OMAK – Folks with sewing skills who are stuck at home during the coronavirus stay home, stay healthy order can make masks for donation to local hospitals.

OMAK – Folks in Okanogan County will have to wait a while to get their annual fix of Thin Mints, Samoas, Trefoils and other varieties of Girl Scout cookies.

Capt. Charles Bureau is known in Okanogan historical circles as operator of one of the smallest, toughest steamboats to ply the Okanogan River and as builder of the elegant Bureau Hotel, but he also had a long career on the water and in the lumber trade before and after his river exploits.

WENATCHEE – Two dozen youngsters from the region’s schools have qualified for the North Central Washington Regional Spelling Bee.

Few musical artists have the ability to capture the hearts and souls of millions of fans. And even fewer have the ability to do it for more than six decades and across a vast musical spectrum - from jazz to country, and folk to pop.

OKANOGAN - Madeline Luther, Okanogan, placed second in the statewide Poetry Out Loud championship March 7 in Tacoma.

TWISP - Registration is open for the Merc Playhouse’s summer camps in July.

OKANOGAN - “It was a bright, sunny afternoon that day in May 1906 when I climbed out of the stage at Alma, after the tiresome ride over the rocky, dusty road from Brewster. The town had all the appearance of being a real frontier settlement. Most of the buildings were of the box type, built …

OMAK - Pioneer Players, the drama club at Omak High School, will stage “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” a music based on the Charles Dickens novel of the same name.

OKANOGAN - The annual daddy-daughter dance is planned March 27 at Virginia Grainger Elementary School, 1118 S. Fifth Ave.

NESPELEM - The Colville Confederated Tribes’ 11th annual Earth Day Celebration will be April 23.

OKANOGAN - The movie “Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age” will be shown to students and parents in Okanogan on March 11 and in Omak on March 16.

WINTHROP - Kindergarten roundup for the Methow Valley School District is March 26.

WINTHROP – Money raised at this Saturday’s Winthrop Kiwanis Club Bite of the Methow is scheduled to go toward improvements at the club’s pump park.

WENATCHEE – Several student artists from Okanogan County high schools won top awards at the 41st Annual Regional High School Art Show.

The Jam Room was the place to be last Friday night for aspiring musicians, songwriters and producers.

TONASKET – A college educator from Pullman will give a lecture and perform March 12 at the music studio of Roz Nau.

OMAK – Preschool roundup for the Omak School District will be April 22-23 at North Omak Elementary School, 615 N. Oak St.

OKANOGAN - Middle school students in Okanogan collected coins last week to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

TWISP - The Merc Playhouse Tom Zbyszewski Children’s Theater will present “Fantastic Mr. Fox” March 20-22 and March 26-29.

OMAK – An Omak girl won the 2020 International Junior Miss Pacific Northwest Princess title Feb. 16 in Seaside, Ore.

WENATCHEE – Several local schools’ Knowledge Bowl teams will travel to Yakima later this month for state competition.

OMAK - A screening of the film “Older Than the Crown” will be Thursday, March 5, at the Omak Mirage Theaters, 101 S. Main St.

OKANOGAN – Camp Invention, a non-profit summer enrichment camp program, will be at Virginia Grainger Elementary School the week of June 22-26.

WINTHROP – The town’s annual Balloon Roundup is set for March 6-8, with three launches and night glow planned.

OKANOGAN – William Compton Brown – attorney, judge, historian and friend to many – made history, documented history and was instrumental in preserving the early photographic history of Okanogan County.

BRIDGEPORT - Eighth-grader Cesar DeDios, wielding an oversized pair of scissors, clipped an orange ribbon Feb. 22 to open the new Bridgeport Middle School officially.

SANDSTONE, MN — Three cougar cubs that were captured, escaped, captured and recaptured in the Methow Valley last month, have been relocated to the Wildcat Sanctuary.

OKANOGAN - David Pritchard began dabbling in wood carving nearly four decades ago.

Although there were plenty of open seats, those who attended Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus’ third concert of the season on Saturday were more than pleased with the musicianship of this group.

OMAK — Okanogan Behavioral Healthcare CEO Bill Snyder is settling into Okanogan Valley life and plans to continue improving access to services in north central Washington.

REPUBLIC — Finances and services continue to improve in the Ferry County Public Hospital District.

 REPUBLIC — Ferry County Public Hospital District (Ferry County Health) has entered into an agreement to purchase a longtime, historic business – Republic Drug Store.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. – A new book, “Images of America: Steamboat Rock,” will be released April 13 by Arcadia Publishing.

OMAK – A fundraiser for Omak Stampede Queen Shelby White is planned for March 28.

OMAK - Music will soar during the Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus family concert Feb. 22.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-4th District, has announced the sixth annual Congressional Art Competition for central Washington.

OMAK – Humans and animals benefited this year from donations of food by Mid-Valley Hospital and Mid-Valley Clinc employees.

OKANOGAN – A launch party for a new musical effort, The Jam Room, is set for Feb. 28 in the Okanogan High School cafetorium, 244 S. Fifth Ave.