Election coverage

Since neither the state nor county produce a voter's pamphlet that covers local races, the Ferry County View will be publishing a voter's guide and mailing it for free to all residents of Ferry County on October 13, the day the general election ballots are mailed by the Auditor's office. In last month's View, we invited readers to submit questions to be asked of the candidates, many of which the candidates will be answering in the voter's guide. The guide will also feature a brief description of the responsibilities and salary of each office, and if space permits we will publish election-related letters to the editor and general statements from candidates. We invite readers to submit all letters to the editor through our contact page on this website or drop them by our office at 771 S Keller St. in Republic. Letters that are not published will appear on our website.

Your business

We hope you enjoy reading the "Your Business" column each month in the View. Writer Sikander Jaad began the column with a series of instructional articles about business plans, marketing, customer service and other topics of concern to business professionals. She then embarked on a series of business profiles, interviewing local businesspeople to get their takes on the challenges and joys of doing business in Ferry County. It's important to note that while the instructional series and the interview series fall under the same "Your Business" heading, Ms. Jaad intends in the profiles to simply tell the interviewee's story without comment or critique. She continues the interview series this month with an excellent sketch of Hamilton's Shoot-N-Irons co-owner Jack Hamilton.