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CONCONULLY, Wash. — Residents in the small Okanogan County town of Conconully are struggling with water shortages as declining groundwater levels leave household wells dry.
Yesterday, Greater Spokane Incorporated presented its annual economic forecast to local business leaders. A conference that focuses on the Columbia River is virtual this year because of tensions between the U.S. and Canada. SPR’s Doug Nadvornick takes a closer look at the cleanup of an abandoned mine in Okanogan County....
Jodie Barcus, appointed earlier this year to serve as Okanogan County’s first female sheriff, was elected Nov. 3 to continue in that role for another four years. Barcus overcame a contentious challenge from sheriff’s Deputy Gisberth Gonzalez, winning 66.7% of the vote as of Friday (Nov. 6), to Gonzalez’s 31.1%. Ballot returns included more than 300 write-ins.
Trinity Hightower Stucker has been elected as Okanogan County commissioner for District 3, with a nearly 4% lead over incumbent one-term commissioner Jon Neal. There were just 300 ballots left to count as of Tuesday (Nov. 10). Stucker earned voters’ support with what she described as “real-world experience and a...
Okanogan County’s chief deputy coroner earned a promotion from voters. Gene Davis, who is serving as deputy under Coroner Dave Rodriguez, defeated Cindy Jensen, a nurse practitioner, by more than 30 percentage points as of Friday (Nov. 6). He had 65.1% of the votes, to Jensen’s 34.6%. Rodriguez,...
WENATCHEE — Federal, state and tribal agencies are expanding a Central Washington pilot program that aims to increase prescribed burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest while giving nearby communities more warning and protection from the smoke. The pilot began last fall and spring in Chelan and Kittitas counties and...
OLYMPIA, WA — The wildfire season in Washington state is officially over. In 2026, “more than 1,500 fires ignited and nearly 1 million acres burned across the state,” Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove said Tuesday. “We saw
WENATCHEE – Beth Stipe plans to retire as executive director of the Community Foundation of NCW on Dec. 31, 2027, ending 24 years of leadership at an organization that has distributed $160 million in grants and scholarships during her tenure. The foundation announced her plans Nov. 10. Stipe informed...
