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…




Wilderness Fire Southwest of Winthrop Washington


Jul 10, 2013
A small, two acre, fire is burning southwest of Winthrop Washington in the Lake Chelan Sawtooth Wilderness. Sun Mountain fire…

Drowning Victim’s Body Recovered


Jul 08, 2013
The body of an Omak man who went missing in the Okanogan River last month was located on Sunday about a quarter mile north of…

LOCAL BUSINESS MAN DIES IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH


Jul 08, 2013
An Okanogan man died from injuries sustained during a motorcycle accident Sunday afternoon on Robinson Canyon Road about a mile…

Planting Whitebark Pine Proposed in Pasayten Wilderness


Jul 08, 2013
Comments are being sought on a proposal to plant whitebark pine this fall on Quartz Mountain, in the Pasayten Wilderness, north…

Hearing slated for July 17 on Morgan’s septage permit


Jul 03, 2013
Morgan & Sons Excavation and Septic Service’s proposal to apply liquid biosolids known as septage on property in Okanogan…