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A gazebo like this one in Lakeshore Park will be installed by the Douglas PUD at Ives Landing Park this spring. Mike Maltais/QCH
Pateros – Ives Landing Park is getting a new gazebo this spring similar to those in Lakeshore Park.
Pateros City Council member Megan Sherrard who, along with council member Holly Bange, is a member of the city Streets and Parks Committee, advised the council at its Feb. 21 meeting that both met...
This photo is an approximation of what the new restroom scheduled to replace the existing facility at the Brewster RV park and boat launch will look like. Courtesy City of Brewster
BREWSTER – Following many years of requests and scores of port-a-potties later the city is finally on the budgeted projects roster to get a new restroom at the boat launch at Columbia Cove.
Public Works Director Lee Webster announced the good news at the regular monthly meeting of the Brewster City...
Together with a $400,000 grant from the Transportation Improvement Board, TBD funds help pay for extra re-engineering and re-design costs to install new sidewalk, curb, and gutters along Warren Avenue added in 2022. Mike Maltais/QCH
PATEROS – Entering its sixth year as part of the city’s financial funding vehicle, the Transportation Benefit District (TBD) has been gradually building revenues to help the city maintain its city transportation network.
At the most recent February Pateros City Council meeting the treasurer’s...
Colchuck Peak sits at the South end of Colchuck Lake approximately 8 miles South of Leavenworth. Courtesy Chelan County Sheriff’s office
LEAVENWORTH - Sheriff Mike Morrison reports on February 20, Deputies were contacted at the CCSO Leavenworth substation about an avalanche that occurred near Colchuck Lake the previous day. The reporting party, a 53-year-old Maryland man reported the group he was with had attempted to climb Colchuck...
Editor’s note: The following meeting summary of the Board of Commissioners of Okanogan County (BOCC) for the first week of February 2023, is taken from notes provided by County Watch (countywatch.org)
OKANOGAN -- The Board of Okanogan County Commissioners gave the green light to hiring two...
BRIDGEPORT – With Mayor Pro-Tem Matthew Schuh presiding, the Bridgeport City Council approved several measures at its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, Feb. 15. Among items approved:
• The city’s 2023 fee schedule.
• Sale of surplus equipment, tools, and rolling stock on the website...
Brewster Police Chief Marcos Ruiz addresses the Feb. 16 meeting of the Brewster City Council. Mike Maltais/QCH
BREWSTER – Police Chief Marcos Ruiz paid a visit to Olympia to discuss law enforcement – or the lack of – with legislators earlier this month about issues that will help law enforcement and justice for crime victims. Ruiz reported on his trip to the Feb. 16 meeting of the Brewster City Council.
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City attorney Chuck Zimmerman Mike Maltais/QCH
BREWSTER – Forbidden Cannabis Club in Okanogan has an extra license to open a second store within the limits of an Okanogan County city only and wants to locate in Brewster. A store representative appeared at the regular meeting of the city council last Thursday, Feb. 16, to present the proposal....
Editor’s note: The following meeting summary of the Board of Commissioners of Okanogan County (BOCC) for the last week of January, is provided by County Watch (countywatch.org)
OKANOGAN -- Monday, Jan. 30, a.m.
Commissioners discussed aquatic projects in Forest Service cuts. Commissioner...
A mural of Gary Knowlton at the Manson Bay Park pool was unveiled at a public memorial in his honor on July 28, 2016. Mike Maltais/QCH
OLYMPIA – For the first time in more than six years since she lost her husband, Gary, to a drunk driver, Deana Knowlton testified before lawmakers in support of a bill to provide more counseling to traumatized victims like herself. House Bill 1501 introduced by 12th District State Representative...
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