Schools Oroville Schools start year Thursday, while Tonasket Schools start after the fair Oroville Schools start year Thursday, while Tonasket Schools start after the fair

Oroville Schools start year Thursday, while Tonasket Schools start after the fair

Oroville starts school Thursday morning, while Tonasket kids, however, get to wait until the Okanogan County Fair is over.

By Laura Knowlton • August 26, 2025 12:00 pm
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Okanogan County PUD names Randy Bird as new General Manager

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election The three EMS levies ran in North County, Tonasket and City of Oroville and Oroville Rural, which the Okanogan County Commissioners discussed rerunning due to not get enough voters to have validated, have passed because they are renewals, not new levies. Lifeline photo

UPDATE: Three North County EMS levies still under review

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Oroville has been approached about a plan to build a splash pad and a request for one of it’s city parks as its location. <em>GT File Photo </em> News
Couple discusses building a splash pad in an Oroville park

Alicia and Jason Vargas appeared before the city council to discuss the possibility of adding a splash pad to one of Oroville’s parks

By Gary DeVon • August 14, 2025 12:00 pm
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NVH board highlights progress in finances and patient services

The NVH Board of Commissioners met for their regular board meeting on July 31, with all items on the agenda receiving approval.

By Laura Knowlton • August 12, 2025 12:00 pm
Oroville’s Dorothy Scott International Airport will soon have the addition of a Jet A fueling system, funded by the FFA through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, passed by Congress in 2021-2022. This will allow gas-turbine aircraft to refuel there. The airport currently only offers Aviation Gasoline (AVGAS) for fueling traditional propellor aircraft and small piston-engine airplanes. Gary De Von/GT file photo News
Oroville learns more about airport fuel and runway projects

Tim Ike, with J-U-B Engineers, gave the Oroville City Council an update on the airport fuel and runway projects at their Aug. 5 meeting.

By Gary DeVon • August 11, 2025 12:00 pm
Donna St. John, who helped deliver the old <em>Molson Leader</em> and <em>Oroville Gazette</em> issues to the Molson Schoolhouse Museum with museum volunteer Joanie Emry Raymond and Janet Barstow, manager of the Roy M. Chatters Newspaper and Printing Museum. Salley Bull/submitted photos Community
Newspaper museum returns early Molson and Oroville editions to area

Janet Barstow, of the Roy M. Chatters Newspaper and Printing Museum, delivered three boxes of historic newspapers to the Molson Museum.

By Gazette-Tribune • August 7, 2025 12:00 pm
Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove, Sen. Shelly Short and Reps. Hunter Abell and Andrew Engell, participated in a Wildfire Roundtable Discussion with representatives from the Farm Bureau, Okanogan Conservation District, Okanogan County and the PUD. Submitted photo/OKPUD News
Lands Commissioner and 7th District Reps participate in Wildfire Roundtable

Okanogan County PUD hosted a visit from 7th District legislators and Dave Upthegrove, state Commissioner of Public Lands.

By Gazette-Tribune • July 28, 2025 12:00 pm
More than 1000 fentanyl-laced pills and 25 weapons, as well as stolen property were seized after a warrant was executed at a residence on Jennings Loop Road, Oroville. The bust resulted in the arrest of two men on drug delivery and other charges. NCWNTF/GT file photo Court, Police & 911 Calls
Mexican National, arrested near Oroville, sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for drug trafficking

Esquivel-Bolanos, with ties to the Jalisco Cartel, sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking in Eastern Washington and Montana

By Gary DeVon • July 25, 2025 12:00 pm
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Healthcare leaders to speak on future of rural care in light of federal cuts

NVH is joining other local rural healthcare leaders in a community discussion on Monday, July 29, focused on how federal cuts to Medicaid.

By Laura Knowlton • July 24, 2025 12:00 pm
Plane drops retardant during the 2021 wildfire season. Laura Knowlton/GT File Photo Plane drops retardant during the 2021 wildfire season. Laura Knowlton/GT File Photo News
DNR enacts Eastern Washington Burn Ban on lands it manages

The Department of Natural Resources implemented a burn ban on Friday, July 18, on lands it manages in Eastern Washington.

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