WINTHROP – Winthrop 49er Days is back for its 76th year after a one-year, COVID-imposed hiatus.

OKANOGAN - Hamilton Youth Foundation has awarded three $1,000 scholarships and two $1,500 scholarships for 2021.

OMAK – Roselyn Halvorson, a student at East Omak Elementary School, recently was selected as an official runway model for New York Fashion Week in September.

YAKIMA – Blood drawings are planned this month in three Okanogan County locations by the American Red Cross.

ELMER CITY – A family recently took ownership of the Northwest Native Development Fund’s first home.

SEATTLE – Blood drives are planned in Brewster and Tonasket by the American Red Cross.

OMAK — Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus will host its finale concert in the “Music is Vital” series virtually by 3 p.m. Saturday, April 17.

WENATCHEE - NCW Libraries and Wenatchee Valley College are hosting bestselling author Cristina Henriquez for a virtual program April 15.

WINTHROP – The Bite of the Methow will be back this year, but in a different format.

WENATCHEE - Students at Wenatchee Valley College soon will be able to apply for Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act funding.

OKANOGAN – A Virginia Grainger Elementary School first-grader is slated to have his name included on a list of students scheduled to blast off to Mars in a few years.

BREWSTER – Kindergarten registration is planned in April by the Brewster School District.