MANSFIELD – The race for town mayor between longtime resident and interim mayor Clint Wall and challenger Kris Neff, a relative newcomer who settled in Mansfield in 2020, is creating …

NESPELEM – Buffalo are now roaming free on the land of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. While many eyes in the county are on the proposed reintroduction of the grizzly …

OKANOGAN – Pateros FFA and student livestock exhibitors at this year’s 76 th annual Okanogan County Fair received much-needed support from the Pateros-Methow Volunteer Firefighters …

BREWSTER – Ziply Fiber, the Kirkland, Washington-based fiber optic Internet service provider, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony here on Oct. 5 to celebrate the completion of its installation …

PATEROS – Nationwide this year, the number of billion-dollar disaster events have reached record levels with 23 so far, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. …

BRIDGEPORT – Winter is getting close enough that the public works department is buttoning up some projects and closing out others. Superintendent of Public Works Stuart Dezellem has been …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

OKANOGAN – Scores of Quad City livestock exhibitors helped the 76 th annual Okanogan County Fair break market stock sale records during its four-day run last Sept. 7-10. The fair came together …

BREWSTER – The American Legion Columbia Post 97 welcomed representatives of the Royal Canadian Legion Enderby Branch 98 over the weekend of Sept. 8-10 for the International Gavel Passing …

Vitalant Blood Drive to be held on Sept. 29 PATEROS - There will be a blood drive on Friday, September 29 from 2-6 p.m. Donations will be done outside the Pateros School, 344 W Beach St., on …

OLYMPIA — In a tribute to U.S. Constitution Week, Secretary of State Steve Hobbs will unveil an extraordinary historical exhibition, the original 1889 Washington Constitution, at Olympia's …

After my election to the Senate seven years ago, I started an annual “listening tour” to help me hear directly from constituents on issues important to their communities. I recently …

BRIDGEPORT – The Bridgeport Planning Commission concentrated on the development of a city non-motorized pedestrian access plan at its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, Sept. 7. The first …