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The ban was issued in response to several large, human-caused wildfires amid the statewide drought emergency and drier-than-normal weather across Washington. The largest fire at the time was the Pioneer Fire in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest near Lake Chelan , which had grown to more than 12,000 acres (4,900 ha).
Jul. 30—An estimated 10,000-acre fire that sparked Saturday afternoon southwest of Oroville has burned across the U.S.-Canadian border and is prompting evacuations in Okanogan County. The Eagle ...
The Diamond Creek Fire was a wildfire in the Pasayten Wilderness, Okanogan County, Washington, that began with an improperly extinguished campfire on July 23, 2017. [1] [2] [3] In July, the fire threatened historic cabins with destruction. [4] On August 31, it spread to Canada in an area between Cathedral Provincial Park and Manning Provincial ...
The Okanogan Complex Fire was formed from five separate wildfires in Okanogan County, of which all but one were caused by lightning strikes, burning approximately 96,034 acres (38,864 ha) by August 20. [29] The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal grants on August 14 for the Nine Mile Fire, one of the five ...
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The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle is a newspaper serving North-Central Washington's Okanogan County. The weekly newspaper also covers Ferry County and parts of Douglas County. The newspaper's primary readership is on the U.S. Route 97 corridor stretching from Pateros, Wash., north to the U.S.–Canada border.
ABC News 5 hours ago Super Bowl Sunday forecast: 18 million under winter storm alerts. More than 18 million people across a large portion of the nation were under winter storm alerts on Super Bowl Sunday afternoon, with many digging out from snow left by the firs…
A tsunami warning was issued Thursday morning following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck in Humboldt County, 7 miles west-southwest of Ferndale, Calif., the National Weather Service said in ...