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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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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.
    ‘Once Upon A Time’ theme for 88th Oroville...
    By Gary DeVon • May 12, 2022 1:30 am

    Grand Parade starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday

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    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>
    Okanogan man confesses to killing Oroville woman, booked...
    By Gary DeVon • April 17, 2022 1:30 am

    OROVILLE – An Okanogan man was arrested Saturday evening, April 16, for the murder of a Siri Zosel, 46, from Oroville.

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    Okanogan County’s two-week Incident Rate dropped steadily throughtout March.
    COVID-19: County’s two-week Incident Rate drops below 100
    By Gary DeVon • April 5, 2022 1:30 am

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

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    Okanogan County Sheriff's Office
    Deaths of Omak couple being investigated as homicides
    By Gary DeVon • February 17, 2022 1:30 am

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

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    Vaccinations rates in Okanogan County by zip code
    COVID-19: Two-week Incident Rate skyrockets in Okanogan County
    By Gary DeVon • January 24, 2022 1:30 am

    Free at-home test kits available from Washington state

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    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.
    COVID-19: Another death, Incident Rate nears 1000/100K
    By Gary DeVon • January 18, 2022 1:30 am

    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
    Hornets, 5-4 overall, in the hunt for their...
    By Gary DeVon • January 11, 2022 1:30 am

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

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    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.
    National Weather Service issues extreme weather warning
    By Gary DeVon • December 27, 2021 1:30 am

    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...
    By Gary DeVon • December 13, 2021 1:30 am

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

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    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.
    October ends with COVID-19 Incident Rate on a...
    By Gary DeVon • November 2, 2021 1:30 am

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

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    Source:WDRS
    Number of county residents who tested postive for...
    By Gary DeVon • October 26, 2021 1:30 am

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

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    Gary DeVon/staff photo
The Oroville Depot Museum and Visitor Information Center (VIC) has closed for the season. With the border closed because of COVID-19 the number of visitors was down considerably compared to normal years Arnie Marchand, who works at the VIC and museum says he is available to take small groups through the museum by appointment.
    Closed border meant fewer visitors to Oroville’s visitor...
    By Gary DeVon • October 4, 2021 1:30 am

    Furthest visitors came from China and Kazakhstan

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    Nine more county residents claimed by virus
    By Gary DeVon • September 28, 2021 1:30 am

    Nine new deaths from COVID-19 bring the number of total fatalities in county to 53

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