Stevens County News

Downed trees and power lines from last Thursday's windstorm that created winds in excess of 50-miles-per-hour sparked 30 to 40 fires and consumed five buildings, including two in the Barstow area.

Washington State Fish and Wildlife officials have confirmed a wolf was found dead in June on State Highway 291 near Tum Tum in Stevens County.

Thirty to 40 fires ignited when high winds roll through region BY CHRIS COWBROUGH S-E Editor High winds slammed into Northeast Washington last Thursday afternoon, downing trees and starting fires that kept ...

Fire crews have the fire burning near Kettle Falls 15 percent contained as of Saturday morning.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle correspondent The Doyle Complex fire in Ferry and Stevens counties has destroyed two home in the Barstow area and was 15 percent contained as of Saturday morning, July 11, according ...

A state of emergency has been declared in Ferry County, where a fire is burning on both sides of Highway 395.

STEVENS CO., Wash - High winds downed power lines all over the Inland Northwest on Thursday, including areas in Stevens County where those lines sparked numerous wildfires.

After failing to find his missing deaf and blind dog, Jim Gibbard is escorted away from his burning house at 9700 E. 24th Ave.

Crews from the state Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service continued to battle a 600-acre fire on the Stevens and Ferry County border Friday afternoon.

The winds knocked out power to about 6,000 homes in the northeast Washington city, Avista Corp.

New wildfires pushed by strong winds burned three homes in a wooded area of suburban Spokane Valley late Thursday, and other homes were being evacuated.

Members of a Stevens County dive team are at Red Lake near Tum Tum where a vehicle has gone into the water.

The Washington State Patrol and the Spokane County Dive Team say a vehicle may have crashed into Red Lake in Stevens County.

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash.- Firefighters are mopping up a wildfire that burned a small area northeast of Whitworth University overnight and into Tuesday morning.

The annual Stevens County Cattleman's Trail Ride will take place on Saturday, June 28 beginning at 9 a.m. The starting point will be near the Meadow Lake Campground, 19 miles north of Colville.

Firefighters are on the scene of a building fire in Chewelah, WA that started around 12:20 a.m. Thursday.

Stevens County Fire Dispatch confirms that multiple fire units are responding to a fully involved structure fire at a two story building near the intersection of 3rd & Webster in Chewelah.

An apartment fire broke out early Thursday morning in Chewelah, just north of Spokane.

Fire crews worked through Friday evening to clean up after a debris and brush fire in Stevens County near SR 291.

Crews contain wildfire near Long Lake Updated: STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. - Firefighters say they've established a line of containment around a 1.5-acre fire off Highway 291 near Corkscrew Canyon.