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Mike Mauk, owner of Mauk’s Fishing Stuff at 1408 Sunset Drive in Brewster, cuts the ribbon during the grand opening of the new business last Saturday, June 17. Joining Mauk for the occasion is niece Erin Mauk, left, with daughter, Piper, and brother Ernie Mauk and wife, Marilyn. In addition to being a business owner, Mauk serves as Brewster Chamber of Commerce President, and organizer of the annual Brewster King Salmon Derby celebrating its 17th year on August 4th, 5th, and 6th. Mauk’s Fishing Stuff specializes in bait, tackle, and the custom Lure Safe tackle covers. Contact the business at 509-449-0605 or visit luresafe.com online. Mike Maltais/QCH
Snow melt and overnight rains Thursday, May 4, brought the water volume in Salmon Creek up to 300 cubic feet per second (CFS). The following night, May 5, water release from Conconully Reservoir doubled that volume to 600 CFS. Okanogan County Emergency Management advised that the higher levels would reach the city of Okanogan by 2 a.m., Saturday, May 6. Persons were asked to stay away from Salmon Creek. Mike Maltais/QCH
Jamison Sluys Courtesy Jamie Sluys
OMAHA -- The Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) are proud to announce that forward, Jamison Sluys has committed to play Division One College Hockey at Western Michigan University.
Sluys, 17, of Point Roberts, Washington made his USHL debut on October 7, 2022, in the Lancers...
Kristen Taylor Submitted Photo
ST. LOUIS – Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) today announced that Kristen Taylor, Senior Vice President/Investments with the firm’s Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated broker-dealer subsidiary, was named to Forbes’ 2023 Best-in-State Women Wealth Advisors list.
This year’s Best-in-State...
Paul Katovich, HighLine Grain Growers CEO Courtesy HighLine Grain Growers
MANSFIELD – The 2022 wheat harvest was double that of a drought-plagued 2021 making it about average with other good years but what lies ahead for 2023 could be affected by the early snow that arrived last November.
That is part of what Highline Grain Growers (HLGG) Chief Executive Officer Paul...
NCW - Applications are now being accepted for the Upper Valley Scholarship supported by P.E.O. Chapter JF, Leavenworth. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist women in need of financial help in returning to higher education at an accredited university, college, or technical school in the...
Gene Dowers Courtesy PBCRC
PATEROS – A $50,000 grant from the Group Health Foundation was a welcome way for the Pateros-Brewster Community Resource Center to start 2023 as members of the PBCRC Board of Directors met last Thursday, Jan. 12.
PBCRC Executive Director Gene Dowers said the nonprofit applied to the Group Health...
The Second Harvest truck makes a 2020 delivery to the Brewster Food Bank. Mike Maltais/QCH
BREWSTER – As the need for food assistance increases and the resources to fill those needs decline in the face of low crop yields, supply chain shortages, and rising prices, the last thing county food banks needed was the loss – temporarily it is hoped – of a major partner. That is the dilemma...
Group photo of award winners from the 2022 Flywheel Investment Conference Courtesy Flywheel Conference
WENATCHEE – The annual Flywheel Investment Conference presented by Moss Adams, Ogden Murphy Wallace, Confluence Health, and Microsoft has opened applications for the 2023 investment competition.
The Flywheel Conference is now accepting applications from early-stage Washington state companies who...
Yellow barricade tape in front of a building is never good news and such is the case for the Malott Improvement Club. Heavy, wet snow proved too much for the aging structure’s roof that collapsed under the weight last week. Mike Maltais/QCH
MALOTT – Last month’s snowstorm labelled by the weather service as a “once-in-a-generation” event was more like once in a century for one landmark structure in the county. The nearly 100-year-old Malott Improvement Club building constructed in 1926 will not celebrate its centennial after...
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