In the past few weeks, law enforcement has responded to several complaints related to the presence of cattle on property not owned by the owner of the cattle. Most often the complaint is that the cattle are causing damage to the property.  The caller usually wants someone to do something so this does not happen […]

Last week there were two jury trials in District Court.  One trial was a DUI and the other was Burning without a Permit. The DUI case arose out of a traffic stop in January of 2012.  Washington State Trooper Mark Hyer testified that he stopped a vehicle traveling at 108 MPH between Colville and Kettle […]

Not long ago, the Justice Department of the Federal Government called for widespread prison reform at the federal level.  This is partly the result of the dramatic increase of prisoners in federal facilities with very long drug related sentences.  This has gained some attention in the media and leads some persons to automatically assume Washington […]

Last week marked the end of at two-week civil trial in which Stevens County was one of the defendants. The trial was held in Spokane before a jury made up of people from Spokane County. This is a common practice when a county is involved in a lawsuit. The other defendant was a local logging […]