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Okanogan County

  • News

    May 16, 2012

    Michiel Oakes' Twitter Defense

    A famous dog trainer's murderer hopes a juror's tweets will spring him from jail.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Life Imitating Family Guy: 'Faith-healing' Parents Gregory and JaLea Swezey Acquitted of Murder, Refused Doctor for Sick Son

    A mother and father in Okanogan County were acquitted of murder after they summoned their church elders instead of a doctor when their son was dying of appendicitis. Lois and Peter Griffin would not approve.

  • Arts

    April 18, 2012

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    A mother and father in Okanogan County were acquitted of murder after they summoned their church elders instead of a doctor when their son was dying of appendicitis. Lois and Peter Griffin would not approve.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    R.I.P. Sculptor Richard Beyer, Creator of Freemont's "People Waiting for the Interurban"

    Sculptor Richard Beyer, perhaps best known in these parts for his iconic Fremont sculpture "People Waiting for the Interurban," passed away on Monday. He was 86.

  • Calendar

    April 11, 2012

    Looking Into Light

    Sculptor Richard Beyer, perhaps best known in these parts for his iconic Fremont sculpture "People Waiting for the Interurban," passed away on Monday. He was 86.

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Iraq 2003-2006

    Sculptor Richard Beyer, perhaps best known in these parts for his iconic Fremont sculpture "People Waiting for the Interurban," passed away on Monday. He was 86.

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Kino Gomez: Dead, Alive? Manhunt Continues

    ​Wherever Kino Gomez might be, "If he's still alive and in the U.S.," says Okanogan County Sheriff's detective Mike Murray, "he's doing really well" for a fugitive. The former King County road engineer is accused of the July 17, 2009 murder of Seattle music producer and sound engineer Tom Pfae ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Watching the Protesters

    These spies may have known too much.

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    This Week's Recipe: Pumpkin Empanadas from Farmer Carey Hunter

    ​Tis the season of for pumpkins, gourds, and other squashes, and if you're looking to cook some up, consider this week's recipe for pumpkin empanadas. This recipe comes not from a Seattle chef, but from farmer Carey Hunter of Pine Stump Farms, a goat dairy and livestock ranch in Okanogan Count ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2009

    Did Kino Gomez Flee to Die?

    The accused murderer of a local sound engineer has been on the lam for over a month.

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    No Trace Yet of Accused Murderer Gomez

    ​Where is fugitive Kino Gomez, and is he dead or alive? "They're looking everywhere, but there's no sign of him," says Twisp Police spokesperson Vicki Hallowell, whose department is the lead agency in the hunt for the former King County road engineer accused of the July 17 murder of Seattle mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Fugitive Gomez Got a Long Head Start

    Whatever murder-case fugitive Kino Gomez decided to do - kill himself or flee to another jurisdiction - he likely did it two weeks ago, authorities now think. He mailed his apparent suicide letter on Sept. 4, indicating he was on a "one-way trip" to the mountains with two of his 15 guns, intent on t ... More >>

  • News

    September 9, 2009

    Death's Door: Unlocked and Loaded

    A Seattle music luminary was shot and killed after attempting to enter the wrong motel room. His alleged murderer claims it was self-defense.

  • News

    September 10, 2008

    The Last King of Potland

    In the typically futile annals of the War on Drugs, the takedown of a Canadian scrap dealer’s son was a major score.

  • News

    July 18, 2007

    The Worst Internal Scandal in NSA History Was Blamed on Cold War Defectors’ Homosexuality

    But what if they weren’t gay?

  • News

    October 18, 2006

    Jack-Pot

    Federal law lets the cops pocket anything seized in a drug bust—cars, boats, cash—and use it to fund the war on drugs. But when Jane Gerth found a half-million dollars in the Okanogan woods, the rules got more complicated.

  • News

    December 28, 2005

    Crime, Booze, and Homeland Security

    Federal law lets the cops pocket anything seized in a drug bust—cars, boats, cash—and use it to fund the war on drugs. But when Jane Gerth found a half-million dollars in the Okanogan woods, the rules got more complicated.

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    Borders et al. v. King County et al.

    A transcript of the decision by Chelan County Superior Court Judge John Bridges, June 6, 2005.

  • News

    May 18, 2005

    'Washing of the Brain'

    A new allegation surfaces in the already strange story of the New Gnostic Church.

  • News

    May 4, 2005

    The God Life

    James King had dozens of people under his sway, and his obscure New Gnostic Church had few issues with the outside world—until he and his mistress seduced the 17-year-old daughter of two church members.

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    Rick Anderson's 2004

    It was the year of the Rainier Bear, the flu-vaccine 'shortage,' Ichiro, Bill O'Reilly's 'falafel thing,' and, of course, the re-recount.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2004

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2004.

  • News

    October 3, 2001

    War and liberty

    Civil liberties are threatened after Sept. 11.

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    Disturbing Echo

    A teen's suicide while in state custody prompts an independent review and a coroner's inquest.

  • News

    June 6, 2001

    News Clips— Changes due at Echo Glen?

    A teen's suicide while in state custody prompts an independent review and a coroner's inquest.

  • News

    April 4, 2001

    An eerie echo

    A teen dies while in state custody at Echo Glen Children's Center.

  • News

    November 1, 2000

    The glam campaign

    Maria Cantwell's New Economy image may be overplayed, but it's taken her a long way.

  • News

    July 5, 2000

    Softening Slade

    Is Senator Slade Gorton's interest in education and the environment more than election-year politics?

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Ask the smart pig

    Is Senator Slade Gorton's interest in education and the environment more than election-year politics?

  • News

    May 26, 1999

    Everybody on board

    Seattle's other guided theme tours.

  • News

    May 19, 1999

    High school haze

    Seattle's other guided theme tours.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    PROGRESSIVES' PARADISE LOST?

    How did the political pendulum swing so far to the right in the former'Soviet of Washington'? And is it swinging back?

  • News

    March 24, 1999

    Okanogan Ok?

    The 'win-win' plan to save the Loomis sparks backlash.

  • News

    April 1, 1998

    Bear necessities

    The scarce, elusive Cascade grizzlies go to court for a little respect—and room.

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