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STCU receives awards for wildfire response, marketing campaigns
STCU’s response to the 2023 Gray and Oregon Road wildfires was honored for excellence by the Marketing and Business Development Council of America’s Credit Unions. In results announced last month, judges for the Council pre... — Updated 4/17/2024
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Planners think about wildfire in Ok. County
Big maps up on a screen made an impression. The maps outlined all the areas burned by wildfires in Okanogan County. The first slide showed burns from 1982 through 2013. The second... — Updated 4/3/2024
Community wildfire planning meeting Wednesday night
The third in a series of the “Okanogan County Community Wildfire Protection Plan” meetings will be held Wednesday evening, March 27, from 5-7 p.m., at the Lucy Covington Government Center, 21 Colville Street, Nespelem, the hea... — Updated 3/27/2024
Community wildfire planning meeting Wednesday night
The third in a series of the "Okanogan County Community Wildfire Protection Plan" meetings will be held Wednesday evening, March 27, from 5-7 p.m., at the Lucy Covington Government... — Updated 3/26/2024
Funds awarded town to replant street trees
Coulee Dam will get state and federal help planting new trees on a street it clear cut last summer. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced this week it will award Coulee Dam $71,180 for the work. The project is d... — Updated 3/6/2024
New day always dawns
Sagebrush burned during a wildfire above Coulee Dam several years ago combines with the dawn over Grand Coulee Dam Tuesday to illustrate that dark times always yield to a new day.... — Updated 1/3/2024
Focus on power lines to avoid wildfires, losses
Many fingers are again pointed at electric utilities because downed power lines are suspected of starting another horrific wildfire — the one that raced through Lahaina killing hund... — Updated 8/23/2023
STCU gives $50K for wildfire relief, encourages donations from community
The Here for Good Foundation, STCU’s charitable foundation, is encouraging donations at innovia.org/stcu-here-for-good-foundation to support communities impacted by recent wildfires in the Inland Northwest. All funds donated are t... — Updated 8/23/2023
Local chef started on Maui and needs to help
You may or may not know, but I started my culinary career on Maui. I went to culinary school and the Maui Culinary Academy, worked in restaurants and as a private chef across the entire island. I spent nearly five years on the... — Updated 8/16/2023
It's been a fire kind of week
It began with a roadside fire July 5, along SR-155 south of Electric City where a small blaze burned grasses both sides of the highway near jeopardizing homes. In the following... — Updated 7/12/2023
Fire burning on reservation
A wildfire 10 miles southwest of Twin Lakes on the Colville Reservation had burned 33 acres since Thursday, while 97 firefighters are working on it. The Gold Mountain Ridge fire was first reported at 3:23 p.m. June 29th. Crews... — Updated 7/5/2023
DNR Planning Prescribed Burns on more than 2,100 acres of State Trust Lands
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday that it plans to implement as many as seven prescribed burns on state trust lands this spring in central and eastern Washington. Prescribed burn o... — Updated 3/29/2023
Federal government to fund $25M in wildfire defense grants in Washington
OLYMPIA – Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Monday announced $197 million in funding for the federal Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) program -- more than $25 million of which will come to the state Department of N... — Updated 3/22/2023
House burns in Belvedere
A house in Belvedere burned down Saturday in a relatively short time. "It went up quick," said Morgan Tillman, a volunteer firefighter with Okanogan County Fire District 2 at Elmer... — Updated 2/22/2023
Looking back on 2022
As we near the end of 2022, I want to take a moment to look back on some of the work I’ve done in Congress for our district. From passing landmark legislation to securing critical funds for projects in our communities, we’ve accomp... — Updated 12/14/2022
Wildfire smoke will likely linger across Washington into the weekend
OLYMPIA – Wildfire smoke is sticking around several parts of Washington and forecasts show smoke will likely get worse before it gets better. Breathing in smoke is not good for anyone. Days of consistent smoke exposure can take a t... — Updated 10/12/2022
Firewood is new European gold
With Russian President Vladimir Putin cutting off natural gas supplies, Northern Europeans are scrambling and reverting to firewood to heat their homes, boil water and cook. It is r... — Updated 10/5/2022
Newsbriefs
Evacuation alert issued in Okanogan County A wildfire in Carlton warranted a level 2 (be ready to go) evacuation alert Tuesday afternoon that was still active by early evening. The Leecher Fire near 188 Vintin Road was about 30... — Updated 9/28/2022
Summer 2022 in Review
We just completed Summer 2022. Before you say, “wait, summer isn’t over yet,” let me remind you there are two ways to look at our seasons. The information here is based on meteo... — Updated 9/14/2022
Smoke affecting activities locally
The wildfire smoke in the air, which may come from this or that fire depending on which way the wind is blowing, is unpleasant and unhealthy to breathe, and has an effect on local events. Grand Coulee Dam School District leaders di... — Updated 9/14/2022
Fire danger still looms
Fall approaching doesn't mean we are in the clear as far as wildfires go, and many of our worst fire seasons have happened in September and October. "Washington state is in the mids... — Updated 9/7/2022
Tribal leader will add perspective to new national wildfire commission
Wildfires in recent years have had a devastating impact on the U.S., including within the Colville Indian Reservation, and a representative from the area will now serve on a... — Updated 8/17/2022
Don't get used to it, it's not normal
Having come here in 1985, and having lived in Spokane before that, my idea of a normal summer includes high heat reaching into the 90s. Now, we’re trying to accept the latest triple-digit trend as the “new normal.” That’s a mista... — Updated 8/3/2022
A giving community full of heroes
In the last couple weeks, this community has shone brightly with examples of strength and good will and a readiness to step up and do what is needed. First, people immediately stepped up to answer a communitywide need: to support... — Updated 7/27/2022
New executive appointed over tribal government
The Colville Tribes has a new executive director in Cody Desautel. "The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation has appointed Cody Desautel to serve as the Tribes' new... — Updated 7/27/2022
