Local News

Utilities collaborate on power planning

Sheila Corson
Okanogan County PUD

Jul 01, 2021
With questions and concerns swirling in the community, representatives from power utilities, fire districts and city and county…




Yakima Man Arrested for Robbing a Coffee Stand in Okanogan


Sep 10, 2020
A 29-year-old Yakima man was arrested Wednesday afternoon following a report of a robbery at Free Bird Coffee in Okanogan.…

Air Attack Instrumental in Stopping Rehmke Road Fire


Sep 10, 2020
A structure fire spread to nearby vegetation Wednesday afternoon, burning 164 acres off Rehmke Road east of Tonasket.  The fire…

Fire Prompts Level 3 Evacuations on the Reservation


Sep 07, 2020
Photo by John P. Andrist Okanogan County Emergency Management issued several evacuation notices Sunday night and early Monday…

New student registration and tuition deadline extended to Sept. 18


Sep 01, 2020
Wenatchee Valley College has extended the new student tuition and registration deadline from Friday, Sept. 4 to Friday, Sept.…

COVID-19 PROMPTS ADMINISTRATOR CHANGES AT NORTH VALLEY, THREE RIVERS


Aug 28, 2020
Two years after becoming the shared Chief Executive Officer of Three Rivers Hospital and North Valley Hospital, Scott Graham…