Curlew News

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff CURLEW - The Husky Antique Car and Truck Museum will host its annual open house and swap meet Saturday, June 27.

Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 4:15 p.m. PDT Road work expected to cause delays in Ferry County By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff REPUBLIC - Motorists along Ferry County highways will experience some delays because of road work.

Posted: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 10:23 a.m. PDT Trail committee ponders trespassers By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff REPUBLIC - Ferry County's new trail committee May 20 discussed trespassers on the abandoned rail bed between Torboy and Danville.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle Staff REPUBLIC - Two ongoing studies could lead to public transportation in Ferry County, county commissioners learned May 18.

Posted: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 10:57 a.m. PDT Spring blazes keep firefighters busy By Brenda Starkey Chronicle correspondent REPUBLIC - It's been an early spring for area firefighters.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle correspondent REPUBLIC - Ferry County commissioners appointed nine members of a new Recreational Trail Committee April 27.

A salesman is missing in Ferry County, and the Sheriff's Office is asking for information that helps find him Gregory Johnson, 48, was last seen near Curlew around 11 a.m. Monday, according to a news release.

The Ferry county Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to locate a missing Spokane man.

As road construction gets going for the 2009 season, officials in Spokane Valley want motorists to know that one of the largest street projects in the area is occurring along the heart of commercial Sprague Avenue.

As road construction gets going for the 2009 season, officials in Spokane Valley want motorists to know that one of the largest street projects in the area is occurring along the heart of commercial Sprague Avenue.

Posted: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 9:43 a.m. PDT Cocaine found in jail likely brought in by construction workers By Brenda Starkey Chronicle correspondent REPUBLIC - Cocaine discovered in a break room at the Ferry County Jail probably was brought in by construction workers.

The state Department of Transportation has lifted an emergency speed limit reduction on state Highway 21 from the Curlew State Park entrance to Kettle River Road.

"I'm a swimmer, but not that good a swimmer." - 98-year-old Margaret Beaucage , explaining why she followed a recommendation to evacuate her nursing home in Fargo, N.D., which was bracing for record flooding on the Red River.

Spokane police could double as dog catchers under a scenario being contemplated by some city leaders.

Spokane police could double as dog catchers under a scenario being contemplated by at least some city leaders.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle correspondent REPUBLIC - Both Ferry County school levies appear to have passed, according to unofficial results from the county auditor's office.

Robert "Bob" M. Thyberg of Moscow passed away Jan. 12, 2009, at Aspen Park Healthcare.