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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,...
See the WSU Viticulture and Enology calendar for upcoming events: https://wine.esu.edu/events/ Courtesy Michelle M. Moyer
Workshop: Stop the Spread: Effective Options for Managing Leafroll
Join us for this interactive workshop, discussion grapevine leafroll and grapevine mealybug management. In this workshop, Dr. Monica Cooper of UCCE-Napa County will highlight historic and recent research on the importance of roguing...
Fire blight in gala seventh leaf. Courtesy Tianna DuPont
ONLINE - Join us for the latest fire blight information from a national research project involving Michigan, North Carolina, New York, California, Oregon and Washington funded by the Specialty Crop Research Initiative.
Fire Blight Webinar Series
Biopesticides for Fire Blight Management
March 15,...
WENATCHEE/CHELAN/OMAK - Join us for WSU Tree Fruit Extension Programs in North Central Washington on January 17,18,19, 21, and February 7. Co-sponsored by Northwest Cherries, Pear Bureau Northwest, NCW Fieldmen’s Association, Chelan Future Farmers of America and the Okanogan Horticultural...
NCW - STCU has committed to a $56,000 investment in Almira School District as part of its recovery from a devastating 2021 fire. In an agreement with the school district, STCU will cover full costs of an external reader board and two gymnasium scoreboards at the rebuilt Almira Elementary and Middle...
NCW Media Newspapers
- The Leavenworth Echo | Leavenworth, WA
- Cashmere Valley Record | Cashmere WA
- Lake Chelan Mirror | Chelan, Manson, Entiat, WA
- Quad City Herald | Brewster, Pateros, Bridgeport, Mansfield, WA
- Wenatchee Business Journal | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan Counties, WA