Okanogan County News

OKANOGAN, Wash. The Okanogan SWAT team along with Okanogan County Sheriff's Officers are looking for a 41-year-old Twist resident that may have started a small wildfire.

Thursday an armed man kept fire crews in Okanogan County from fighting a wildfire.

Check it out today! Subscribe Login The Chronicle WENATCHEE - An estimated 300 motorcycles will be passing through Okanogan County on Saturday, May 19, in the 10th annual Run for the Border Benefit Ride.

Check it out today! Subscribe Login The Chronicle WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who represents Ferry and part of Okanogan counties in Washington state's 5th Congressional District, took President Obama and the Federal Regulatory Commission to task Wednesday, May 9, for failing to have a plan for hydropower.

The Okanogan County prosecutor says he has not yet decided whether to retry a faith-healing couple accused of being criminally responsible for their teenage son's death by failing to call a doctor.

Greg and JaLea Swezey did not know their 17-year-old son, Zachery, was dying, until just before he died from a ruptured appendix on March 18, 2009, a defense attorney told an Okanogan County jury Monday.

A Spokane County Sheriff's Office bomb disposal unit destroyed a pipe bomb found at the edge of Fancher Dam Reservoir, eight miles northeast of Tonasket last Thursday.

Linda Black, volunteer coordinator for the Tonasket Visitors and Business Resource Center gives a season-opening pep talk to her team of nearly 30 volunteers on Wednesday, April 25.

Mark Yuasa covers fishing and outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. A Seattle native, Mark is a lifelong angler who grew up near the banks of Lake Washington, and has been covering fishing and outdoors for more than 19 years for The Seattle Times.

Check it out today! Subscribe Login The Chronicle HAVILLAH - Crews from Okanogan County Sheriff's Office spent Wednesday night, May 2, on the banks of Fancher Lake west of town after an angler discovered what appeared to be a pipe bomb.

At its regular monthly meeting today, the Board of Natural Resources approved the purchase of 3,359 acres of irrigated agricultural land in Benton County from a private company.

As part of its weekend-long Earth Day celebration, the Community Cultural Center of Tonasket arranged a tour of Bob and Jane Thompson's home.

Trish Butler has announce her intention to file for election to another term as an Okanogan County Public Utility District Commissioner.

Okanogan County District Court Judge Hank Rawson is seeking the Superior Court Judge position being vacated by Jack Burchard.