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Cops, Courts & 911 Calls
Published 7:55am Thursday, September 10, 2015Superior Court Criminal Jennifer Louise Ballesteros, 44, Omak, pleaded guilty April 24 two counts of distribution of a controlled substance (methamphetamine). Those crimes occurred March 26 and ... Read more
Update: Okanogan and Chelan Fire Complexes and Tunk Block and North Star Fires
Published 9:08am Wednesday, September 9, 2015Management of the Okanogan Complex and Chelan Complex fires has been turned over to a Type 2 team, while California Team 5 will transition to ... Read more
Cops, Courts & 911 Calls
Published 7:00am Thursday, September 3, 2015Superior Court Criminal Eleanor Jean Beach, 67, Omak, pleaded guilty Aug. 25 to four counts each of residential burglary and third-degree theft. Beach was sentenced to 364 ... Read more
Cops, Courts & 911 Calls
Published 7:30am Thursday, August 27, 2015Superior Court Criminal Scott Joseph Girard, 51, Oroville, pleaded guilty July 21 to failure to register as a sex offender (third or subsequent conviction), unlawful possession of ... Read more
Largest Fire in State History
Published 12:36pm Wednesday, August 26, 2015OKANOGAN COUNTY – The Okanogan Complex Fire has grown to be the largest wildfire in Washington State History, even surpassing last year’s devastating record breaking ... Read more
Resources in place for victims of Okanogan Complex
Published 10:45am Tuesday, August 25, 2015Community members as well as concerned citizens far and wide have stepped up to offer assistance to those affected by the Okanogan Complex wildfires and ... Read more
Cops, Courts & 911 Calls
Published 2:48pm Thursday, August 20, 2015Superior Court Criminal Jeannette Deann Dudley, 48, Okanogan, pleaded guilty July 20 to three counts of distribution of a controlled substance (methamphetamine). Dudley was sentenced Aug. 11 ... Read more
PUD working to restore power knocked out by fires
Published 9:45am Thursday, August 20, 2015OKANOGAN - Severe winds last night fueled flames and prompted the evacuation of the towns of Twisp, Winthrop, Conconully, Riverside and portions of Omak. PUD ... Read more
Dixie Jo Elgin LeMay
Published 7:45am Thursday, August 20, 2015Dixie Jo Elgin LeMay passed away on July 26,2015 in Kona, Hawaii. She was born on December 2, 1931 to Virgil (Dick) and Frances Elgin ... Read more
Tonasket reopens evacuation shelter
Published 12:42pm Tuesday, August 18, 2015An emergency Evacuation Shelter in Tonasket received residents from Riverside Tuesday, Aug. 17, after fires near Conconully and Tunk Mountain forced them to evacuate their ... Read more
Fire Mobilization authorized for Okanogan Complex Fires
Published 2:57pm Monday, August 17, 2015OLYMPIA - State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain ... Read more
Cops, Courts & 911 Calls
Published 8:00am Thursday, August 13, 2015Superior Court Criminal Dustin Hawk Chambers, 24, Omak, pleaded guilty Aug. 4 to failure to register as a sex offender (felony). Chambers was sentenced to ... Read more
CenturyLink customers experiencing internet, phone and 911 outage
Published 6:17pm Monday, August 10, 2015OKANOGAN COUNTY - At approximately 4:50 p.m. a service outage was reported impacting 911, phone and internet services for over 3,000 CenturyLink customers in OmaK, ... Read more