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The 2009-2010 varsity boys basketball team for the Oroville Hornets. Photo by Terry Mills

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Hornets basketball plans up tempo game

Hornet coach Carl Iverson finds himself at the helm of a smaller group of younger team players this…

The Oroville High School girls' junior varsity basketball team for the 2009-2010 season. Photo by Terry Mills.

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Everything 'new' for Lady Hornets Basketball team

OROVILLE - The Lady Hornets Basketball team has a new coach, Mike Bourn, a past Hornet himself and…

Princes Foods has been purchased by Akins Harvest Foods, an independent, family-owned grocery company in Quincy, Wash. Akins will lease the building from the Prince Family, which will continue to operate the department store. Photo by Gary DeVon

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Prince's Foods to sell to Akins Harvest Foods

OROVILLE - The owner's of Prince's Foods in Oroville announced the sale of their grocery store to Akins…

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Sidewalk project going into hibernation until spring

OROVILLE - Rod Noel, Superintendent of Public Works, told the Oroville City Council that the sidewalk pavers were…

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Whiteaker certified as election winner

It was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time as Tim Whiteaker, a…

Osoyoos Lake State Veterans Memorial Park, closed for the winter, will still be available to those wanting to book reservations in the spring and summer. A decision regarding who will get the park in a transfer from state hands will be made on June 24. Bo

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Commission won't make decision on state park transfer until summer 2010

OROVILLE - While it's back to square one on the decision as to who will get Osoyoos Lake…

Submitted photoLa Mar and Lorraine Wolley (left) have sold their interestin Oroville Transit Mix Inc. to their son Gordon and his wife Sheila. Thecompany started as a concrete business, but now is primarily a

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Oroville Transit, Inc. has new owners

OROVILLE - As of this past summer, Gordon and Sheila Wolley are the sole owners of Oroville Transit…

Photo by Gary DeVonOroville Senior Austianna Quick, a student rep to theState Board of Education, reported on a recent trip she took to Denver Coloradowith other studen

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Oroville School Board accused of meeting illegally

OROVILLE - Steve Colvin told the Oroville School Board that they were holding an illegal meeting, as there…

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Oroville looking at budget over $8 million

OROVILLE - The Oroville City Council discussed a proposed 2010 city budget of $8,024,325 at their Tuesday, Nov.…

New Oroville Postmaster Dwight Grimmer Photo by Gary DeVon

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Meet Oroville's new Postmaster

OROVILLE - New Oroville Postmaster Dwight Grimmer quietly arrived in Oroville in mid-September, marking the first change in…

Rep. Joel Kretz talks with Oroville Chamber of Commerce Members Patty Garret and Peggy Shaw following their Friday, Nov. 13 meeting in Oroville. Photo by Gary DeVon

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Seventh District's Rep. Joel Kretz talks property rights

OROVILLE - Washington State Representative Joel Kretz (R-7th District) believes Okanogan County's new Comprehensive Plan, in its current…

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Swine flu claims first victim in Okanogan County

OKANOGAN - The Okanogan County Health Department confirms the first H1N1 flu-related death in the county occurred in…

Naomi Peters moves the ball across the field in a home match against Bridgeport last Thursday. The Hornets lost after two sudden-death tie-breakers after regulation play. Photo by Gary DeVon

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Oroville loses a heart-breaker to Bridgeport

OROVILLE - After two sudden-death tie breakers failed to determine a winner, the Oroville Hornets lost to the…