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A Mexican national with a felony record has been arrested by the U.S. Customs & Border Protection. According to the agency, agents assigned to its station in Oroville apprehended Fernando Polito-Bello this week in Okanogan County. Officials say Polito-Bello is a Mexican citizen with legal citizenship status in the U.S. ...

The first significant wildfire of the season in North Central Washington has sparked in Okanogan County. The Wannacut Fire is burning in the area of Wannacut Lake approximately eight miles south-southwest of Oroville. The blaze was first reported on Wednesday afternoon when it was described by fire officials as burning in windy conditions near the south end of the lake about a mile away from the S

The body of an Okanogan County woman who went missing last fall has been found. The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office says search teams discovered the remains of 21-year-old Sofia Sorenson Amaro of Oroville in a remote area approximately 16 miles from Loomis on Thursday, April 24...

A jury returned a guilty verdict against a Mexican national accused of trafficking hundreds of pounds of controlled substances in Okanogan County. The U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Washington says the Washington jury found 45-year-old Luis Esquivel-Bolanos guilty of trafficking fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine in eastern Washington and Montana...

An Okanogan County man is in jail after police say he shot and damaged a police drone with a stolen gun after recklessly discharging the same weapon hours earlier. The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office says it happened on Sunday night when Justen S...

Law enforcement doubles down on search for 21-year-old Sofia Amaro, missing since Tuesday.

An Okanogan County man has been convicted of First-Degree Murder in the death of his girlfriend. ON Wednesday, a jury found 70-year-old Roy Parker Rasmussen guilty of killing 46-year-old Siri Carina Zosel in Oroville in April, 2022. Police found Rasmussen at the same residence with Zosel's dead body after responding to a domestic violence call...

Ride with HOG's Columbia River chapter on a scenic journey from Wenatchee to Oroville for a great cause.

There have been strong winds blowing south from the fire, which is burning 16,428 Acres just west of Oroville.