2025 Year in Review - Statesman-Examiner, Part Two

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Across
  1. 3. WSP reported that a driver struck this animal three miles south of Loon Lake (5)
  2. 6. Type of center Colville is planning at Yep Kanum Park (10)
  3. 8. Fitness center that moved its Kettle Falls location (5)
  4. 10. The NEW Hunger Coalition was given an award for its innovative Grow Your Own _______ program (3)
  5. 12. Stevens County was named "County of the Year" in this month (4)
  6. 15. Bradley's _________ announced that the studio had been chosen for a scholarship program (9)
  7. 17. City where a hospital saw early effects of Medicaid cuts (8)
  8. 20. Serious canine illness reported in Chewelah (13)
  9. 21. Valley School District celebrated after the state accounced it earned the 2025 Board of _________ (11)
  10. 22. KFSD welding students worked on a ________ for the Stevens County Sheriff (7)
  11. 23. Acronym of the high school that won a T-Mobile award (3)
  12. 24. Rule from 2001 the Forest Service plans to reinstate (8)
  13. 25. Pet food bank, abbr., struggling with low donations in July (4)
  14. 29. State pay floor that is set to increase in WA in Jan. (7,4)
  15. 31. Ferry County's ________ Wolf pack (7)
  16. 33. Kettle Falls robotics team that advanced to the state championship (8)
  17. 35. The name of the new bookstore in Colville (7)
  18. 36. A domestic volence call escalted into a _______ south of Colville (8)
  19. 39. Word completing the name of the Floodplains by _______ program (6)
  20. 40. After more than a ________ of planning, the Colville Elks Lodge #1753 celebrated the official opening of its RV Park (6)
Down
  1. 1. Prices for this product were higher for WA residents than for anyone else in the country in Sept. (8)
  2. 2. Stevens County received funding from this state department (8)
  3. 4. After sitting vacant for ________ years, the Barman's building reopened (5)
  4. 5. Foundation that provided funds to Colville Together for a mural (7)
  5. 7. Acronym for the system that failed to process in Ferry and Stevens counties (3)
  6. 9. Type of regulations causing frustration for local business owners (7)
  7. 11. Colville Fire Department Chief's surname (6)
  8. 13. A new child care center in Colville (6,4)
  9. 14. Flexible checkout containers that will cost a dime-plus after Jan. 1 (7,4)
  10. 16. Local Mexican restaurant chain that closed in December (2,8)
  11. 18. The Stevens County __________ Office had been operating with only 50% staffing (11)
  12. 19. Valley School District broke ground on a new __________ building (abbr.) (3)
  13. 26. Celestial word in the title of a new tribal initiative (4)
  14. 27. Hunter Abell and Andrew Engell met with lawmakers from this country (6)
  15. 28. Severe dry conditions prompting SBA disaster loans in WA (7)
  16. 30. After rapid spending growth, WA officials face pressure heading into the next _____________ (6,5)
  17. 32. School district whose students excelled in Math is Cool contests (6,5)
  18. 34. New act aims at curbing reckless driving and preventing speeding-related accidents in WA (abbr.) (4)
  19. 36. Credit union with its first female president and CEO (4)
  20. 37. Number of consecutive years WA school vaccination rates have declined (4)
  21. 38. The _________ Fire was reported on July 8 on Northport-Flat Creek Rd. (4)