Douglas County is now the 7th county statewide to ban local income taxes. Its commissioners have also joined neighboring Chelan and Grant counties in signing nearly identical resolutions calling for the ban. All three counties have unanimously adopted the resolutions this month, which contain language suggesting local […]

The Eastmont School District is leaving its bus schedule in place, but is making contingency plans if conditions change. The district says its sharing its alternative plan to students and families in case its Transportation Staff is depleted in the coming weeks due to the Omicron variant. The plan calls for the bus […]

Omak is the latest North Central Washington school district to make changes because of a staff shortage from COVID-19 The district is moving 6 through 12 grade classes online for the rest of the week because of the shortage. Meals for the same group are being made available for pickup at the high school cafeteria