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  NEWS
Feb. 2: Council OKs garbage rate increase
     OKANOGAN – The City Council approved a 1.9 percent increase in garbage rates, effective March 16.
 
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Trees sport a coat of frost Feb. 5 along the Okanogan River near Omak.
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Feb. 2: Quincy, Brewster set to join Caribou Trail League
     Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released final school classifications Jan. 23 that will be used for the next two years.
 
Feb. 1: Feb. 4 fundraiser benefits Conscious Culture Festival
     TONASKET - Tickets are on sale and a Feb. 4 fundraiser benefit is planned for the annual Conscious Culture Festival June 8-9.
 
Feb. 1: Twisp skier wins Apple Cup crown
     MISSION RIDGE – Clair Wallis, Twisp, of the Loup Loup Alpine Ski Team brought home the “Apple Cup” for fastest combined time of any female skier Jan. 21-22 in the 19th annual Stemilt Apple Cup Invitational.
 
Jan. 31: Seedings done; District 6 wrestling comes to Omak
     OMAK - Post-season 1A wrestling gets underway with the District 6 tournament Feb. 3-4 at Omak High School, 20 S. Cedar St.
 
Jan. 31: Seedings done; Super sub-regionals planned for Lake Roosevelt
     COULEE DAM -The northern sub-regional wrestling tournament for 1B/2B wrestlers gets under way at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Lake Roosevelt High School, 500 Civic Way.
 
Jan. 24: Teen arrested for vehicle break-ins
     OKANOGAN – A teenager who just got out of jail was arrested Jan. 25 on suspicion of breaking into several vehicles in and near town.
 
Jan. 24: Winter weather advisory issued for Okanogan, Ferry counties
     OMAK – A winter weather advisory is in effect for Okanogan and Ferry counties until 1 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25.
 
Jan. 24: Girls basketball: Brewster swats Oroville
     BREWSTER – The Brewster High School girls basketball manhandled Oroville, 63-28, Jan. 20.
 
Jan. 24: Boys basketball: Chelan edges Tonasket
     TONASKET – The Chelan High School boys basketball team made a strong first half hold up in beating Tonasket, 59-46, Jan. 20.
 
Jan. 24: Wrestling: Liberty Bell finishes second at Kittitas
     KITTITAS – The Liberty Bell High School wrestling team finished second Jan. 21 in the Coyote Classic at Kittitas High School.
 
Jan. 23: Earthquake rocks area south of Penticton
     PENTICTON, B.C. – A magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred at 11:09 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 16 miles south of town and 23 miles north-northwest of Oroville.
 
Jan. 19: Witnesses to fatal crash are sought
     ENTIAT – The Washington State Patrol is looking for anyone who may have seen events leading up to a Jan. 17 crash in which a Chelan resident died.
 
Jan. 19: Poetry Out Loud is tonight in Okanogan
     OKANOGAN – Ten students will compete in the annual Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest at 7 tonight, Jan. 19, in the High School cafetorium, 244 S. Fifth Ave.
 
Jan. 18: Chelan woman dies in two-vehicle crash
     ENTIAT - A longtime Chelan resident died Jan. 17 in a two-vehicle crash three miles south of town.
 
Jan. 18: Ecstasy, cash seized west of Danville
     DANVILLE - The U.S. Border Patrol has seized 18 pounds of Ecstasy and $14,000 in U.S. currency near the Canadian border.
 
Jan. 18: Four quakes reported in the past two weeks
     KELOWNA, B.C. - Several small earthquakes - three of them possible quarry explosions - have rattled the North Cascades in the past two weeks.
 
Jan. 17: State plans Okanogan meeting to discuss elk plan
     OKANOGAN - The state's draft plan for managing elk in the northeast part of the state will be discussed here at a public meeting Thursday, Jan. 26.
 
Jan. 16: Motorists arrested in drunken driving campaign
     OKANOGAN - Hundreds of people statewide - including 18 locally - were arrested between Nov. 24 and Jan. 2 during a holiday drunken driving enforcement campaign.
 
Jan. 12: Russian artists' works displayed at Dry Falls
     COULEE CITY - Oil paintings by Russian artist Gennady Ugryumov are on display throughout 2012 at Dry Falls Visitor Center, four miles south of town on state Highway 17.
 
Jan. 11: Morton asks governor to rescind board appointment
     OLYMPIA - Sen. Bob Morton, R-Kettle Falls, asked the governor Jan. 10 to rescind her recent appointment of Seattle resident Ted Willhite to the state Recreation and Conservation Funding Board.
 
Jan. 10: Discover Pass expansion gets Senate committee nod
     The state Senate Energy, Natural Resources and Marine Waters Committee on Jan. 9 voted unanimously to refer a bill to the Ways and Means Committee that would make the Discover Pass transferable between two vehicles.
 
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Winter sports standings, scores
 
  RECENTLY POSTED PHOTO ALBUMS
Dec. 17: Omak boys vs. Bridgeport - Raider Holiday Tournament
Dec. 17: Lake Roosevelt girls vs. Bridgeport - Raider Holiday Tournament
Dec. 16: Cashmere at Brewster girls basketball
Dec. 10: Wrestling at Okanogan
Dec. 10: Pateros at Tonasket girls basketball
Dec. 10: Pateros at Tonasket boys basketball
Dec. 6: Brewster at Okanogan girls basketball
Dec. 6: Brewster at Okanogan boys basketball
Dec. 3: Omak PIT wrestling tournament
Dec. 3: Oroville at Tonasket boys basketball
Dec. 3: Oroville at Tonasket girls basketball
Dec. 1: Bridgeport at Omak girls basketball
Dec. 1: Bridgeport at Omak boys basketball
Nov. 26: Christmas at the End of the Road
Nov. 12: Brewsteer at La Conner state soccer
Nov. 4: Lakeside at Tonasket post-season football
Nov. 1: Soap Lake at Brewster state 2B football
Nov. 1: Tiebreaker football at Bridgeport
Nov. 1: Omak at Okanogan playoff soccer
 
  RECENTLY POSTED VIDEOS
Dec. 16: Okanogan Valley Chorus "Because It's Christmas." videos 
Dec. 16: Okanogan Valley Orchestra "Scottish Fantasy" videos 
Dec. 16: Okanogan Valley Orchestra Vivaldi Concerto in D Minor videos 
 
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