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Kinross Gold donates to Rally Blues Festival
Published 4:12pm Friday, April 11, 2014OROVILLE - Clyde Andrews, president of the Oroville Chamber of Commerce announced this week that the Chamber has received a $5,000 grant from Kinross Gold ... Read more
'The Salmon People' focus of museum exhibit
Published 2:09pm Friday, April 11, 2014“The Salmon People: Stories Tell the Past” is the focus of the 2014 exhibit at the Oroville Depot Museum. The peoples who spoke dialects of ... Read more
Cornelius Daniel 'Neil' Friesen
Published 1:24pm Tuesday, April 8, 2014Cornelius Daniel Friesen, winter resident of Oroville, was born September 30, 1929 to Daniel and Aganetha Friesen in Rush Lake, Saskatchewan. He tragically lost his ... Read more
ATF and FBI seize items from storage locker
Published 5:12pm Friday, April 4, 2014OROVILLE – Agents from the FBI and ATF seized some of the contents of a storage unit, which included illegal substances, located at 140 Chesaw ... Read more
Mayor, county spar over highway
Published 12:29pm Thursday, April 3, 2014OKANOGAN - Tonasket Mayor Patrick Plumb wanted a chance to meet with the Okanogan County Commissioners. He got that opportunity Monday, March 24, entering the commissioners' ... Read more
Half million for two bathrooms, it's no April Fool's joke
Published 8:10am Thursday, April 3, 2014When their facilities consultant told the school board that renovating two of the Oroville Elementary School bathrooms would be between $400-450,000 or more, you could ... Read more | 1 comment
Brad Scott appointed as school director
Published 3:06pm Thursday, March 27, 2014OROVILLE – Brad Scott was added to the Oroville School Board in the second at-large position, bringing the board to a full compliment of five ... Read more
Sharon Payne
Published 2:57pm Wednesday, March 26, 2014Sharon Payne, 70, of Oroville, died March 21, 2014 in Tonasket. She was born in Tilton, Illinois on August 22, 1943 and was raised in ... Read more
Stanley Sigurd Porter
Published 8:26am Friday, March 21, 2014Stanley Sigurd Porter passed away gently at his home in Oroville on February 23rd, 2014 at the age of 84. A celebration of Stan’s life ... Read more | 5 comments
Brenda Sue Ellis
Published 12:38pm Thursday, March 20, 2014A memorial service is planned for Brenda Sue (Zimmerman) Ellis who passed away September 29, 2013 at the age of 51. The service will be ... Read more
Trails part of the economic pie
Published 8:58am Thursday, March 20, 2014Although some might not see their value, Okanogan County's system of trails has become important to our communities in many ways. Perhaps most importantly the ... Read more
Trail groups applaud mining company, trailhead donors
Published 8:42am Thursday, March 20, 2014OROVILLE – The latest newsletter from the Pacific Northwest Trail Association is expressing gratitude to Echo Bay Minerals for the purchase of property near the ... Read more
Everything old is new again
Published 8:01am Thursday, March 13, 2014I get a lot out of reading Clayton Emry's Items of the Past column every other week. It serves not only as a reminder of ... Read more