Omak News

Construction work continues on a series of enhancement projects for the North Cascade Highway's Washington Pass Overlook.

Royalty gathered in support of Washington High School Rodeo Queen Jonnie Crossland are Diane Ferguson Kendrick, Julie Smith Hensley, Kit Davis Dawson, Crossland and Krystal Nissen Ade.

A Gig Harbor couple escaped injury when lightning struck a tree and traveled through the car they were sitting in to wait out the storm.

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.

Two people from Chilliwack, B.C., were injured when their motorcycle collided with a deer June 3 on County Road No.

Fireworks will be allowed only in designated areas on the Colville Indian Reservation, and only on July 4. According to tribal officials, designated areas are: - Nespelem - Buffalo Lake Reynolds Resort, Owhi Lake, Gua Point and the first campsite on the east side and the agency ball fields.

Posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 3:35 p.m. PDT State imposes outdoor burning restrictions OLYMPIA - The state has imposed outdoor burning restrictions in northeast Washington, including Okanogan and Ferry counties.

A 27-year-old Spokane woman, reported missing earlier in the week after leaving her vehicle on a ferry, was reunited with her family June 25.

Three new road projects get under way this week in Okanogan County. The state Department of Transportation, Wenatchee, said the first calls for improvements to message signs, signals and cameras in the Omak and Oroville areas.

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 YouTube video shot last July opened the door to discovery for the Hadlock Day's lawn mower racing event.

General Motors, Chrysler and a few other big names in today's motoring world may feel like the last days of the automobile age are at hand.

Alcohol was a factor in the death of a 30-year-old Coulee Dam woman in a rollover crash June 14 on state Highway 155 about five miles south of town, the Washington State Patrol said.. Diana L. Adolph was northbound around 11:15 a.m. at a high rate of speed when she lost control of her car, the patrol said.

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.

Council ponders raising storm water rates By Sheila Corson Chronicle staff OMAK - The city council discussed raising storm water rates to cover capital projects in its proposed storm water management plan.

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.

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.

By Sheila Corson Chronicle staff OMAK - Crews are clearing the ground along Ross Canyon Road, which soon will soon be closed part time for construction.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Tribal leaders from Canada and the United States talk on the U.S. side of the fence, while two officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police greet people coming into the U.S. from Canada.

Omak's Sev Carden gets a helping hand from Oroville's J.R. Leslie while seemingly holding up a belt buckle with his left hand.