New owners are reviving Colville’s historic Auto-Vue theatre, Eastern Washington’s only drive-in screen

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A vehicle passing as Jurassic World Rebirth plays at Auto Vue Drive-In Theatre leaves a long-exposure light trail.

As a kid growing up in the northeast Washington town of Colville, Andrew Ross and his friends would occasionally drape themselves under a blanket in the bed of a pickup truck in an attempt to sneak into screenings at the Auto-Vue Drive-In Theatre without paying. It’s the type of low-stakes hijinks that often populate the dreamy corners of our memories.

These days Ross still sees plenty of kids trying

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