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SOURCE: WSDOE The Okanogan Valley is under a Stage 2 Burn Ban until at least Wednesday, Jan. 12, when the situation will be reassessed by the state Department of Ecology.

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Ecology issues burn ban in Okanogan Valley

Air Quality Burn ban issued by the DOE for the Okanogan Valley beginning on Monday, Jan. 10.

Leland Robinson

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Leland Robinson

Leland Robinson, 89, of Tonasket, Wash., died at home. Lee was born Dec. 4, 1932 near Oroville, Wash.

Garry Arnold Will

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Garry Arnold Will

Garry Arnold Will, born March 4, 1947 to parents Dorothy and Arnie Will of Loomis, Wash, died at…

Susan Lowe

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Susan Lowe

Susan Lowe, 71, died Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. She was born in Bolivar, MO. to parents Max Edwards…

Kirk Hirst

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Kirk Donald Hirst

Kirk Donald Hirst, from Oroville, Wash., was born June 9, 1958 in Tonasket, Wash. to Rae Jean Hirst

U.S. Air Force

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Dean Allen Farver

Dean Allen Farver died Dec. 14, 2021 in Seattle, Wash. He was born May 11, 1936 to Harold…

U.S. Marine Corps & U.S. Army

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Carl Charbonneau

Carl Charbonneau, 67, of Oroville, Wash., died Nov. 21, 2021 at home. Carl was born in Omak, Wash.…

Richard W. Gideon

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Richard W. Gideon

Richard W. Gideon of Oroville, Wash. died Sept. 7, 2021. He was born on Jan. 3, 1949 to…

Cyril “Cy” Hoover

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Cyril Kiger Ulysis Hoover

Cyril “Cy” Kiger Ulysis Hoover was born Jan. 28, 1963, to Harrison and Juanita (Walls) Hoover in Portland,…

Kerry William Knorr

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Kerry William Knorr

Kerry William Knorr, 62, died Nov. 23, 2021. He was born in Kremmling, Colo. on March 6, 1959…

Grant Lewis

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Grant Ivan Lewis

Grant Ivan Lewis of Oroville, Wash. died Nov. 16, 2021, he was born on Aug. 27, 1932 to…

Mary Davisson photo/CCT Fisheries
Muddy water from the Similkameen River that flowed upstream into the Okanogan River contrasts with clear water in Osoyoos Lake. The aerial photograph was taken at 11:15 a.m. on Nov. 17 by Colville Tribal Fisheries Biologist Mary Davisson, at the outlet of Osoyoos Lake to the Okanogan River near Oroville.

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Record high Similkameen River flows cause Okanogan River to reverse direction at Zosel Dam

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Rep. Dan Newhouse

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U.S. Reps seek disaster relief for Colville Confederated Tribes

Assistance would be made available to remove debris, rebuild roads and bridges and address recovery efforts on the…