Mayor René Maldonado presented Gayle Mailloux with a certificate of appreciation honoring her service as the former Planning Commission Chair.
Marija Welton, 74, of Tonasket, died Jan. 29, 2025. She was born Sept. 04, 1950 in Montreal, Quebec to Zenonas Bakaitis and Marija Bakaitis.
Don G. DeVon died on May 1, 2024, at the age of 84. He was born February 27, 1940 to Don L. and Francis (Moore) DeVon.
A state Senator has introduced legislation to study transforming Washington state’s current part-time Legislature into a full-time one.
Judith Ann Van Brunt Timm, 80, Omak, Wash., died on Feb. 9, 2025. Judy was born in Chehalis, Wash. on Dec 16, 1944 to Harold and June Van Brunt.
A Mexican National alleged to have run a drug trafficking op in Oroville, Wash. was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison on Feb. 19, 2025.
Richard Reed, 64, of Oroville, Wash. died Jan. 14, 2025. He was born on Aug. 6, 1960 to Clyde and Jackie Reed
Draft legislation would designate bull kelp in the Puget Sound as Washington’s official marine state forest.
OHA is set to host a presentation on the recent declines in the Common Loon population in the Okanogan Highlands, on Friday, Feb.21.
The Tonasket City Council met Feb. 11 and learned the Perfect Passage Project, Phase 1B, is scheduled to begin on March 10.
The multi-billion-dollar shortfall this year is an “artificially caused crisis” that does not warrant a tax increase, says 7th District Sen. Shelly Short.
Gov. Bob Ferguson has proclaimed Feb. 24-28 as Washington Invasive Species Awareness Week.
The WSDA confirms Mason County’s first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in domestic birds, in a small backyard flock of ducks