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Tonasket School Board is considering a policy to prohibit student cell phone use at school.

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Tonasket School Board considers banning student cell phone use

TSD is considers a policy change that would prohibit students’ use of cell phones

Kelly Denison/submitted photo Valedictorian Madeline Ashmore addressed her class during Tonasket High School's graduation ceremony, Saturday, June 3.

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Nearly $600,000 in scholarships and awards presented

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Under a newly ammended contract with LifeLine Ambulance personnel will be on duty at the Oroville Ambulance Station with 12-hour in-town service five days a week and 24-hour in-town coverage two days a week. This increases the number of in-town coverage to 108 hours a week. Gary DeVon/staff photo.

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Oroville signs agreement with LifeLine to increase in-town coverage hours

LifeLine Ambulance Service will add two days where first responders are based 24-hours a day in Oroville

Okanogan Land Trust is calling for people to lend a hand as they clean up their stretch of Highway 97 near Crumbacher this coming Sunday as part of the Adopt-A-Highway program. <em>Submitted photos</em>

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Land Trust plans spring cleaning of Hwy. 97 near Crumbacher

Asking for volunteers to help with litter pick up as part of Adopt-A-Highway program.

The crowd, including the May Festivel Royalty, listens as Oroville Mayor Ed Naillon talks about what the community clock represents to the city. Gary DeVon/staff photos

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Oroville dedicates Community Clock during May Day festivities

Money for street clock raised through community donations.

Chum salmon swim upstream to spawn in the waters of Pipers Creek in Carkeek Park on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. (Grant Hindsley for Crosscut)

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Washington slates $50M for trees to shade salmon streams

Gov. Jay Inslee and a bipartisan group of legislators are using a low-tech approach to combat deadly warming…

Gov. Jay Inslee signed a new drug law recently passed by the state legislature that aims to keep drugs illegal while attempting to force substance abusers into treatment programs.

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Gov. Inslee enacts law keeping drugs illegal in Washington state

Gov. Inslee signs drug bill that attempts to bridge gap between decriminalizing and the threat of incarceration to…

In a photo taken Saturday, April 22, 2023, tribal elder and storyteller Randy Lewis stands in front of the “Singing Rocks” of Moses Coulee, explaining how they absorbed the voices of his people and how those voices can still be heard – if the conditions are right. (Dominick Bonny for Crosscut)

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Washington scablands tour explores Native history, sacred sites

Colville elder Randy Lewis leads a day-long bus trip through the canyons, columns and geological structures that hold…

More than 1000 fentanyl-laced pills and 25 weapons, as well as stolen property were seized after a warrant was executed at a residence on Jennings Loop Road, Oroville. The bust resulted in the arrest of two men on drug delivery and other charges. <sub>NCWNTF photo</sub>

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More drugs, weapons and stolen property seized near Oroville

Two Oroville men arrested on delivery of a controlled substances and other charges

The 2023 Oroville May Day Royalty, Queen Lauren Rawley and Princesses Araceli Esquivel and Deana Lohnes, invite everyone to join the community in celebrating the 89th annual May Festival this weekend. Events are planned around town from Friday to Sunday, with the Grand Parade on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. and making its way to Veterans Memorial Park. Stephanie Blackler photo

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‘Under the Sea’ theme for 89th Oroville May Festival

Queen Lauren Rawley and Princesses Deana Lohnes and Araceli Esquivel are extending a royal invitation to attend this…

The Washington State DNR and USDA Forest Service are planning a prescribed fire operation on up to 144 acres of land located about 20 miles southeast of Tonasket. DNR photo

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DNR and Forest Service planning cross-boundary prescribed burn in Okanogan County

A prescribed fire operation to reduce wildfire risk and restore forest health near Tonasket may begin as soon…

Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia. File photo

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Washington Legislature closer to a special session to pass a drug possession law

Washington State lawmakers consider special session to resolve issue of state’s highest court essessially decriminalizing possession of controlled…

Woodsy Owl meets Madilyn Weaver and Mayor Ed Naillon.

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Oroville celebrates Arbor Day Saturday at Madeline Wells Park

Friends of the Library hosts annual event, two new trees planted downtown