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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

Fire Restrictions

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Okanogan County burn restrictions begin June 15

Okanogan County Commissioners declare burn ban from June 15 through October 15, 2022.

Savannah Berg and family pose for post-grad photos.

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Tonasket and Oroville graduate Class of 2022

Oroville and Tonasket High Schools graduated their Classes of 2022 on Saturday, June 4. Many students received scolarships…

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National Weather Service issues regional flash flood alert for Sunday

ALERT! – Flash flood warning for the area. NWS asks folks to take caution as a dangerous and…

Okanogan County Sheriff ‘s Deputies, the North Central Washington Special Response Team and the East Cascade SWAT Team gather in Tonasket to discuss an attempt to serve a search warrant on a Loomis man Wednesday. The attempt was made after the man, who is prohibited from owning firearms, is alleged to have fired during a dispute with neighbors in the Toats Coulee area.	<em>Laura Knowlton/staff photos</em>

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Update: Home of barricaded man breached, arrest made

Law enforcement returned to the Toats Coulee home of a man wanted on assault charges and made an…

Kevan Coffey, DNP

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Family Health Centers promotes Dr. Coffey to Medical Director

Dr. Kevan Coffey has been promoted to Medical Director for Family Health Centers which provides medical and dental…

Poultry farm with chicken. Husbandry, housing business for the purpose of farming meat, White chicken Farming feed in indoor housing. Live chicken for meat and egg production inside a storage. <em>USDA photo </em>

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Okanogan and Whatcom join counties with confirmed bird flu cases

Eight cases confirmed statewide, six counties

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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

US Forest Service

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Advisory Committee to meet to finalize recommendations for Title II funding for forest projects

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest advisiory committee will meet virtually April 27 to discuss project funding

Okanogan County Sheriff’s Deputies secure the residence of murder victim Siri Zosel last Saturday evening. Roy Rasmuseen, 70, Okanogan, was booked for first degree murder in what Sheriff Tony Hawley described as a fatal domestic dispute. <em>Gary DeVon/staff photo</em>

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Okanogan man confesses to killing Oroville woman, booked on first degree murder charges

OROVILLE – An Okanogan man was arrested Saturday evening, April 16, for the murder of a Siri Zosel,…

Okanogan County’s two-week Incident Rate dropped steadily throughtout March.

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COVID-19: County’s two-week Incident Rate drops below 100

March which began with a 14-day Incident Rate of nearly 450 in 100,000, ending at just 81 in…

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Muralist Andy Eccleshall of the Mural Works, Inc. used his talents to create this vision of a Great Gray Owl in flight on the Iron Grill Restuarant. The painting is based on a photograph that Paul Bannick, author of Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls took. This is the second nature-based mural that the Okanogan Highlands Alliance has brought to Tonasket.

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OHA mural features Great Gray Owl bursting forth

Striking new mural of Great Gray Owl in Tonasket

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Two-week COVID-19 Incident Rate now below 500 in Okanogan County

Number of positive cases dropping at a dramatic rate