Omak News

A marriage improvement class is planned for 9:45-10:45 a.m. Sundays at the Cornerstone Christian Fellowship Church.

Posted: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 - 10:22 p.m. PST Book fair runs through Friday at North OMAK - A Scholastic Book Fair is under way at North OmakElementary School.

By Dee Camp Chronicle staff OKANOGAN - Patrick Plumb leads Joyce Fancher in the race for Tonasket mayor and incumbent Lee Webster is ahead of challenger David Smith in the contest for Brewster mayor, according to election night returns.

An open house and Halloween party are planned at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Omak Community Center.

The Okanogan County Tourism Council's annual banquet and workshop will be Wednesday, Nov.

Ronnie Dunn performs during a sold-out concert Friday night in the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton, B.C. Chronicle photo by Roger Harnack Brooks and Dunn driver Lyndle Cortez sits with Connie Knight of Havillah during an impromptu concert at the Omak Shell Truck Stop.

Someone may be missing some family portraits and not even know it. About a dozen framed portraits showed up at the Omak Senior Center in a box of items left for the center's thrift shop, center volunteer Ellyn Fowler said.

The big event in the local retail world last week was the opening of the new Walmart superstore in West Valley, but I've written plenty about that already.

This weekend, Pullman will host its very own zombie apocalypse in the form of Zombie Mosh, a rock show.

A teenager was injured Oct. 13 when a car hit a cow on state Highway 20 about 10 miles east of Republic.

General rifle season for deer hunters begins Oct. 17 and Okanogan County public land management agencies are hosting their annual hunter information booths in Omak and Twisp.

The annual "Backyard Brawl" T-shirts commemorating the Omak and Okanogan football game will be available at Heatstroke Printing starting Thursday, Oct.

Posted: Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 - 12:25 p.m. PDT Police seek armed robber in Omak By Dee Camp Chronicle staff OMAK - Police are looking for a man who robbed the Jackpot gas station of about $400 the morning of Oct.

Two community meetings to discuss the arson problem on the Colville Indian Reservation are planned for Oct.

Joe Feddersen, Stealth, 2006. Blown glass, sandblasted, 10 x 15 1 2 x 15 1 2 inches.

Posted: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 - 8:55 a.m. PDT Reading leads to adventure OROVILLE - An Omak youth found out that reading not only leads to adventures in print, it also leads to real-life adventures.

Presenter: Jeffrey Pindelski This webcast will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied daily fireground survival.

On Sept. 13, after packing up from the Okanogan County Fair, Ridgeline USA owners Yvonne and Robert Swift found that their van had been stolen with equipment, personal items and all their customer contact information inside.

Bulldog seat cushions will be sold at the home football game this Friday, Sept. 18. The Okanogan Music Boosters will offer the cushions for $5 apiece.

Omak soon will get its fourth traffic light. A new light is being installed today, Sept.