UPDATE: The victim has been identified as Terry Shaw, according to Oroville Police Chief Todd Hill.

OKANOGAN - February came on strong with cold and snowy conditions statewide, adding some to the snow pack in the state’s mountains.

OLYMPIA – Lawmakers in Olympia last week passed legislation expanding access to democracy with the Native American Voting Rights Act.

EVERETT – A Winthrop man has been charged with murder in the death of a 19-year-old Bothell man.

OLYMPIA — The state Senate has passed a bill aimed at reducing pollution by prohibiting retailers in Washington from handing out single-use plastic bags.

OLYMPIA – The state Senate has voted to require prepaid postage for ballot envelopes during all elections.

OKANOGAN – An Okanogan man faces two assault charges after a stabbing Feb. 26 on South Second Avenue.

OMAK – Applicants are being south for a vacant position on the Omak School Board.

OMAK – A transportation study is under way in the Omak area with an eye toward planning through 2040.

OKANOGAN – Damaged areas of the sewage treatment plant flood control levee will be repaired under an agreement between the city and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

OKANOGAN – One man was hospitalized after an alleged altercation between inmates March 7 in the Okanogan County Jail.

OLYMPIA – The state House has voted in favor of a bill that would put Washington state on year-round daylight saving time.

CLE ELUM – A Coulee City driver escaped injury in a three-vehicle accident March 5 about five miles west of town.

OKANOGAN – Okanogan County commissioners have begun offering a call-in period so people can telephone in their concerns during a meeting.

OMAK – TranGO buses were involved in two non-injury accidents recently.

SPOKANE — An Omak man’s conviction for second-degree theft has been reduced by the state Court of Appeals to third-degree theft and the case has been sent back to Okanogan County Superior Court for resentencing.

OLYMPIA — Freshman state Rep. Keith Goehner, R-Dryden, had his first bill pass off the House floor last week.

BREWSTER— Although inpatient and outpatient revenues were below budget last month, Three Rivers Hospital finances continue to improve.

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee announced he is seeking the presidency of the United States in a video focused on climate change posted on his Facebook page early Friday.

NESPELEM – Darnell Sam has been appointed to the Colville Business Council.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bill protecting the Methow Headwaters area from mining has been passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and now goes to the president for his signature.

OROVILLE - Chamber of Commerce President Karen Frisbie announced the deadline for nominations for 2018 Best of Oroville has been extended to Monday, March 18. Nominations can be made online at https://form.jotform.com/90398770141157.

TONASKET — Three Rivers Hospital (TRH) board chairman Mike Pruitt attended Thursday’s meeting of North Valley Hospital (NVH) Board of Commissioners, describing the collaboration between the two hospitals as an “innovative idea.”

OMAK — Firefighters responded to a house fire at 25 Robinson Canyon Road shortly after 7:30 a.m. March 1.

OMAK — The Omak School Board has hired an architect to design secured vestibules for entry into North Omak Elementary School and Omak High School.

OROVILLE — A 13-year-old boy died Feb. 23 while hiking on the Similkameen Trail just outside town off Loomis-Oroville Road.

OKANOGAN — A 1.5 percent overall increase in the base charge for electricity is under consideration by Okanogan County Public Utility District commissioners.