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    Miss Tonasket Rodeo 2025 Izzabel Cruz in the May Festival Parade. Gary De Von/staff photo
    Tonasket Founders Day goes ‘Wild, Wild West’ with...
    By Laura Knowlton • May 19, 2025 12:00 pm

    Celebrate the spirit of the “Wild, Wild, West” as Tonasket hosts its 89th Annual Founders Day celebration and rodeo.

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    Steve Taylor
    PUD General Manager announces retirement, receives Lifetime Achievement...
    By Gazette-Tribune • May 6, 2025 12:00 pm

    OKPUD has announced that General Manager Steve Taylor will retire this October marking the conclusion of a remarkable 31-year career.

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    Feds launch Title IX investigation into WA State...
    By Gazette-Tribune • May 2, 2025 12:00 pm

    The federal government has launched an investigation into a state agency over concerns it may be enforcing policies that violate federal law.

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    Tonasket Senior Center
    Council considers senior service funding, festival updates and...
    By Laura Knowlton • April 30, 2025 12:00 pm

    Seeking to secure the future of vital senior services, Jennifer Fitzthum, appealed to the Tonasket City Council for financial support.

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    Figure 1: 2025 (bright green) and 2024 (dark green) Osoyoos Lake Levels, along with allowable range under the normal rule curve defined by the International Joint Commission Orders of Approval for Osoyoos Lake (solid black). Expanded drought Conditions rule curve (red dashed). For the period of record from 1987-2024, the mean daily lake level is shown as a dotted black line, and the historical gauged minimum, 10th, 25th, 75th, 90th, and historical gauged maximum lake levels are shaded grey (USGS, IOLBC 2025).
    Osoyoos Lake levels low this winter, but they’re...
    By Gary DeVon • April 30, 2025 1:30 am

    Lake levels were low this winter due to low precipitation, but levels are starting to rise as water is held back for summer.

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    Search and Rescue Teams and K9 Units from the Spokane, Ferry and Okanogan County Sheriff’s offices, joined with the U.S. Border Patrol and others, to resume the search for Sofia Sorensen Amaro on April 24. Sorensen Amaro had been missing since November of 2024. Her body was located in the rural area outside of Loomis, Washington. OCSO photo
    Missing Oroville woman located after resuming search hindered...
    By Gary DeVon • April 29, 2025 5:00 pm

    The body of an Oroville woman, missing since last November, has been found in the rural area outside of Loomis, Washington.

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    Members of the Colville Confederated Tribes participate in the dedication of the Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Highway (SR20) at the Armed Forces Legacy Memorial in Tonasket in May of 2023. Gary De Von/GT file photo
    Confederated Tribes and State Veterans Affairs sign Memorandum...
    By Gazette-Tribune • April 29, 2025 12:00 pm

    Washington Department of Veterans Affairs: A new partnership with the Colville Confederated Tribes to support veterans and their families

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    Sen. Shelly Short
    Legislature passes Short bills addressing wolf predation, DNR...
    By Gazette-Tribune • April 28, 2025 1:30 am

    Bills addressing wolf population growth and establishing an appeals process for burn permit violation are heading to the governor’s desk.

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    The City of Oroville is asking voters to approved a new six-year EMS levy to replace the levy that ends this year. The new levy will be for the same amount as the current levy at 50 cents per $1,000 of property valuation. Gary De Von/GT file photo
    Oroville will seek approval of new six-year EMS...
    By Gary DeVon • April 23, 2025 12:00 pm

    The Oroville City Council approved Resolution #595 authorizing the city to seek renewal of the six-year EMS levy in an election Aug. 5.

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    The USFS uses prescribed fires to help reduce overgrown vegetation and hazardous forest fuels to help protect local communities, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires.. USFS photo
    Colville National Forest begins Prescribed Fire Operations
    By Gazette-Tribune • April 21, 2025 12:00 pm

    The Colville National Forest announced April 16 that it is beginning prescribed fire operations on the Tonasket, Republic, Three Rivers and Newport Ranger Districts.

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    Tonasket School District photo
    Tonasket School District to offer free Summer Food...
    By Gazette-Tribune • April 15, 2025 12:00 pm

    Tonasket School District will be sponsoring the Summer Food Service Program with free meals for children up to age 18.

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    The Tonasket High School Knowledge Bowl team placed second in the State competition held at Wenatchee High School on March 22. A total of 93 teams from all sized schools from throughout the state participated in the competition. Susan McCue Knowledge Bowl Coach most teams had six members so they could sub in and out. “Our small three man team stayed the course and placed first in their division, qualifying them for the championship rounds. After a grueling five hours in the morning, they took a short break and returned for two more hours in which they took second place. This is unprecedented. It was a pleasure to watch all the brilliant students from all over Washington compete at the highest intellectual level. An amazing collection of minds.” said McCue. TSD/submitted photo
    Board commends Knowledge Bowl Team on their success
    By Laura Knowlton • April 10, 2025 12:00 pm

    Superintendent Kevin Young commended the THS Knowledge Bowl team, which recently achieved an impressive second-place finish at state.

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    The documentary <em>Our Mr. Matsura</em> will be screening in a free premier at the Omak Theater on Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April. 19.
    Free screenings of Our Mr. Matsura documentary to...
    By Gazette-Tribune • April 10, 2025 12:00 pm

    Our Mr. Matsura, a documentary about the Japanese frontier photographer who adopted the Okanogan as his home, will have free screenings.

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