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Some new beginnings and some untimely ends
Published 7:30am Thursday, September 3, 2015First off let me say “no” I didn’t feel the earthquake Tuesday. Although it was pretty close, I usually miss them. Charlene felt it and ... Read more
Garry Dale Sorensen
Published 7:00am Thursday, September 3, 2015With loved ones by his side, Garry Dale Sorensen passed peacefully at Providence Holy Family Hospital on August 30, 2015. Garry was born to Stella ... Read more
Give yourselves a well deserved pat on the back
Published 6:02am Thursday, August 27, 2015The outpouring of help being provided by the people in the north county is amazing. Even when the national aid agencies got involved in confusing ... 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
Wildfires on U.S./Canadian Border in Washington
Published 10:30am Saturday, August 22, 2015BLAINE, Wash. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations is advising travelers that although multiple wildfires are present across the U.S./Canadian ... Read more
Update: Oliver, BC area wildfire 50 percent contained
Published 8:02am Saturday, August 22, 2015OLIVER - Increased fire activity is expected on the Testalinden Creek wildfire over the next few days due to extremely dry conditions and gusty southerly ... 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
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
Daily Update: Nine Mile Fire
Published 10:30am Sunday, August 16, 2015OROVILLE - The Nine Mile fire started on Thursday, Aug. 13, and is located three miles northeast of Oroville. The fire has burned 4,673 acres, ... Read more
Nine Mile Fire Update: Fire not started by plane crash
Published 1:35am Saturday, August 15, 2015OROVILLE - The Nine Mile fire started on Thursday, Aug. 13, and is located three miles northeast of Oroville. The fire has burned 4,673 acres ... Read more
Update: Authorities release names of victims involved in fatal plane crash
Published 4:30pm Friday, August 14, 2015OKANOGAN – On Friday, Aug. 14 members of the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office, FAA and Okanogan County Coroner returned to the scene of the plane ... Read more
Ponda 'Jo' Taber
Published 2:26pm Friday, August 14, 2015Ponda “Jo” Taber, 79, of Moses Lake, Washington died Tuesday, August 4, 2015 in Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, Wash. Jo was born September 8, ... Read more