Okanogan News

Washington state wildlife officials say genetic tests have confirmed that two animals captured last Friday in western Okanogan County are wild, gray wolves.

The Camel's Hump Fire burning 20 miles west of Twisp grew to 50 acres Wednesday, but firefighters kept the blaze from spreading south into heavy timber, a fire spokesman said this morning.

Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 2:59 p.m. PDT The Camel's Hump Fire is located in the War Creek drainage Fire activity has increased on the Camel's Hump Fire in the War Creek drainage of the Lake ...

Washington state wildlife officials say genetic tests have confirmed that two animals captured last Friday in western Okanogan County are wild, gray wolves.

New policy changes under consideration could soon change the way cougars are hunted in the state.

Levels are used to identify restrictions to commercial and woodcutting activities.

Okanogan County Friends of the NRA members Pete Moyer, Leonard Fowles, Chad Cleveland, Ralph Malone, Ken Carwile.

Biologists say they have captured two wolves in western Okanogan County and fitted both with radio collars to track their movements and learn more about them.

Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 11:01 a.m. PDT California man injured in motorcycle accident A California man suffered a broken collarbone July 16 when his motorcycle went off Highway 20 about 28 miles west ...

Washington State is a place I have focused on from time to time...and now will focus on more intently.

A 40-year-old Wenatchee man was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of head and chest injuries after a motorcycle accident early Saturday morning about two miles north of Carlton.

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Governor Chris Gregoire issued the following statement on firefighting efforts in Eastern Washington: "Last night, Washington State Patrol Chief Batiste and I flew over fires burning in Chelan, ...

The howls in the forests of north-central Washington have added more evidence that gray wolves have returned to the state.

The best news in the battle against Eastern Washington wildfires comes from the National Weather Service.

A wildfire that has burned 1,300 acres in Okanogan County near Tonasket burned a cabin.

High winds that slammed the Inland Northwest and fanned dangerous fires originated from an unusually strong cold front that swept from north to south out of southern British Columbia this afternoon.

Map: Casino site The business arm of the Colville Confederated Tribes will break ground Monday on a 58,000-square-foot casino on reservation land near Omak, Wash.

WEANTCHEE &#8212 The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 7:28 p.m. tonight for North Central Washington that calls for quarter-sized hail in some areas.

Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - 9:36 a.m. PDT Phase lines arc during Jackass Butte fire Video by Doug Camp Footage of a fire on Jackass Butte near Okanogan on July 1 that includes phase to phase arcing on ...

Thunderstorms have sparked new fires in Okanogan County last night. But the storms also produced heavy rain.