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“Tread” by Freddy Parbol was selected Best-In-Show. Courtesy Brad Skiff/Bridgeport School District
BRIDGEPORT – Results from the 44th annual NCW Regional Art Show at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center include three Bridgeport students recognized for their work.
“This year, the Regional show did away with placing (1st, 2nd, 3rd) in each category, and instead selected 15 works to...
The Bridgeport city pool has not seen a major facelift in the last 15 years. Courtesy www.bridgportwashington.net
BRIDGEPORT – Council members discussed renovations to the city’s public pool at Berryman Park during the regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, March 15.
Public Works Superintendent Stuart Dezellem reported that invitations for bids (IFB) for specific pool repairs were sent to three contractors...
BREWSTER – The Brewster City Council passed two resolutions at its regular monthly meeting last Thursday, March 16. One concerned updating the city’s Fair Housing Policy and the other the grievance procedure for Commercial Development Block Grant (CDBG) funded projects.
City Police Chief Marcos...
District Chief Bill Vallance and EMS Director Tonya Vallance address volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel from the Douglas Okanogan County Fire District 15 stations at Pateros, Methow, Brewster, and Rocky Butte gathered at Columbia Post 97 of the American Legion on March 11, for the 2023 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. Mike Maltais/QCH
BREWSTER – Douglas Okanogan Fire District 15 honored its more than 50 fire and EMS volunteers at the 2023 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner held at the American Legion building on March 11. In addition to the dinner, attendees honored fallen firefighters, reviewed the year just passed, and presented...
NCW Libraries has added a collection of light therapy lamps to its Library of Things.
The HappyLight Touch Plus lamp provides UV-free light with 10,000 lux intensity with adjustable brightness and a timer. The lamps can be checked out for up to 28 days with a library card, and can be picked up and...
Overlooking a portion of the Okanogan River on McLoughlin Falls Ranch. Photo Courtesy Ellen Bishop
OKANOGAN COUNTY – For the second time in less than a year the Colville Confederated Tribes (CCT) has been designated by a conservancy group as the custodial beneficiary of former tribal lands and prime wildlife habitat in the county. Earlier this month, Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC), a Portland...
Editor’s note: The following meeting summaries of the Board of Commissioners of Okanogan County (BOCC) for the last week of February, are taken from notes provided by County Watch (countywatch.org)
OKANOGAN – Wildfire was once again a topic discussed by the Board of Okanogan County Commissioners in...
OKANOGAN – A suspect who said he was just released from jail and robbed the Okanogan branch of North Cascades Bank of some cash to pay for his way out of town is, instead, back where he started.
The Okanogan County Sheriff reports that a lone suspect approached a teller at the bank at approximately...
Dylan Harrington is wanted on two counts of first-degree murder. Courtesy U.S.Marshals Service
SPOKANE – The U.S. Marshals Service-led Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of a man charged in the February 2022 murder of an elderly couple at their property in Okanogan County.
Dylan Harrington, 27, is...
Roni Holder Diefenbach Mike Maltais/QCH
BREWSTER – Downtown development, a visitors’ center, and new salmon derby sponsors were among a host of topics on the table at the regular monthly meeting of the Brewster Chamber of Commerce last Wednesday, March 8.
The new Downtown Strategies Committee will hold its first meeting next month. In...
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