Thomas Jim Allard passed away on April 11, 2025, at the age of 90. Jim was born on May 23, 1934, in Okanagan County.
Washington Department of Veterans Affairs: A new partnership with the Colville Confederated Tribes to support veterans and their families
Bills addressing wolf population growth and establishing an appeals process for burn permit violation are heading to the governor’s desk.
Keith Huckvale, 66, died April 2, 2025 in Oroville, Wash. He was born in Mt. Kisco, NY to Marie and Sydney Huckvale on July 16, 1959.
Judy (Jewel) McCalester, 85, died on March 23, 2025. She was born Aug. 20, 1939 in Honolulu, Hawaii and moved to Tonasket, Wash. in 1995.
The Colville National Forest announced April 16 that it is beginning prescribed fire operations on the Tonasket, Republic, Three Rivers and Newport Ranger Districts.
Roger Lowell Sawyer died on March 25, 2025. He was born in Inglewood, Calif. on Aug. 20, 1955, he moved to Oroville in 1961.
Dana Louise Kernan (McCoy) was born April 28, 1970 in Bothell, Washington to Dennis Richard “Rick” and Peggy Kernan.
Tonasket School District will be sponsoring the Summer Food Service Program with free meals for children up to age 18.
Our Mr. Matsura, a documentary about the Japanese frontier photographer who adopted the Okanogan as his home, will have free screenings.
‘Hank’ the blue heron, a new mural inspired by the natural beauty of the Okanogan Highlands, is located outside the Tonasket Natural Foods Co-Op.
Three WVC students, Micah Lee, Keira Martinez-Pinargote and Charlee Buchert, were named to the 2025 All-Washington Academic Team.
NORTH COUNTY – Oroville and Tonasket have both planned Spring Clean-ups for their communities in April.
