and one boat with red rim melania snails attached to watercraft.

Thunberg criticizes Danes for dumping wastewater into strait

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg lashed out at authorities in the Danish capital on Wednesday because Copenhagen has for the last six years pumped large amounts of wastewater into the strait separating Sweden and Denmark.

Law roundup: Woman blames missing mail on ‘mafia’

A woman wanted the Kalispell Police Department to document a story involving missing debit cards, missing mail and the “Russian mafia.”

Looking Back for Aug. 11

Looking Back for Aug. 11

SLSD brings in more than $1,000 at surplus sale

SOAP LAKE - During the Soap Lake School District school board meeting Monday night, Superintendent Kim Casey announced to the board that they raised more than $1,000 in their surplus sale on Saturday. “It was really good,” said Casey to the board. “I think it was good for the community to see what we’re doing, it was good for the publicity and to help those that maybe needed something.” Casey explained to the board that while all the items were priced at five cents to one dollar, a lot of people when purchasing their items, would round up or tell the staff at the cash table to keep the change of whatever bill they were given...

BOCC approves exhaust fan for SCSO

The saga of Wallace’s fifty-year-old public safety building, which houses the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), Shoshone County Jail, and driver’s license office, continues.

Calvin L. Mischke, 75

Cal cashed in his winning ticket, walking the golden staircase on Wednesday evening Jan. 26, 2022, at Logan Health Medical Center.

Michael J. Mabe

Michael J. Mabe, 72, passed away on Aug. 23, 2021, from complications of COVID-19.

A snowball's chance for 'Let It Snow' campaign

Free diamonds if it snows 4 inches at Spokane Airport today

Let It Snow today

A snowball's chance for 'Let It Snow' campaign

Free diamonds if it snows 4 inches at Spokane Airport today

Let It Snow today

Spring cleaning means work for Moses Lake’s wood chipper

MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake residents took advantage of a city offer to help with spring cleaning and dropped off more than 100 pickup loads of branch and tree trimmings, dead branches and other yard debris last week. City employees finished the job Monday morning by feeding the branches and sticks into the city’s wood chipper.

Fish and Game want help solving elk poaching case near Blanchard

Fish and Game police are still looking for the poachers who killed and left to waste an elk and a deer last month near Blanchard, according to Idaho Fish and Game.