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An Okanogan County sheriff’s sergeant's quick lunch break at Arby's ended with an arrest of another customer. Tuesday afternoon at approximately 2:35 p.m., Sgt. Gene Davis was in line at the ...
OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. — The Palmer Fire in Okanogan ... lined and firefighters are now focusing on holding and improving lines and eliminating any remaining heat within 200 feet of the fire's ...
“We did get somewhat of a line around it,” Okanogan County Fire District 6 Chief Don Waller said Thursday morning. “But it’s not controlled by any means whatsoever, and we’re starting to ...
OKANOGAN COUNTY, Wash. — Evacuation levels have decreased ... Fire crews are working to repair dozer lines and make further evaluations of needed repairs. The fire also crossed the border ...
TONASKET, Okanogan County — The cow walks tenderfooted across ... vehicle as rancher Stacey Woodward heads out beyond the fire line in the Salmon Basin to check on her family’s 1,250 cows ...
Three climbers died in Washington state when an anchor apparently failed as they were descending in a steep gulley Sunday, the Okanogan County Sheriff ... when an anchored line is used to ...
Though fire crews have built a lot of line around the fires in recent days ... the state Public Lands Commissioner whose ranch is in Okanogan County. He said many people want to live in the ...
Okanogan County Search and Rescue initiated a search ... focused on protecting structures and constructing containment lines. Hawley, who has been with the sheriff’s office since 1995, said ...