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Hornets, 5-4 overall, in the hunt for their first league win

While the Oroville Hornet boys basketball team has an overall record of 5-4, it is still looking for…

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Hornets and Tigers compete in NCW Regional Championships at Eastmont Saturday

Cailee Denison brought home a first, Miguel Nunez a second at the NCW Regional Track Championships.

Illustration by Diana Weddle
Jack, the Nature Detective, learns about Loons in the fifth Highlands Wonders Podcast.

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Learn about the life and times of Washington’s not-so-common loon

The Okanogan Highlands is a great place to view a most charismatic and endearing bird species.

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DNR Closing Public Lands to Recreation Activities

OLYMPIA – The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the closure of all DNR-managed lands to…

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Oroville Boys Basketball postseason hopes still alive

The Oroville Hornets Boys Basketball team has split their first two games in postseason play and faces one…

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Taralynn Fox is district wrestling champion

WENATCHEE - Hornet senior Taralynn Fox brought home district gold in Wenatchee last weekend and Seth Baurer, Golby…

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Oroville boys basketball defeats Soap Lake

OROVILLE - The Oroville Hornet Boys Basketball team bested the Soap Lake Eagles by 29 points last Saturday,…

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Gov. Inslee appoints two Eastern Washington residents to state Recreation and Conservation Funding Board

OLYMPIA—Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed a Wenatchee resident and an Okanogan resident and member of the Confederated Tribes…

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16th Annual Northwest Ice Fishing Festival this weekend

MOLSON - The 16th annual Northwest Ice Fishing Festival will take place this Saturday, Jan. 18 on Sidley…

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PNTA plans meeting on trail town kiosk

OROVILLE - The Pacific Northwest Trail Association would like to install a PNT-Oroville trail town kiosk and is…

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Virginia Lilly Trail re-opens for adventure in the Okanogan Highlands

TONASKET - A group of volunteers with the Okanogan Highlands Alliance, in collaboration with the US Forest Service,…

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State Parks Boating Program urges stand up paddleboarders to wear life jacket, leash

OLYMPIA – The Washington State Parks Boating Program is urging stand up paddleboarders to be safe on the…

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Fire danger increases, campfire restrictions in effect Aug. 1

As fire danger increases across the dry slope of the Cascades in Washington, visitors to national forest lands…