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Joel Wilson from Tonasket won a Grand Champion ribbon for his pig Zoey in 2019. Wilson had been exhibiting at the Okanogan County Fair since he was two-years-old.	<em>G-T file photo</em>

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Fair Youth Foundation dissolves ties with county fair

FYP members feel they were held to a higher standard than the Market Stock Fund had been

Karen Schimf and Michael Stewart are named Tonasket’s Citizens of the Year by the Tonasket Chamber of Commerce. The couple accepted their award Tuesday, Jan. 24. Laura Knowlton/staff photo

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Schimf and Stewart named Tonasket’s Citizens of the Year

Both surprised and honored to be chosen to receive this award

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Santa creating giant soap bubbles at the 2021 Winterfest in Tonasket.

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Winterfest to kick off holiday season in Tonasket

Annual holiday event to include parade, tree lighting and much more

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‘Christmas is the season for children’

Food boxes delivered to 18 Tonasket families during Christmas Food Drive

ZBA Architects Drawing 
Part of a recent ZBA Architects’ rendering of what the layout of the new OHA housing project will look like. Construction of the project is set to begin in October.

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Construction slated to begin on Orchard Apartments in October

Year-around multi-family affordable housing project planned in Oroville

2022 Chesaw Fourth of July Rodeo Grand Marshal Phil Dart.

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Phil Dart is Grand Marshal for 80th Annual 4th of July Rodeo

Chesaw Rodeo on Monday July 4, rodeo dance on July 3

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Queen Darbey Carlton and her royal court, Princesses Addison Calico, Kylee Accord, Kaylee Clough and Maddie Acord welcome everyone to come to Oroville’s 88th Annual May Festival this Saturday, May 14.

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‘Once Upon A Time’ theme for 88th Oroville May Festival

Grand Parade starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday

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Easter celebration means many things to Christians

This Sunday, April 17, churches up and down the valley will fill up with families, eager to celebrate…

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Join a team trained to respond to emergencies

American Red Cross offering Training Boot Camp

Wayne Scott Preston

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Wayne Scott Preston

Wayne Scott Preston, 65, of Nixa, Missouri, died Feb. 14, 2022. He was born April 11, 1956, in…

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Oroville May Festival Royalty Candidates are: front, l-r Meladie Young and Addison Calico and back row, l-r, Kylie Acord, Florelda Orozco-Delgado, Kaylee Clough and Darbey Carleton.

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May Festival Royalty Selection Night

May Festival Selection Night will be held Monday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. in the OHS Commons

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Lynn Chapman and Hilary Blackler collecting donations for the town clock at the Brewstitched Holiday Market in November.

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Time to celebrate: a town clock for Oroville

Oroville will be getting a new 14-foot town clock in front of Centennial Park due mainly to the…

The Oroville Visitor Information Center, operated by the Borderlands Historical Society at the Old Depot Museum, has a new website - https://sites.google.com/view/orovilleinfocenter.

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Oroville Visitor Information Center launches website

The Oroville Visitor Information Center (VIC) has developed a website to help visitors and other interested people find…