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The late teacher-coaches Harold Jensen and Tam Hutchinson were recently honored with facilities named after them at Oroville High School. Dedication planned for May 17<h6 style="text-align: right;"><em>Gary DeVon/G-T File Photo </em></h6>

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Oroville School Board approves naming district facilities for Tam Hutchinson and Harold Jensen

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Okanogan Valley Orchestra & Chorus Family Concert in 2017

Arts & Entertainment

OVOC to present Spring-Family Concert on March 25

Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus will present its final concert of the season

This young girl decided to have a look around the House chamber during Children’s Day at the state legislature. <em>Alexandria Osborne/submitted photos </em>

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Children’s Day brings a bill on a state dinosaur to the House floor

“Suciasaurus Rex” fossil was discovered in 2012 on Sucia Island in San Juan County and first to be…

Viola “Tiny” Bourn

Obituaries

Viola ‘Tiny’ Bourn

Viola “Tiny” Carol Bourn, 99, of Oroville, Wash. died Jan. 11, 2023. She was born in Crosby, North…

Community

Oroville Scholarship Foundation variety show and auction March 9

Proceeds from Spring Variety Show & Auction benefit Continuing Education Scholarships and OHS music program

Thomas Rise

Obituaries

Thomas Lyn Rise

Thomas Lyn Rise died Feb. 9, 2023. He was born May 10, 1944, in Tonasket, Wash. to Sidney…

NCW Libraries invites you to celebrate Womens’ History Month.

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Celebrate Women’s History Month with NCW Libraries

March is Women’s History Month and there are many ways to celebrate with your library card through books,…

McLoughlin Falls Ranch possesses key stands of riverside forests that benefit river habitat byvkeeping water temperatures low. The Okanogan River supports federally threatened Upper Columbia River Steelhead, as well as one of only two self-sustaining runs of sockeye salmon left in the Columbia Basin.
<em>Ellen Bishop/submitted photo</em>

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McLoughlin Falls Ranch purchase will protect wildlife, historic and cultural values

Prized stretch of the Okanogan River conserved and ancestral lands returned to Colville Tribes

Elva Helm

Obituaries

Elva Helm

Elva Helm, 83, of Oroville, Wash., died on Feb. 26, 2023 She was born Feb. 18, 1940 to…

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Jaxon Darley and Elias DeFord, left, with the robot they used to help lead the Oroville MS/HS Robotics team to a second place finish at the CWU MET Robotics Tourney held at Ellensburg on Saturday, Feb. 25. Right, Eight college teams participated, as well as teams from Oroville and Manson at the Central Washington University’s MET Robotics Tournament in Ellensburg.

Schools

Darley and DeFord shine at CWU Robotics Tourney

Oroville Robotics Team finishes second at robotics tournament in Ellisburg

U.S. Navy

Obituaries

Lewis Cresswell III

Lewis Cresswell III, 71, born in Omak, Wash. on Feb. 23, 1952, died Feb. 9, 2023 at the…

Sharon Edwards

Obituaries

Sharon Edwards

Sharon Edwards was born in Walla Walla, Wash. to Paul Edwards and Irene (Beeson) Edwards. Her mother married…

Reps. Mike Chapman, Tom Dent, Debra Lekanoff and Joel Kretz sign legislation, Feb. 17, 2023. <em>Submitted photo</em>

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Riparian habitat legislation passes Ag committee, now includes $200 million in requested funding

HB 1720 would protect and restore riparian areas by establishing a voluntary, regionally focused riparian grant program