Republic News

Jim Scoggins will get his seat back. Preliminary results in the race between the former school board member and incumbent Raymond Navarro Jr.

Some 600 people are expected at the annual convention of the outspoken Freedom From Religion Foundation, which is meeting in Seattle from Friday through Sunday.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff REPUBLIC - Ferry County voters favor a non-motorized rail trail, according to preliminary counts of a non-binding advisory measure that appeared on the Nov.

Unusual pumpkins The deadline for Okanogan's first unusual pumpkin contest is 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the Okanogan Highlands, East Slopes, Northern Cascades, and Okanogan Valley until 8:00 p.m. Thursday night.

Ferry County residents will make a critical decision on Nov. 3 regarding use of a prized abandoned railway the county acquired this year: Will motorized vehicles be allowed on the 28.5-mile route that runs from the Canada border to an existing trail at Republic? The election-day issue has become contentious.

A teenager was injured Oct. 13 when a car hit a cow on state Highway 20 about 10 miles east of Republic.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff REPUBLIC - Second annual candlelight vigils to honor victims of domestic violence are planned for Inchelium, Republic and Keller.

Perry Technical Institute will host "Exploring Careers in Technology," an open house for those interested in learning about Perry's specialized training programs, on Thursday The open house will run from 3:30 to 7 p.m. at 2011 W. Washington Ave.

A Malo man died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on state Highway 21 at Ludimo Meadows Road about 9:20 p.m. Oct.

THE MALTESE FALCON. This year's book is "The Maltese Falcon" by Dashiell Hammett.

The Yakima Dive Club is holding a yard sale Saturday to raise money to place mooring buoys in Puget Sound and Hood Canal.

Posted: Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 - 8:30 a.m. PDT By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff REPUBLIC - A bit of history was made Sept.

Members of Fort Simcoe Camp No. 2, the Eastern Washington camp of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, are rededicating a memorial in Tahoma Cemetery on Saturday afternoon.

Young adults interested in traveling and studying overseas are encouraged to attend an informational meeting Monday.

Mad Science of Yakima County, which provides science enrichment activities for students, has hired Catherine Adler, Lisa Tapia and Jeannine Lavande as new instructors.

An unusually early-summer snowmelt created hazards on the Muir Snowfield at Mount Rainier starting in August.

A 25-year-old Pomeroy, Wash., man died Thursday morning after rolling his truck on Highway 194, west of Pullman.

Joyce Munly has had her bicycle -- and her faith in people -- restored. Munly also has a new lock to secure the three-wheel bike that was stolen from the carport of her mobile home in the Broadmoor Mobile Park on Washington Avenue last week.

Family members say a young man suspected of killing his wife and then himself in an apparent murder-suicide in Republic may have suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after returning from Iraq.