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…




Republic Police Department Establishes Rx Drug Take-Back Policy


Oct 02, 2014
Republic Police Chief Jan Lewis has crafted a new standard operating procedure to accept prescription drugs that community…

DNR lifts statewide burn ban


Sep 25, 2014
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources today announced that the statewide burn ban on DNR-protected lands has been…

All Campfire Bans Lifted on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest


Sep 25, 2014
“The various campfire bans that have been in effect in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest were lifted early this morning,”…

Carlton Complex Fire: Public Meeting to Review Results of Burned Area Analysis


Sep 24, 2014
Okanogan Conservation District will present the results of the analysis conducted by the Interagency Burned Area Emergency…

FEMA rejects Wash. appeal for wildfire victim aid

Associated Press


Sep 23, 2014
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has once again denied a Washington state request for aid to individuals affected by this…