Joseph Wayne Madaj, 61, died on Jan. 27, 2026, in Tonasket, Wash. Joe was born in St. Clair, Michigan, on July 1, 1964.
Community members, fire marshals, building code officials, local emergency managers, other interested parties encouraged to attend
After an extensive homicide investigation an arrest has been made in the death of three-month-old Tonasket infant, Ellie Leighton.
THS student Teak Plank spent the week of Jan. 26-30 in Olympia in the Legislative Page Program after being sponsored by Rep. Hunter Abell.
May Festival Royalty Selection Night is Monday, Feb. 16. This year’s candidates are Emma Carranza, Ava Langford and Resi Champman.
The Okanogan Horticultural Society Meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 11 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Okanogan County Agriplex.
Gloria Tiefel Jones of Tonasket, Wash., was born in Seattle, Wash., on Sept. 8, 1925 to Homer and Jewel Tiefel (nee Bilyeu).
Daniel Lorz, 72, of Oroville, Wash., died Jan. 8, 2026. Dan was born to Gerald and Faye (Mitchell) Lorz on Dec. 28, 1953, in Tonasket, Wash.
Oroville School District is looking of a new high school principal and the community can meet the candidates on Jan. 28 from 3:45 p.m.
Senators passed a bill out of committee that would raise the maximum pay for school board members and reimburse childcare costs during meetings.
Clear Guizar, 46, of Oroville, Wash., died Jan. 10, 2026. Clear was born March 6, 1979, in Curlew, Wash., to Micheal Guizar and Gail (Geta) Lewis.
Judith “Judy” Daharsh was born March 28, 1943, to James and Thelma Brown in Fremont, Nebraska.
Eleanor Gail Franzman Knorr, 91, died on the evening of Jan. 11, 2026, at North Valley Hospital in Tonasket, Wash..
