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Gov. Jay Inslee signed a new drug law recently passed by the state legislature that aims to keep drugs illegal while attempting to force substance abusers into treatment programs.

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Gov. Inslee enacts law keeping drugs illegal in Washington state

Gov. Inslee signs drug bill that attempts to bridge gap between decriminalizing and the threat of incarceration to…

‘Captain’ Jon Avis

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Jon Ferrell Avis

Jon Ferrell Avis died May 3, 2023. He is survived by loving siblings, cousins, nieces, nephews and an…

Gov. Jay Inslee

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Gov. Inslee signs expansion of Working Families Tax Credit into law

Govenor says program is one important step to addressing ‘upside down nature’ of state’s tax system

Scott Pollock

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Scott Fitzgerald Pollock

Scott Pollock, 62, of Tonasket, Wash., died April 24, 2023 in Tonasket. He was born Nov. 29, 1960…

In a photo taken Saturday, April 22, 2023, tribal elder and storyteller Randy Lewis stands in front of the “Singing Rocks” of Moses Coulee, explaining how they absorbed the voices of his people and how those voices can still be heard – if the conditions are right. (Dominick Bonny for Crosscut)

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Washington scablands tour explores Native history, sacred sites

Colville elder Randy Lewis leads a day-long bus trip through the canyons, columns and geological structures that hold…

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Okanogan County PUD to apply for grant to bring direct fiber to Carlton area

PUD Commissioners hear highlights and challenges from the 2023 legislative session

Jay Inslee

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Political allies, opponents react to Gov. Inslee’s decision against a fourth term

Inslee is currently the longest-tenured governor in the country. First elected to the job in 2012, he subsequently…

Ronald “RC” Conner

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Ronald B. Conner

Ronald Conner died Nov, 21, 2022 in Puyallup, Wash. He was born Sept. 9, 1943 in Tonasket, Wash.…

Hilary Franz

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Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz announces run for Washington governor

Franz’s announcement follows Gov. Jay Inslee’s May 1 announcement that he would not be seeking an unprecedented fourth…

Melvin “Leroy” Rothrock

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Melvin ‘Leroy’ Rothrock

Melvin “Leroy” Rothrock, 88, of Loomis, Wash., died March 2, 2023. He was born Nov. 25, 1934 in…

The Molson-Chesaw Fire Department has recently been training getting ready for the upcoming summer fire season. Submitted photo

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Molson-Chesaw Fire Department, AKA Okanogan County FPD No. 11, training

Rural firefighters honing skills ahead of upcoming wildfire season

Evelyn Mae Dull

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Evelyn Mae Dull

Evelyn Mae Dull, 99, from Oroville, Wash, was born on Jan. 5, 1924 in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho…

Fire crew from the Forest Service and Department of Natural Resources teamed up to do cross-boundary prescribed burning in the Aeneas Valley. Submitted photo

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USFS and DNR pronounce Aeneas Valley prescribed burn a success

Agencies team up for cross-boundary prescribed fire objectives in treatments within the wildland urban interface