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Avian flu quarantine lifted in Okanogan County


Feb 25, 2015
The Washington State Department of Agriculture today lifted two avian influenza quarantines that had been in place in parts of…




North Cascades Highway closed by heavy snow

By Associated Press
Nov 20, 2012
The Washington Transportation Department closed the North Cascades Highway at noon Monday because of heavy snow and…

North Cascades Highway closed for winter

By NCBI
Nov 20, 2012
The gates are closed until spring on the North Cascades Highway. Nearly two feet of new snow and several snowslides,…

Recount Required in Commissioners Race

By NCBI
Nov 19, 2012
With all the ballots counted, over 17,000 of them, the race for the Okanogan County Commission District 2 is still a dead…

Okanogan County Set to Update Hazard Risk Plans

By NCBI
Nov 14, 2012
Okanogan County has launched a project to update the Okanogan County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan and Community Wildfire…

Tonasket man dies following crash on Hwy 20

By NCBI
Nov 14, 2012
A 54-year-old Tonasket man died Tuesday after rolling his pickup truck on Highway 20 about nine miles east of Tonasket.…