Oroville News

Posted: Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009 - 10:27 a.m. PST Several free dinners will be offered in Okanogan and Ferry counties for those needing a place to go on Thanksgiving.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff OROVILLE - A fund-raiser is planned Saturday, Nov.

A winter weather advisory is in effect for the Okanogan Valley until noon Friday.

By Dee Camp Chronicle staff OMAK - A winter weather advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Okanogan Valley and points east.

It is a fine autumn mid week morning in Oroville, Washington as I arrive at the offices of the United States Border Patrol.

Unusual pumpkins The deadline for Okanogan's first unusual pumpkin contest is 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

Free pumpkins for kids to pick will be featured this weekend at The Great Pumpkin Patch hosted by REMAX Lake and Country with Taber's Taste of Summer.

This sign on Hwy. 97 in Oroville was installed earlier this month to let Canada-bound travellers know how long they may have to wait at the Osoyoos port of entry.

Early this year, the threat of closing the Wallace Falls trails near Gold Bar and other Washington state parks loomed as a possible way to deal with budget cuts.

Authorities in Canada and the U.S. have shut down a B.C.-based human-smuggling ring that allegedly moved more than 60 people overseas from South Asia.

The Colville Confederated Tribes has filed suit to stop the transfer of Lake Osoyoos State Park to the City of Oroville.

For Osoyoosa s Don Brunner, little has changed in the last 70 years when it comes to the Osoyoos border crossing.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, the camera club has written a set of encyclopedias by now.

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.

Authorities have rescued four people from a remote spot on the U.S.-Canada border after their guide abandoned them.

About 130 people crowded the museum meeting room at the Oroville Depot on Monday evening, August 24 to hear the Okanagan Public Utility District to ask questions and make comment on the Similkameen River Appraisal Level Study - " The Shanker's Bend Dam.

Officials at a public hearing into the controversial Shanker's Bend Dam project were greeted by a flood of criticism last week from residents on both sides of the border.

By Sheila Corson Chronicle staff OROVILLE - About 100 people crammed into the Depot Museum Aug.

Of the roughly two dozen people who spoke at a public meeting hosted by the Okanogan Public Utility District No.

Two people suffered bumps and bruises in a two-vehicle crash around 5:25 p.m. Aug.