Local News

Utilities collaborate on power planning

Sheila Corson
Okanogan County PUD

Jul 01, 2021
With questions and concerns swirling in the community, representatives from power utilities, fire districts and city and county…




North Cascades Highway closed for winter

By NCBI
Nov 20, 2012
The gates are closed until spring on the North Cascades Highway. Nearly two feet of new snow and several snowslides,…

Recount Required in Commissioners Race

By NCBI
Nov 19, 2012
With all the ballots counted, over 17,000 of them, the race for the Okanogan County Commission District 2 is still a dead…

Okanogan County Set to Update Hazard Risk Plans

By NCBI
Nov 14, 2012
Okanogan County has launched a project to update the Okanogan County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan and Community Wildfire…

Tonasket man dies following crash on Hwy 20

By NCBI
Nov 14, 2012
A 54-year-old Tonasket man died Tuesday after rolling his pickup truck on Highway 20 about nine miles east of Tonasket.…

Commissioner Race Tightens

By NCBI
Nov 14, 2012
The race for Okanogan County Commissioner District 2 has been too close to call all along, and the race only got closer…