Okanogan County News

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Two state agencies have each agreed to pay half of a $1.5 million settlement to a girl, now 14, who was abused at the hands of relatives.

The first day of H1N1 vaccinations by appointment went smoothly, Bev Neher told the Chelan-Douglas Health District board at its November meeting Monday.

The Department of Social and Health Services has agreed to pay $1.5 million in a settlement to a 14-year-old girl who suffered years of emotional, physical and sexual abuse in her paternal grandparents' home despite "abundant" warnings to Child Protective Services.

The man who trained dogs for an elite Seattle clientele may have understood canine psychology better than his own sometimes volatile emotions.

A holiday craft show will bring at least 24 vendors to the Okanogan County Fairgrounds Agriplex Nov.

Yet another county has joined the NO on Initiative 1033 camp. This week, it's Okanogan, where Initiative 1033 had previously been passing by just a handful of votes, and which we predicted was the most likely candidate to switch sides.

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.

By Al Camp Chronicle staff OMAK - Colville Tribal Police are searching for a 21-eyar-old Omak man suspected to have shot another man Nov.

By Dee Camp Chronicle staff OKANOGAN - Wilford Schreckengast will become a member of the Okanogan High School class of 1948 when he picks up his diploma next Tuesday during a Veterans Day ceremony.

5 on the 600 block of Eighth Avenue. Details are sketchy since the Colville Business Council has yet to approve a press release on the shooting, which occurred on the reservation.

By Al Camp Chronicle staff OKANOGAN - A Douglas County Sheriff's Office robotic camera found a 39-year-old Okanogan man died earlier this morning from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

By Brenda Starkey Chronicle staff REPUBLIC - Ferry County voters favor a non-motorized rail trail, according to preliminary counts of a non-binding advisory measure that appeared on the Nov.

The race for mayor of Twisp is in a dead heat after early counting Tuesday night .

Deputies in Okanogan County are involved in a standoff with a suicidal man armed with a handgun who threatened to kill his wife and then himself.

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A man was arrested Thursday night and booked into the Skagit County Jail on investigation of murder in the case of a missing Anacortes man who hasn't been seen since Wednesday morning.

Washington state and Okanogan County will share the $100,000 bail that was forfeited when the man suspected of killing well-known Black Diamond sound engineer Tom Pfaeffle failed to show up for a court hearing last month, according to The Wenatchee World.

A passenger was injured when an SUV went off state Highway 20 just inside Okanogan County at 10:40 a.m. Oct.

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