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The Ground Breaking Ceremony for the new Oroville Station of the U.S. Border Patrol located south of the U.S.-Canada Port of Entry on the west side of Highway 97 took place on Tuesday, July 12. Among those participating in the shovel ceremony were the Dir

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Breaking Ground for new Border Patrol Station

OROVILLE - The Ground Breaking Ceremony for the new Oroville Station of the U.S. Border Patrol located south…

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Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune has new publisher

Sound Publishing, Washington's largest publisher of community newspapers and NCW Media Inc. of Leavenworth, the largest publisher of…

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Rumors of our death are greatly exaggerated

A fellow publisher shared a book revue with me this last week. The review appeared in the Wall…

Bertha Utt Ayers

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Bertha Utt Ayers

Bertha was born on April 24, 1927 to Ade and Iona Utt in Riverside, Wash. She was raised…

The Oroville Elementary School has received a fresh coat of paint over the summer.  Photo by Gary DeVon

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Oroville School Board passes $7.2 million budget

OROVILLE - At their Monday, July 25 meeting the Oroville School Board passed a $7,181,000 operating budget for…

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Obama claims 80 percent of Republicans support his plan

As we get closer to the dreaded deadline for increasing the Federal debt ceiling the facts are getting…

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Gertrude P. Sawtells

Gertrude P. Sawtells, age 94, of Oroville died July 13 at North Valley Extended Care in Tonasket. She…

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The economy is terrible – but it's not Obama's fault

Unemployment jumped again last month as the anemic economy refused to follow the direction of our President. According…

Margaret Martin Jennings

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Margaret Martin Jennings

Margaret Jennings died Oct. 9, 2010, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Margaret, the daughter of Thomas W. Martin and…

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Who really pays taxes

In this week's progressive opinion our leftist columnists try to make the point that it is patriotic to…

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Fatality accident, robbery over July 4th weekend

OKANOGAN COUNTY - While many people were enjoying a sunny, long Fourth of July weekend, there were some…

Photoby Gary DeVonOroville’s Community Fourthof July Fireworks Display filled th

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The insanity continues

Here's a few items of news from the last few weeks that defylogic.Building Canadian WetlandsSecretary of the Interior…