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    Articles by Gary DeVon
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    Gary DeVon is the managing editor of the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and celebrated his 25th year at the newspaper in August 2012. He graduated from Gonzaga University with a degree in Communications - Print Journalism, with an emphasis in photojournalism. He is a proud alumnus of Oroville High School. His family first settled in Okanogan County in the late 1800s. His parents are Judy DeVon and the late Larry DeVon and he has two younger brothers - Dante and Michael. Many family members still call Oroville home. He has a grown daughter, Segornae Douglas and a young granddaughter, Erin.
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    Fish kill in Lake Osoyoos due to high water temps
    Fish kill in Lake Osoyoos due to high...
    By Gary DeVon • August 30, 2012 5:07 pm

    OROVILLE – The most likely cause of the many dead fish reported in Lake Osoyoos is due to the high…

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    Film festival cofounders Mo Fine and Geoff Klein address film goers at the Tumbleweed International Film Festival held Aug. 16 to 18 at the NK'MIP Desert Cultural Center. Photos by Gary DeVon
    Tumbleweed Film Festival rolled north to Osoyoos
    By Gary DeVon • August 30, 2012 4:43 pm

    OSOYOOS, B.C. – Fresh from its success at the third annual Tumbleweed International Film Festival in Oroville, in early August,…

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    Oroville's Interim Critical Areas Ordinance extended
    Oroville's Interim Critical Areas Ordinance extended
    By Gary DeVon • August 30, 2012 4:37 pm

    OROVILLE – Concurring on the need to incorporate changes suggested by the state Department of Ecology, the Oroville City Council…

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    Peggy Jean Kernan

    After a short illness, Peggy Jean (Hicks) Kernan, 66, passed away August 21, 2012 in Trail, BC with her daughters,…

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    Letters to the Editor, August 23, 2012
    Letters to the Editor, August 23, 2012
    By Gary DeVon • August 23, 2012 4:21 pm

    Tough decisions at NVH Dear Editor, To the community: North Valley Hospital continues to struggle with paying its debt to…

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    Chris Celli loads scrap metal into a container that will be trucked to the coast and loaded on ships for reuse elsewhere. Celli buys several types of scrap metal at his CNC BuyBack Center, just south of Oroville on SR97. Photo by Gary DeVon
    CNC BuyBack Center opens near Oroville
    By Gary DeVon • August 23, 2012 4:16 pm

    OROVILLE – Chris Celli has opened CNC BuyBack Center, a scrap metal and salvaging business, just south of Oroville at…

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    Garlic Festival, quilt show and Chesaw Hot August Nights this weekend
    Garlic Festival, quilt show and Chesaw Hot August...
    By Gary DeVon • August 23, 2012 4:15 pm

    OROVILLE – There’s lots to do in the North County before the kids head back to school as the Okanogan…

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    A graph showing new construction values over the past two decades. Source: Okanogan County Assessor's Office
    Methow Valley continues to lead in new construction,...
    By Gary DeVon • August 23, 2012 3:49 pm

    OKANOGAN – The Methow Valley School District represented nearly one-third of the value of all new construction in Okanogan County,…

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    Garlic Festival and Chesaw Hot August Nights coming
    Garlic Festival and Chesaw Hot August Nights coming
    By Gary DeVon • August 16, 2012 4:15 pm

    OROVILLE – There’s lots to do in the North County before the kids head back to school as the Okanogan…

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    Oroville will make improvements to Ironwood and Fir
    Oroville will make improvements to Ironwood and Fir
    By Gary DeVon • August 16, 2012 4:14 pm

    OROVILLE – Oroville will do an overlay of portions of Ironwood and Fir Streets under a state Transportation Improvement Board…

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    Seattle filmmakers Geoff  Klein (left) and Mo Fine (right) and friends relax at the Globe at Veranda Beach Resort following the first night of the Tumbleweed Film Festival in Oroville earlier this month. The two bring their festival to Osoyoos this weeken
    Tumbleweed brings three nights of short films to...
    By Gary DeVon • August 16, 2012 4:08 pm

    OSOYOOS, BC – The Tumbleweed International Film Festival rolls north to Osoyoos, B.C. for three consecutive nights of short films…

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    Oroville School Board approves $1.2 million capital levy
    Oroville School Board approves $1.2 million capital levy
    By Gary DeVon • August 16, 2012 3:53 pm

    OROVILLE – The Oroville School Board approved a three-year capital improvement levy of $1,200,129 to put a new roof on…

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    Henry "Hank" Rawson
    Henry ' Hank' Rawson elected to Superior Court...
    By Gary DeVon • August 16, 2012 3:47 pm

    OKANOGAN – Okanogan County has a new Superior Court Judge in Henry “Hank” Rawson, who won a winner-takes-all primary vote…

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