By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Anti-smelter watchdog groups are urging interested parties to keep an eye on Pend Oreille County as the Planning Commission continues to work on its 2020 …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Citizen groups opposed to the Newport, Wash., silicon smelter have announced they will appeal to the Washington Supreme Court in a case against the Pend …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Division III Court of Appeals in Washington state released an opinion April 21 affirming the legality of the sale of land from the Public …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Board of County Commissioners in Pend Oreille County, Wash., denied a Comprehensive Plan amendment Dec. 9 that would have expanded uses on parcels zoned …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
PacWest, the company behind the proposed silicon smelter in Newport, Wash., will present at a Lakes Commission meeting March 28 in Priest River.
The meeting, …
By Susan Drumheller
Reader Contributor
Hundreds of people turned out to raise heartfelt, serious questions about plans for a silicon smelter in Newport Wednesday evening, challenging Washington State regulators to …
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