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…




Local writer’s song becomes the soundtrack to fire recovery efforts


Jul 01, 2015
Brittany Jean Walker is a 23-year-old singer/songwriter who recorded her first album, “Whispered Stories,” in Nashville in 2013.…

Shoreline Campers Visiting Lake Roosevelt Advised of Rising Water Levels


Jun 30, 2015
The Bureau of Reclamation is alerting visitors planning to camp along the Lake Roosevelt shoreline over the July 4 weekend to be…

Forest Service to Invest in Fuels Reduction in Upper Methow


Jun 29, 2015
Nearly 2,400 acres of hazard fuel reduction work will take place over the next two years in the upper Methow River Drainage,…

Early water restrictions for eastern Washington irrigators


Jun 26, 2015
A dramatic drop in streamflows caused by drought has several hundred irrigators in north-central and eastern Washington facing…

Tribal Members pass marijuana referendum


Jun 26, 2015
The Colville Business Council’s Elections Committee certified referendum votes late last week indicating that the membership of…