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Many commercial sites to be your portal into Northeast Washington. Most
are generic and without roots in Northeast Washington. Here are
some sites that have been developed locally and stay current with the area.
 Events:
The widest range of events and most extensive listing of local events is
available through UpperColumbia.net.
Unique calendar software allows this site to integrate calendars maintained by
diverse organizations such as golf courses, the Park Service and chambers of
commerce. Events can be filtered by categories such as recreation, art and
education. Look to this site not only to see what is going on, but to plan
events for your groups with the least amount of conflict. If you host a
large number of events, consider getting your own calendar to integrate with
this one.
 Small
Businesses drive the economy of Northeast Washington and
Idaho. For Northeast Washington, the most actively maintained source of
information on local business is StevensCounty.biz. With an actively maintained database of over 1700
businesses, churches, governments and groups in Northeast Washington, searching
this site gives you the best chance of finding what you are looking for.
Stories:
A good source of articles and stories about recreation, health, music and local
history is the North Columbia
Monthly. They also have a comprehensive listing of regular meetings
for clubs and a wide range of events.
Lodging:
This is not a comprehensive list, but if you are looking for a place to stay
around Colville, look at our lodging
map (PDF).
Food:
Again this is not comprehensive, but a good map of
restaurants in Colville (PDF).
Wine: The only
commercial winery in the area is China Bend.
There are however a good number of vineyards, including a small one here next to
the office.
Slow Food:
For a number of reasons including great taste, sustainability, better health and
sanity, we advocate local, organic seasonal food. A major advocate of Slow
Food is the Quillisascut Farm
School.
and cheese factory. To learn more about the slow food movement in general,
check out Slow Food USA.
Links:
Here are some quick links to Chambers of Commerce,
Schools, Hospitals and Recreation.
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