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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

Business

CNC BuyBack Center opens near Oroville

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

News

Garlic Festival, quilt show and Chesaw Hot August Nights this weekend

OROVILLE - There's lots to do in the North County before the kids head back to school as…

A graph showing new construction values over the past two decades. Source: Okanogan County Assessor's Office

Business

Methow Valley continues to lead in new construction, Oroville next

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

News

Garlic Festival and Chesaw Hot August Nights coming

OROVILLE - There's lots to do in the North County before the kids head back to school as…

News

Oroville will make improvements to Ironwood and Fir

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

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

News

Tumbleweed brings three nights of short films to Osoyoos

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

Schools

Oroville School Board approves $1.2 million capital levy

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

Henry "Hank" Rawson

News

Henry ' Hank' Rawson elected to Superior Court seat

OKANOGAN - Okanogan County has a new Superior Court Judge in Henry "Hank" Rawson, who won a winner-takes-all…

News

Environmental groups appeal Ecology permit for Enloe Dam project

OROVILLE - This week several national, state and local environmental groups appealed a decision by the state Department…

Opinion

Seems to be no love for the roundabout

Seems to be no love for the roundabout I hadn't even heard a roundabout was one of the…

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor, August 16, 2012

Adopt a Fair Tax Dear Editor, Fellow Americans, there's been a proposal before Congress for over a decade…

Brian Tanzman at the Similkameen Trailhead in Oroville. Tanzman is hiking the 1200 mile Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail and Oroville is the halfway point. He spent a few days resting up at the Camaray Motel before continuing his journey up the Sim

Sports & Outdoors

Take a hike

OROVILLE - Brian Tanzman, just back from hiking 2,000 miles in New Zealand, decided he'd like to try…

Travis Loudon is given the oath of office as the Oroville School Board's newest director at the Monday, July 30 meeting. Photo by Gary DeVon

News

Travis Loudon newest member of Oroville School Board

OROVILLE - Travis Loudon, a 2001 graduate of Oroville High School, was chosen to fill the remaining empty…