Tribal member now on state outdoor recreation board

The Colville Tribes now have a member on Washington state's Recreation and Conservation Funding Board, which awards about $250 million in grants every two years.

Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Okanogan resident Henry Hix, who is the chief of natural resource enforcement for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, a Jan. 23 press release from the state's Recreation and Conservation Office s...