2025 Year in Review - Statesman-Examiner, Part Two

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Across
  1. 2. Colville Fire Department Chief surname (6)
  2. 4. A domestic volence call escalted into a _______ south of Colville (8)
  3. 6. State pay floor that is set to increase in WA in Jan. (7,4)
  4. 9. The NEW Hunger Coalition was given an award for its innovative Grow Your Own _______ program (3)
  5. 12. The _________ Fire was reported on July 8 on Northport-Flat Creek Rd. (4)
  6. 13. The Stevens County __________ Office had been operating with only 50% stagging (11)
  7. 14. New act aims are curbing reckless driving and preventing future speeding-related accidents in WA (abbr.) (4)
  8. 16. Celestial word in the title of a new tribal initiative (4)
  9. 19. Ferry County's ________ Wolf pack (7)
  10. 20. Valley School District broke ground on a new __________ building (abbr.) (3)
  11. 21. Hunter Abell and Andrew Engell met with lawmakers from this country (6)
  12. 22. Serious canine illness reported in Chewelah (14)
  13. 24. A new child care center in Colville (6,4)
  14. 25. Severe dry conditions prompting SBA disaster loans in WA (7)
  15. 26. WSP reported that a driver struck this animal three miles south of Loon Lake (5)
  16. 27. Pet food bank, abbr., struggling with low donations in July (4)
  17. 29. Type of center Colville is planning at Yep Kanum Park (10)
  18. 32. Town where a hospital saw early affects of Medicaid cuts (8)
  19. 34. Type of regulations causing frustration for local business owners (7)
  20. 35. After sitting vacant for ________ years, the Barman's building reopened (5)
  21. 36. The name of the new bookstore in Colville (7)
Down
  1. 1. Prices for this product were higher for WA residents than for anyone else in the country in Sept. (8)
  2. 3. As of Sept., this company no longer offered printed ad inserts (8)
  3. 5. Number of consecutive years WA school vaccination rates have declined (4)
  4. 7. Acronym for the system that failed to process in Ferry and Stevens counties (3)
  5. 8. Stevens County received funding from this state department (8)
  6. 10. School district whose students excelled in Math is Cool contests (6,5)
  7. 11. Valley School District celebrating its acclaim after the state accounced it earned the 2025 Board of _________ (10)
  8. 15. Acronym of the high school that won a T-Mobile award (3)
  9. 17. Bradley's _________ announced that the studio had been chosen for a scholarship program (9)
  10. 18. Credit union with its first female president and CEO (4)
  11. 23. Flexible checkout containers that will cost a dime-plus after Jan. 1 (6,4)
  12. 24. Stevens County was named "County of the Year" in this month (4)
  13. 25. After more than a ________ of planning, the Colville Elks Lodge #1753 celebrated the official opening of its RV Park (6)
  14. 28. Word completing the name of the Floodplains by _______ program (6)
  15. 30. Type of rule from 2001 the Forest Service plans to reinstate (8)
  16. 31. Foundation that provided funds to Colville Together for a mural (7)
  17. 33. Number of months early a Colville housing project was completed (5)