Okanogan News

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN The Worm: Dreaming of digits before daybreak The Worm: Dreaming of digits before daybreak Pure trivia: Shortly after 4 a.m. on Wednesday, the time will be 04:05:06 on 07/08/09. Flash forward a few months to Sept.

Firefighters are working in Stevens County, Washington trying to contain a wildfire on Quartzite Mountain, about three miles east of Chewelah.

In the foothills of the North Cascades, where the veil between dimensions is said to be thinnest, inhabitants of this world gather once a year to coexist with fairies in theirs.

WENATCHEE Grant money will improve dental records, parking lot at medical facility Grant money will improve dental records, parking lot at medical facility WENATCHEE - Columbia Valley Community Health will be going to electronic record-keeping for dental records and will get an improved parking lot, thanks to $1 million federal grant money.

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.

July WENATCHEE CHELAN CLASS BUILDS PLAYHOUSE: Wenat- chee High School students construct an A-frame playhouse in March 1972.

July Fourth brings extra wildfire risks from fireworks, even though fireworks are prohibited in state and federal forests.

Samantha Culp will give two concerts this weekend to raise funds for a trip to the American Idol tryouts in mid-July. Auditions will be July 14 in Denver, Colo.

Don't be deceived by summer's damp debut last weekend. The outlook is for a "dry, extended" season into September.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN This decorative screen in the bathroom of Marian McClannahan's Omak home is one of many design elements featured in the North Okanogan Habitat for Humanity home tour.

A 52-year-old Okanogan man pulled out two pistols and shot himself in the head outside the emergency room at Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak early Monday morning just as someone was opening the... June 9, 2009 June 9, 2009 Nosh On: Bean there, done that The last couple of times I've been to Costco, I've eyed tubs of an Italian bean salad thing in the ...

A 52-year-old Okanogan man pulled out two pistols and shot himself in the head outside the emergency room at Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak early Monday morning just as someone was opening the... WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Herbed bean salad is a light and refreshing summer salad.

A 52-year-old Okanogan man pulled out two pistols and shot himself in the head outside the emergency room at Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak early Monday morning just as someone was opening the... Nosh On: Bean there, done that The last couple of times I've been to Costco, I've eyed tubs of an Italian bean salad thing in the deli section.

A 52-year-old Okanogan man pulled out two pistols and shot himself in the head outside the emergency room at Mid-Valley Hospital in Omak early Monday morning just as someone was opening the... Nosh On: Bean there, done that The last couple of times I've been to Costco, I've eyed tubs of an Italian bean salad thing in the deli section.

Less than a year after the state's first gray-wolf pack in 70 years took up residence east of the North Cascades near Twisp, Okanogan County, ranchers, some environmentalists and government agencies are struggling to tamp down rumors and make sure livestock producers and this mysterious predator coexist in relative peace.

By Dee Camp Chronicle staff OKANOGAN - Food, a parade and music will be on tap June 6 during the annual Okanogan Days celebration.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN FOSSIL HUNTERS: Members of the Preservation of Our Heritage Committee, a division of the Allied Arts Council, tour the Wenatchee area in May 1966 to identify sites of historical or geological interest.

Wade Gebbers, Brewster, carded a 73 after the first day of the class 1A state golf tournament May 27 at Columbia Pointe Golf Course.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Get more information For diabetes programs in the Wenatchee area, call: Wenatchee Valley Medical Center at 667-3650 or, for group classes, 667-3670 Central Washington Hospital at 662-1511, Ext 2178; for education, 667-3350 Columbia Valley Community Health at 664-3524 Denia Alaniz cooks tortillas to make a bean burrito ...

Okanogan County Prosecutor Karl Sloan has decided not to seek the death penalty against three people accused of killing a pregnant woman.