OUTDOORS: Bone-chilling basin trout opener on deck

02/24/11 Conditions for Eastern Washington March trout lakes were cruising to a quite favorable Tuesday, Marc

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Bette Ann (Rice) Wilder Backstrom

02/13/11 Bette Ann Rice was born September 15, in Pomona, CA, to James William Rice and Mabel Graham Rice. Bette spent her early life in Southern California, including Glendale and Pasadena. At Age ten, her father's oil business took the family to Houston, TX. It was there that Bette attended St. Agnes Girls' Academy and accepted her Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.

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Voters should have ballots

01/27/11 OKANOGAN - Voters in the Okanogan, Oroville and Grand Coulee Dam school districts should have ballots for the Feb 8 special election by now. Ballots went into the mail Jan. 20.

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Two hurt in car-snowplow collision

01/08/11 NESPELEM - Two people were injured Jan. 7 when their car collided with a snowplow on state Highway 155 a half-mile south of Nespelem. Plow driver Richard Jay Moomaw, 53, Omak, was not injured, the Washington State Patrol said.

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Charles Allen "Chuck" Hoback

01/06/11 Charles Allen "Chuck" Hoback, 62, of Omak, WA, passed away December 30, 2010, at Central Washington Hospital, after a triumphant 30 year extended illness. He was born January 5, 1948, to Donald and Dorthy (Gniot) Hoback in Coulee Dam, WA. He spent his school years in Coulee Dam, excelling in baseball as a four year letterman.

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Plugged In: Bit by byte, Dell shapes its cloud computing business

12/26/10 Plugged In: Bit by byte, Dell shapes its cloud computing business

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Luther Allen Alexander

12/15/10 Luther Allen Alexander died Friday, December 10, 2010, at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, CA, at the age of 91. He was born March 31, 1919, seven miles NW of Bridgeport, WA on the Alexander Homestead to Fred Noble Alexander and Edith Mable (Halterman) Alexander. He attended grade school and high school in Wenatchee, WA.

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Sidney Ann (Ternan) Walsh

12/12/10 Sidney Ann Ternan Walsh was born September 1, 1924. It was a dark and stormy night... Sidney had a lifelong love for books, and for animals; cats, dogs and especially horses. She could most often be found with a book in her hand, a cat on her lap, and a horse or two grazing the back forty.

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Multiyear study of Teck pollution continues - Sat, 20 Nov 2010 PST

11/20/10 A massive study of industrial pollution in the upper Columbia River is wrapping up its second year of sampling.

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The 'Texas Chainsaw' Senate race

10/18/10 Televised debates put Dino Rossi and Patty Murray in much better light than the "Texas Chainsaw" TV spots crowding our TV screens. Unlike other Senate contests, neither candidate is a joke -- nor is the choice facing Washington voters.

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Four injured in two-vehicle crash

10/10/10 RIVERSIDE - Four people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Oct. 10 in Riverside. Kyle L. Pelton, 20, East Wenatchee, and Shelly L. Clark, 38, Electric City, were southbound about 10:15 a.m. on U.S. Highway 97 when Clark slowed to turn into Riverside.

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Stockwell wants irrigation project fast-tracked

10/07/10 Lynne Lynch/Columbia Basin Herald Glen Stockwell talks about an idea to fast track the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project during a recent Energy Summit in Moses Lake.

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Patrick M. Sullivan

08/30/10 Patrick M. Sullivan, age 80, of Omak, WA, passed peacefully on Wednesday, August 25, 2010. He was born on February 18, 1930, in Metaline Falls, WA, the son of Bertha R. (Tillman) and Lynn M. Sullivan. In 1936, Pat moved to Night Hawk, WA and graduated from Oroville High School in 1948.

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Recovery Act: How Obama's Stimulus Is Changing America

08/26/10 Voters hate it. Hardly anyone wants credit for it. But President Obama's $787 billion stimulus is quietly altering the way Americans work, move, innovate and plug in

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Critics of the Feds reap federal $$$s

08/22/10 Hotbeds of anti-federal activism, from Alaska to Eastern Washington, depend on federal money and reap stimulus dollars their politicians denounce.

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Brush fire threatens homes above Fancher Heights

08/03/10 Flames moved down Badger Mountain Tuesday evening close to homes in the Canyon Hills subdivision above Fancher Heights.

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Clint Didier: 'Rugged individualism' and blunt, angry rhetoric

07/22/10 A 51-year-old ex-NFL player, Clint Didier is running an underdog campaign as the tea-party alternative to Republican Dino Rossi. While his blunt, angry rhetoric has been a hit with some conservative activists, he's not viewed as much of a threat by either Rossi or incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray.

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Videos of Coulee Dam fireworks, Omak fire

07/08/10 The Chronicle respects your right to privacy. Please read our privacy policy for details concerning our use of customer information. All contents copyright © 1999-2010, The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle, Omak, WA 98841, owned and operated by Eagle Newspapers Inc.

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Jean Talley Green

07/04/10 Jean Talley Green died at the age of 92 on June 16, 2010, in Shoreline, WA, from complications related to a stroke. She was born the year of the great influenza pandemic on March 31, 1918, in Burlington, WA to Cecil Benjamin Talley and W. H. (Fred) Talley, Jean grew up in Spokane, WA, graduating from Lewis and Clark High School in 1936.

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Arlington man dies in motorcycle crash

06/19/10 NESPELEM - A 58-year-old Arlington man died in a motorcycle crash June 18 just north of town. Jonny D. Hosner was southbound around 2:19 p.m. on state Highway 155 when he failed to negotiate a curve to the left about .12 mile north of town, a Washington State Patrol memo said.

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