A wildfire in Ferry County that was touched off by lightning last week has already torched over 5,500 acres.
The Swawilla Fire ignited on June 17 and is burning in tall grass, brush, and mixed timber approximately nine miles southwest of Keller on the Colville Indian Reservation...
Craig Larsen has been named Director of the North Central Washington Economic Development District. Larsen has worked on economic development in the region for more than two decades.
Thirty bison have been released into the wilds of the Colville Indian Reservation in southeastern Okanogan County.
Twenty-three of the animals were released on Monday between Keller Ridge and Buffalo Lake near Nespelem, while the remaining seven were let loose in the same area today (Tuesday, Oct...