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Update: Second suspect arrested in $20K robbery on Chesaw Road

Both suspects in robbery have both now been charged

Okanogan County Sheriff ‘s Deputies, the North Central Washington Special Response Team and the East Cascade SWAT Team gather in Tonasket to discuss an attempt to serve a search warrant on a Loomis man Wednesday. The attempt was made after the man, who is prohibited from owning firearms, is alleged to have fired during a dispute with neighbors in the Toats Coulee area. <em>Laura Knowlton/staff photos</em>

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Update: Home of barricaded man breached, arrest made

Law enforcement returned to the Toats Coulee home of a man wanted on assault charges and made an…

Double S Images/submitted photo Queen Darbey Carlton and her royal court, Princesses Addison Calico, Kylee Accord, Kaylee Clough and Maddie Acord welcome everyone to come to Oroville’s 88th Annual May Festival this Saturday, May 14.

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‘Once Upon A Time’ theme for 88th Oroville May Festival

Grand Parade starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday

Okanogan County Sheriff’s Deputies secure the residence of murder victim Siri Zosel last Saturday evening. Roy Rasmuseen, 70, Okanogan, was booked for first degree murder in what Sheriff Tony Hawley described as a fatal domestic dispute. <em>Gary DeVon/staff photo</em>

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Okanogan man confesses to killing Oroville woman, booked on first degree murder charges

OROVILLE – An Okanogan man was arrested Saturday evening, April 16, for the murder of a Siri Zosel,…

Okanogan County’s two-week Incident Rate dropped steadily throughtout March.

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COVID-19: County’s two-week Incident Rate drops below 100

March which began with a 14-day Incident Rate of nearly 450 in 100,000, ending at just 81 in…

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Deaths of Omak couple being investigated as homicides

Man who ran from deputies is a ‘person of interest’

Vaccinations rates in Okanogan County by zip code

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COVID-19: Two-week Incident Rate skyrockets in Okanogan County

Free at-home test kits available from Washington state

This October 2021 photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine. This October 2021 photo provided by Pfizer shows kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine.

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COVID-19: Another death, Incident Rate nears 1000/100K

The 78th COVID-19 death of a county resident and a near tripling of the 14-day COVID Incident Rate.

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Hornets, 5-4 overall, in the hunt for their first league win

While the Oroville Hornet boys basketball team has an overall record of 5-4, it is still looking for…

Gary DeVon/staff photo Drifted snow piled up on the sidewalks on the east side of downtown in Oroville last Sunday. Despite the sun shining, the temperatures were in single digits during the day, dropping to much lower at night. With the added wind chill factor the temps felt well below freezing. The National Weather Service is warning of "dangerously cold temperatures" in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho this week.

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National Weather Service issues extreme weather warning

SPOKANE – The National Weather Service warns of dangerously cold temperatures throughout the region.

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More than half the county is still not fully vaccinated, says Public Health

While the county’s 14-day COVID-19 Incident Rate had been trending downward , the rate took a slight jump.

Source: WDRL This chart shows that the number of positive tests for COVID-19 were on a decline throughout October, with just a few incidents of the numbers climbing only to resume moving downward.

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October ends with COVID-19 Incident Rate on a downward trajectory

State releases report on COVID-19 in schools; vaccinations okayed in children 5-12.

Source:WDRS

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Number of county residents who tested postive for COVID-19 tops 5000

The county’s two-week Incident Rate continues to drop in October