Wellpinit News

Carolyn Kellogg talks with Sherman Alexie . The author of the bestselling 2007 young adult novel 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' Alexie is a Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian.

Colville, Clarkston at Riverside; Curlew, Republic, Springdale, St. Michael's at Wellpinit; St.

Othello Richards, KREM.com Blessing, was rescued and nursed back to health She is one of 30 neglected horses rescued in Steven's County late last year; almost all of them have new homes.

The Porcupine Bay Recreational area on Lake Roosevelt will likey be closed until Friday after a landslide that caused some damage.

A landslide across Porcupine Bay in Lincoln County created huge waves in the Spokane River that hurt two children swimming in the water Tuesday afternoon.

Norman "Griz" Ford called "I love you, son" to his 3-year-old as he left a federal courtroom Thursday to serve a 17i 1/2-year prison sentence for his part in the murder of Gary Flett Jr.

If you must visit the Midnite Mine site in Stevens County, don't spend a lot of time there.

Military YAHOO! Funeral for Guardsman From Port Orchard Set for Wednesday Spc. Samuel Stone PORT ORCHARD - A funeral service for a Port Orchard soldier who died in Iraq on May 31 will be Wednesday afternoon.