Kettle Falls man says backpack bomb suspect lived with him as a teen

03/11/11 KETTLE FALLS, WA -- Kevin Harpham remains a household name in Stevens County following his arrest on Wednesday. One man in Kettle Falls says Harpham actually lived with his family for a short while. Sam Rickard says when Harpham was a Sophomore in high school he went out drinking and his dad made him sleep out in the yard for about a month. So Rickard let Harpham stay at his home with his family ...

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Bodies believed to be those of former Republic girl and stepfather

04/30/11 REPUBLIC - Two bodies, believed to be those of a former Republic girl and her stepfather, were discovered Thursday, April 28, south of Kettle Falls. Alora Smith, 15, and Jason O. Lykke, 32, were reported missing at 4:39 p.m. April 26 by Jennifer Lykke, Smith's mother.

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Task-force sweep nabs 174 suspects

06/25/11 Two Spokane women wanted on federal counterfeit-money charges, an Oregon resident sought on a strangulation warrant and a New Mexico fugitive working at a mixed martial-arts center in Kettle Falls: Those are among the 174 suspects throughout Eastern Washington arrested this past week in a sweep conducted by the Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force.

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