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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...
Editor’s note: Following are meeting summaries of the Board of Commissioners of Okanogan County (BOCC) for Dec. 19-20, 2022, as provided by County Watch (countywatch.org).
OKANOGAN - Monday a.m./p.m., Dec 19
• Commissioners discussed Second Harvest’s...
Some spots just seem to cry out: “Go ahead, just TRY to park here.” This looks like one of those. Mike Maltais/QCH
OKANOGAN - Ballots for the Feb. 14, Special Election are in the mail.
If you have not received your ballot by Friday, Feb. 3, please contact the Auditors Office at 509-422-7240.
Remember your ballots must be signed.
The Auditors Office, 149 Third Ave. N., Okanogan, is open Monday – Friday, 8 a.m....
Marco Martinez Submitted Photo
WENATCHEE — Marco Martinez has been hired as the new coordinator of the Washington State University Master Gardener Program for Chelan and Douglas counties.
Margaret Viebrock, director of WSU Extension in Chelan and Douglas counties, had most recently taken on the role of local Master Gardener...
The Pateros kiosk installed last month near the bus stop on Commercial Avenue is the first of several the Okanogan County Tourism Council plans to place at key points for visitors to use. Mike Maltais/QCH
PATEROS – Locals and out-of-town visitors will notice a new information kiosk recently installed near the bus stop on Commercial Avenue. It is part of the Kiosk Project that was included in the Okanogan County Tourism Master Plan completed by the Okanogan County Tourism Council (OCTC).
“The Kiosk...
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