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An Okanogan County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Okanogan County Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 123 5th Ave North, Room 150, Okanogan. All meetings are open to the...

No Chamber This Week Due to the Vintners and Brewers Tasting and Auction Dec. 1, there will be no chamber this week. Meetings will resume Thursday, December 6. Lions Club Meets The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, December 4, at...

The Trees of Sharing 2018 are now out decorated with ornament tags with children’s wishes. Pick up a tag and fill the wish. Trees are placed at North Cascades Bank, Safeway Pharmacy, Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union and Harvest Foods. All gifts...

In January 1947, the United States Army had an excess of metallic sodium left over from World War II and determined that the alkaline waters of Lake Lenore would be a good spot to dump and neutralize the acidic element, which reacts with water with...

Nebraska City, Neb. – Celebrate this year’s holiday season with friends and loved ones while supporting conservation and tree planting with the help of the Arbor Day Foundation. • Returning for the ninth season in a row, Give-A-Tree cards from...

The Trees of Sharing 2018 are now out decorated with ornament tags with children’s wishes. Pick up a tag and fill the wish. Trees are placed at North Cascades Bank, Safeway Pharmacy, Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union and Harvest Foods. All gifts...

No Chamber This Week or Next Due to the Thanksgiving holiday and then the Vintners and Brewers Tasting and Auction Dec. 1, there will be no chamber this week or next. Meetings will resume Thursday, December 6. Senior Volunteers Offering Caregivers a...

The Washington State Parks Winter Recreation Program reminds winter recreation enthusiasts that Sno-Park permits are now available for purchase online and through various vendors. Sno-Park permits allow visitors to park in specially cleared,...

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will again offer 12 free days next year, in which day-use visitors won’t need a Discover Pass to visit state parks by vehicle. The first free day of 2019 is New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. State Parks...

The Trees of Sharing program is still accepting children’s names on special wish slips being placed in decorated collection boxes at Safeway Pharmacy, Coulee Medical Center, or Harvest Foods until November 16. This is a special way for Grand...

Vitalant, along with Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by coordinator Leha Neilsen, is planning a blood drive for Monday, November 19. Donation hours will be from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at Coulee Medical Center. Vitalant is the sole blood...

Chamber This Week This week’s meeting will be held at noon at Voltage Coffee House in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. Celebrating Life in Recovery A 14-week program entitled Celebrating Life in Recovery is being held 4:30 p.m....

A Ten-Penny Auction will be held in the Lake Roosevelt High School cafeteria Saturday at 11 a.m. This year the annual event will be sponsored by both the junior and senior classes of LRHS to earn funds towards their senior trips....

The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank (NCB) is collecting new or gently used coats for local children in need. Gloves, scarves, hats and other warm outerwear for children are also welcome. Cash donations will be used to purchase new...

Chamber This Week This week’s meeting will be held at noon at Voltage Coffee House in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the...

All 30 North Central Regional Library branches in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan and Ferry counties will be closed on Nov. 14 for an all-staff training day. The library district’s Distribution Center in Wenatchee will also be closed, and the...

It had to happen sooner or later. An annual event that has served as a fundraiser and annual kickoff to the local holiday season is making a fundamental change, organizers announced: the penny auction will become “The Ten-Penny Auction” this...

A book fair sponsored by the Grand Coulee Dam PTA and Scholastic Books is going on at the Lake Roosevelt Elementary Library through Friday, Nov. 9. People can buy books there from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Tuesday and Wednesday, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on...