Ferry County View

04/09/2026

Correction

An article in this week’s edition incorrectly stated the hours of a power outage planned for Friday, April 10. The outage will affect Ferry County residents north of the Highway 21 North and West Curlew Lake Road intersection, including Malo, Curlew, Danville, the Job Corps area and beyond to Marias Creek. The outage will in fact take place 9 a.m. until approximately 1 p.m.

03/10/2026

High Wind Watch issued by National weather service for Wednesday, March 11-Thursday, March 12: t
Tree damage and power outages possible. Winds forecast to reach 25-40 MPH with gusts 50-65 MPH

Ferry County's alert system just sent out this alert from the National Weather Service.

Class 1 huricane winds are from 74 to 95 MPH.

Secure loose objects and be prepared for travel delays and power outages.

12/17/2025

“The Voice of Christmas”

[We regret the following announcement was inadvertently omitted from our Dec. 17 edition.]

MALO – Country Life Crier will present “The Voice of Christmas” at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21 at Malo Grange. The program features the real story of Christmas, as well as carol singing accompanied by guitar, piano and flute. Refreshments will be served.

05/23/2025

The Ferry County Engineer has announced that absolutely no foot traffic will be permitted on the historic Curlew Bridge at this time. The inspectors report that followed a February truck accident has apparently been received by the county engineer, and this was the result.
Ferry County Public Works was attempting to acquire signage that announces the closure to vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the bridge. The Sheriff's Office is also looking into the matter.
A Memorial Day ceremony had been scheduled to take place on the bridge Monday morning.
No further information is available at this time about that event being moved.

10/18/2024

Listen to the audio recording of last night's BPW Ferry County General Election Candidate Forum at https://youtu.be/Pn6MBLpEBE8 .

Candidates for county commissioner, Superior Court judge and District Court judge offer statements and answer questions at Republic Elementary School Thursda...

10/08/2024

Join us Thursday, October 17 for our 2024 General Election Candidates' Forum.

Attendees: all candidates for District Court Judge, all candidates for Superior Court Judge, and all candidates for both County Commissioner positions.

See the attached poster for details.

07/26/2024

This morning's update on the Swawilla Fire from the IMT and tribal officials said:
Even with the favorable change in the weather, forecasting models still indicate a chance that the fire will reach the town of Keller, push towards the Cache Creek Road, and impact the Buffalo Lake area. For this reason, evacuations remain in place. Community leaders are regularly evaluating these orders with the incident management team. The team appreciates the community’s patience with this process.
An evacuation center is open at the Lake Roosevelt High School gym in Coulee Dam. The shelter at the Paschal Sherman Indian School in Omak is full. Keller Ferry is open only for limited service to assist with evacuations.
Also, Ferry County Fairgrounds is available for evacuees and livestock. There are trailer hook ups for power and water. We will utilize the Carousel Building and Red Barn for additional shelter. If you are heading to the Fairgrounds give us a call at any hour so we can assist.
Brian 509-207-0537, Cynda 509-207-9128

07/25/2024

As of 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, because of the Swawilla Fire the Keller area was put in a Level 3 (Go Now) evacuation order, according to the incident management team and tribal officials. The Keller Ferry was put into limited operation over night to assist with evacuation.

EVACUATION LEVEL 3 - Town of KellerJuly 24th, 2024 7:30PMLevel 3 evacuation is now in effect from Empire Creek Road (Hwy 21 - MP120) to Silver Creek Road on Highway 21 this includes the town of Keller.

At 1:42 p.m. Wednesday afternoon the IMT and tribal officials made this announcement:
Attention Residents of Peter Dan Road, McGinnis Lake, Reynolds Resort, Belvedere, and Seatons Grove.
Due to increased fire danger from Swawilla Fire, the current Level 2 evacuations status for your area is now elevated to LEVEL 3

07/24/2024

The Colville Business Council in an emergency proclamation closed numerous roads in the area of the Swawilla Fire this afternoon (July 24). They include roads going west from State Highway 21 south of Cache Creek Road, all roads going south off Cache Creek Road, all roads going east of State Highway 155 to Cache Creek Road.

07/23/2024

Wildland firefighters are responding to the third fire that seems to have started during yesterday's thunderstorms. This one is in the Mt. Elizabeth area. It was spotted by a helicopter a little while ago. Yesterday they responded to a fire in the Karamip Road area that was also spotted from a helicopter. That fire, the Belcher Fire, is listed as controlled. Last night an observer spotted a fire in the area near Goodrich Road and Empire Lakes Road. There are units at that scene now. It's called the Lake Butte fire and is listed at 2 acres.

07/23/2024

From Northern Rockies Complex Incident Management Team 6 and the Colville Tribes:

Because of the Bridge Creek Fire, Bridge Creek Road will remained closed today (July 23rd, 2024) due to fire activity along the road. Please avoid the area and keep our wildland firefighting crews safe.