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OKANOGAN – The Okanogan County and Colville Confederated Tribes Broadband Action Team (BAT for short) hosted the first Zoom meeting of the North Central Washington Broadband Coalition since the BAT was formed in 2019 to bridge the county’s digital divide.
The NCW Coalition conference was held...
Eric Forner is a Warren Avenue resident. MIKE MALTAIS/WARD MEDIA
PATEROS – The Pateros City Council approved a site plan at its regular September meeting for new tree plantings along Warren Avenue.
A Warren Avenue resident requested that the council consider planting native trees rather than non-native species.
The city approved the plan on the recommendation of...
Chief Executive Officer Scott Graham MIKE MALTAIS/WARD MEDIA
BREWSTER – The Three Rivers Hospital Board of Directors is keeping several balls in the air while it juggles options in the face of an upcoming bond vote in November and strategies for how the outcome will affect services.
The ballot measure is asking voters to approve a $72 million, 30-year bond...
Brewster Police Chief Marcos Ruiz MIKE MALTAIS/WARD MEDIA
BREWSTER – The Brewster Police Department is getting new and more versatile body cameras for its five-man force, per a report Chief Marcos Ruiz delivered at the Sept. 21 city council meeting.
The department’s existing body cameras acquired in 2017 are being phased out under a five-year contract...
The Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus (OVOC) storage building that collapsed under heavy winter snow last December in downtown Okanogan was demolished last week. Following the structure’s collapse an OVOC spokesman said the organization plans to erect a new building on the site. It is not known...
Roni Holder-Diefenbach, Executive Director of the Okanogan County Economic Alliance, addresses the Sept. 18 meeting of the Pateros City Council MIKE MALTAIS/WARD MEDIA
PATEROS – A new Economic Alliance report prepared by a committee of stakeholders addressing abandoned buildings and vacant land in Okanogan County communities was introduced to the Pateros City Council at its regular monthly meeting on Sept. 18.
The Abandoned Building/Vacant Lot Subcommittee...
Jennifer Munson is TRH Chief Financial Officer. MIKE MALTAIS/WARD MEDIA
PATEROS – Three Rivers Hospital (TRH) staff members brought their case for a new hospital facility before the Pateros, Bridgeport, and Brewster city councils last week in their campaign to spread the word and gain voter support for the November general election bond measure.
TRH Chief Medical...
Hallee Chilmonik, left, and Laurie Morgan wrap a quilt made by Morgan around the shoulders of Navy veteran and Bridgeport resident Norman Marshall. COURTESY OF STACEY ELSON
OKANOGAN – Bridgeport resident and Navy veteran Norman Elliott Marshall received some long overdue recognition at the Okanogan County Fair last Thursday, Sept. 7, when he and three fellow veterans were honored with Quilts of Valor (QOV).
Marshall, 87, served in the U.S. Navy as an E-6 from 1955 to...
Swine exhibitors Taylor Johansen, left, Reese Stennes, and Abbi Hull show their appreciation to local businesses that purchased their animals. Mike Maltais/WARD MEDIA
OKANOGAN – Scores of Quad City livestock exhibitors helped the 76th annual Okanogan County Fair break market stock sale records during its four-day run last Sept. 7-10. The fair came together in clockwork fashion thanks to the efforts of Fair Advisory Committee (FAC) members, community volunteers,...
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