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…





Carlton Complex fire economic recovery proposal receives public hearing


Jan 30, 2015
A proposal to provide funding for economic recovery in Okanogan County after the devastating Carlton Complex Fire received a…

Quarantine set in Okanogan County to control poultry movement


Jan 30, 2015
The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has adopted an emergency rule to establish a quarantine zone in parts of…

New Avian Flu detection in Okanogan County


Jan 28, 2015
This past weekend, the Washington State Department of Agriculture received a report that several birds in a flock had died in…

BIA Road Emergency Weight Restrictions


Jan 27, 2015
BIA Branch of Roads Department is imposing Emergency Weight Restrictions on the following BIA routes in order to prevent…

Emergency Weight Restrictions Update


Jan 26, 2015
Okanogan County Department of Public Works will be adding Emergency Weight Restrictions on the following County roads as of…