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Racers accelerate when the green flag drops to signal the start of another heat on Lake Pateros. Racers with the Northwest Jet Sports Association (NJSA) brought their fastest jet skis to Lake Pateros for the Apple Pie Jamboree water-cross competition last Saturday and Sunday, July 15-16. Divers competed in 15 categories from Novice to Masters in both men’s and women’s divisions.
Saturday
Novice Ski Limited/Amateur
Place Number Racer Name Points
1 242-NL Marcus Boyle 124
2 717-B Ethan Fiske 118
3 7-B Austin Farr 112
4 698-NL Morgan Jones 106
5 255-NL Alaina Fiske 50
X2
1 115 Hudson Petek 124
2 11...
BREWSTER – State Route 20, over Loup Loup Pass between Twisp and Okanogan, has reopened following a three-month closure caused by heavy early last April.
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) announced that until further notice the opening will come with 20-minute delays at...
July 12, 2017 - Wenatchee, WA:
On March 25, the Numerica Performing
Arts Center hosted its third annual Spring Fling, the gala that honors
current sponsors and offers opportunities to invest in the upcoming
season. That evening, a record $230,000 was raised and the Numerica
PAC’s 2017-2018...
Two hoses from a DNR pumper target flames close to the highway.
PATEROS – A wildfire, now called the Canyon Creek Fire, that began just after noon on Saturday, July 15, along State Route 153 about a mile north of Carlton burned some 300 acres and prompted evacuation alerts for residents in the surrounding area.
According to the Okanogan County Emergency...
The Chelan girls (green) squared off against the Brewster girls in three-on-three basketball.
PATEROS – Vehicles filled every available parking in Pateros on Saturday, July 15, as the three-day Apple Pie Jamboree 2017 shifted into high gear with a full day of food, games, vendors, races, and music featuring something for every member of the family.
Residents were removing furniture from their damaged apartments last week.
BREWSTER – A multi-alarm fire damaged at least six apartments in the 13-building, 25-unit Vista Park Homes housing complex at 509 S. Fourth Street in Brewster on Wednesday evening, July 12.
Before the blaze was contained, units from Bridgeport, Pateros, Malott, Okanogan, Methow and Omak joined...
Two hoses from a DNR pumper target flames close to the highway.
PATEROS – A wildfire, now called the Canyon Creek Fire, that began Saturday morning, July 15, along Highway 153 - the Methow Valley Highway - about a mile north of Carlton continues to spread at this writing, prompting evacuation alerts for residents in the surrounding area.
According to the...
This is a notification has been received from the Okanogan County Alert System:
CARLTON AREA - Persons should be aware of a Wild Land Fire in the area of Vinten Road and Texas Creek. Persons should be prepared evacuate. Be aware of your surroundings. Do not wait to be told to evacuate. Take...
Jim Novelli, new Chief Executive Officer of Okanogan Behavioral HealthCare
OKANOGAN – Jim Novelli has been named the new Chief Executive Officer of Okanogan Behavioral HealthCare. He is a native of New York City. He received his BA from the State University New York College at Fredonia and master’s degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Novelli has...
BREWSTER – The city’s Independence Day celebration, Tuesday, July 4, featured an attraction for every age and taste from a pancake breakfast in the morning, to free public swimming and parade in the afternoon and fireworks after dark. In between, vendors in Columbia Cove Park sold food and...
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