Brewster News

Posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 12:43 p.m. PDT State opens fishing on parts of the Okanogan, Similkameen and Columbia rivers OLYMPIA - The state is opening some parts of the Okanogan, Similkameen and Columbia rivers to salmon fishing.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Rescuers searching for man who jumped into river Rescuers searching for man who jumped into river By K.C. Mehaffey World staff writer Jeremy Cook, 39, whose family is from Oroville, had been drinking with family and friends when he jumped off the bridge into the water, said Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers.

Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 4:15 p.m. PDT Scheller named to Brewster council By Sheila Corson Chronicle staff BREWSTER - Longtime resident John Scheller was appointed to the city council last month.

By Al Camp Chronicle staff BREWSTER - Four people were injured in a four-vehicle crash June 8 about 2.1 miles north of Brewster on U.S. Highway 97.

Gaelic football once had a bigger presence in Connecticut, when most of the Irish-American population here was either directly from Ireland or still had someone in the family who... Book celebrates the man who said yes to Woodstock LOS ANGELES - When your last name is Yasgur, you get used to people asking: "Yasgur? As in that Yasgur?" Dear Abby: ...

By Sheila Corson Chronicle staff OMAK - Many churches and multi-church groups will hold special services during the week, leading up to Easter Sunday.

Three people were injured when two vehicles collided about four miles north of Brewster on U.S. Highway 97 April 11.

Posted: Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 11:33 a.m. PDT Easter egg hunts set for Okanogan, Ferry counties By Dee Camp Chronicle staff OKANOGAN - Kids all over Okanogan and Ferry counties will stay busy this weekend tracking down Easter eggs.

Mobile inaugurated Douglas County's first data center Tuesday with speeches, tours and a pair of uncooperative scissors.

Washington State Parks will hold a public meeting next week to talk about the proposed mothballing of Squilchuck State Park south of Wenatchee.

The Okanogan County Coordinated Weed Management Area Group will sponsor "Spray Smart," a hands-on workshop for backpack sprayer calibration, this spring.

The boys and girls District 6 1A basketball playoffs began Feb. 17. For the boys, No.

The Okanogan County Auditor's Office vehicle license department will open at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb.

It's hours before dawn. The sound of helicopter blades has yet to fill the skies of the International Zone in Iraq's capital.

Health care officials from around Okanogan County are asking Wenatchee Valley College not to make cuts to the nursing program at its Omak campus to help balance its slashed budget.

A man charged more than two years ago with the attempted murder of a Brewster businessman was arrested and is being transported back to Okanogan County to face charges.

A two-vehicle accident on Highway 97 about three miles north of Chelan Monday night, Dec.

A Carlton woman is in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle today after she was injured in a crash near Carlton on Friday, a hospital spokeswoman said this morning.

Okanogan won three out of five varsity wrestling matches against Brewster Dec. 18 at home.

The local Office Depot store is not one of 112 under-performing stores the company will close by March, a company official confirmed Wednesday.