- Omak schools to seek health clinic
After agreeing that a medical clinic at Omak High School will not provide condoms or other birth control, the Omak School Board decided Tuesday to apply for grants to offer students primary-care services at ...
- Omak starts signups for AAU basketball
AAU basketball registrations for boys and girls in grades three to six will be Nov.
- Four NCW schools to get new 'clean' buses
Four school districts in North Central Washington will soon replace their oldest, smoke-belching school buses with new, much cleaner vehicles.
- Nov. 20: Hernandez leads college students as first Latina president
Posted: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008 - 1:06 p.m. PST Hernandez leads college students as first Latina president By Alex Paul Chronicle staff Elizabeth Hernandez had to be held back a year in elementary school when ...
- East Wenatchee won't fund health district
The East Wenatchee City Council voted down a $1 per person request to fund the Chelan-Douglas Public Health District Wednesday night.
- ARCHIVE: Baby in Seattle hospital after hit-and-run crash
A 5-month-old Okanogan girl was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Friday after sustaining a head injury in a hit-and-run crash in Bridgeport.
- 7. Baby in satisfactory condition three days after hit-and-run
A 5-month-old Okanogan baby hurt Friday in a hit-and-run accident was in satisfactory condition this morning at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, a spokeswoman said.
- Drummer snared after alleged church break-in
Bridgeport police said they snared a 47-year-old man who broke into a local church to play the drums.
- No health clinic for Brewster schools
The Brewster School Board on Monday decided not to pursue a state grant to develop a school-based health clinic due to objections that condoms and birth control might be offered to students.
- Walk planned at Chief Joe
The eighth annual "Walk for Your Life" event will be held Saturday, Oct. 4, at Chief Joseph Dam.
- ARCHIVE: Waterville ordered to revamp organic materials disposal
WATERVILLE — Waterville will not be thumbing its nose at the state Department of Ecology this fall.
- Sheriff's office investigating $30,000 check fraud
More than $30,000 worth of bogus checks were cashed at a Bridgeport business last month, and there have been other reports of similar bogus checks in Entiat and Wenatchee, authorities said.
- NCW schools' dilemma: Taking state grant comes with a catch
School boards in Omak, Brewster and Bridgeport will decide in the next two months whether to apply for a state grant that would let kids get immunizations, tests for strep throat or sessions with a mental ...
- Woman arrested on suspicion of assaulting officer
A 29-year-old Wenatchee woman convicted 13 years ago of second-degree attempted murder was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of hitting a Wenatchee police officer.
- Home invasion reported in Bridgeport
Seven adults living in a mobile home told authorities they were awakened early Sunday by a group of five or six men who broke down their door and robbed them.
- Drowning victim identified, remains sent to Mexico
The body of a man who drowned here Aug. 2 has been identified and his remains have been sent to his hometown in Mexico.
- Chief Joseph Dam workers deployed to Atlanta for Ike, Hanna relief
BRIDGEPORT — Four specialists at Chief Joseph Dam have been deployed to the Atlanta area to help the region prepare for Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike which are both currently barreling toward the ...
- Stabbing suspect charged with assault
WATERVILLE — A 20-year-old California man has been charged with first-degree assault in connection with a June 29 stabbing in an orchard.
- Voters to decide on Winthrop fire truck bond; Brewster emergency services levy
OKANOGAN — Voters in Winthrop will decide whether to buy a new fire truck, and people living in and around Brewster and Pateros will vote on an emergency medical services levy in the upcoming primary ...