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BREWSTER – The Brewster Chamber of Commerce discussed its Downtown Strategic Vision, advertising plans and upcoming events at its regular monthly meeting held at the Pateros-Brewster-Bridgeport Senior Center last Wednesday, Feb. 8. Downtown Strategies update President Mike Mauk handed out...
WENATCHEE - The Community Foundation of NCW, Icicle Fund, and North Central Accountable Community of Health (NCACH) are partnering to offer 13 organizational development grants for NCW nonprofits in 2023 and 2024. These $5,000 grants are designed for local nonprofits to collaborate directly with a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Bost (R-IL) introduced the VA Electronic Health Record Modernization Improvement Act. This legislation would fix VA’s handling of the Oracle Cerner electronic health record (EHR) system and ultimately...
WENATCHEE/OMAK -  North Central Washington Hispanic Empowerment Fund has partnered with the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation to award Empowerment Fund scholarships. The fund has established the NCW Hispanic Empowerment Fund Scholarship with an initial investment of $8,000 to the WVC Foundation....
Editor’s note: The following meeting summary of the Board of Commissioners of Okanogan County (BOCC) for the fourth week of January, is provided by County Watch (countywatch.org)   Monday, Jan. 23, a.m. • Commissioners discussed uses for the opioid settlement money. • Commissioners heard an update...

Bridgeport RV parks manager Sue Stanley Mike Maltais/QCH
BRIDGEPORT – “We are up and running with Good Sam,” announced Mayor Janet Conklin at last month’s Bridgeport City Council meeting on Jan. 18. Good Sam Club is the world’s largest organization of RV owners with more than 2.5 million members and 2,000 member parks. Last October Bridgeport’s RV parks...

Joni and Dale Parks are among more than two dozen citizens who stopped by Pateros High School last Wednesday, Jan. 26, to give blood during a donor day event organized by Pateros Council Member Chantel Poole. Mike Maltais/QCH
In 2022, NCW Libraries’ print and digital materials circulated 1.2 million times. Here are the most popular titles checked out across the region: Physical Materials Fiction: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Non-Fiction: Atomic Habits by James Clear Memoir/Biography: Educated by Tara Westover...
CHELAN: Special Olympics is hosting a Town Hall meeting on Monday, January 30, 5:30 p.m., at the Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce, at 216 E. Woodin Avenue. Attendees will learn more about how they can get involved with new Special Olympics programming in the Chelan, Manson, Brewster, Pateros,...

Pet food donations and volunteers gather in the Omak Home Depot parking lot. Courtesy Team Okanogan
OMAK - On Sunday, Jan.15, Team Okanogan Animal Welfare (TOAW) group worked with Greater Good Charities in Seattle to coordinate and distribute a 10,000-pound donation of dog and cat food to local animal rescues and foster homes serving Okanogan County. “With the help of gracious volunteer drivers,...

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