Celebrating 51 Years as the Statesman Examiner! Statesman Examiner The Statesman-Index was the forerunner of the print media presence in Colville. The old Index hit the dusty streets of Colville in 1896 The newspaper briefly closed from 1933 to 1937. In 1907, Colville's growing newspaper readership had another newspaper. The Colville Examiner made the young community a two newspaper town before the Index and Examiner merged in 1948 to form the Statesman Examiner. 220 South Main PO Box 271 Colville WA . (509) 684-4567 statesmanexaminer.com Celebrating 123 Years!