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.

Teresa Myers has served as the publisher and advertising manager since 2015.[2] The newspaper produced a joint weekend publication with The Wenatchee World from 2011 to 2021.[3]

History

The Omak Chronicle was first published on May 20, 1910. It was founded by Clarence P. Scates, who previously worked as a reporter at the Spokane Chronicle.[4][5] Frank A. DeVos traveled by canoe for nine hours from Oroville to Omak to come work at the paper in 1913.[6] Two years later he acquired The Omak Publishing Co.[5]

At that time the Chronicle struggled financially under DeVos, with one nearby paper writing: "In fact, no paper in the county more loyally and earnestly boosts for its home town than does the Chronicle. The people of that place, however, do not seem to appreciate what the Chronicle is doing for them judging from the meagre support extended to the paper."[7]

In 1926, the Chronicle and another paper based in Pateros were purchased by Frank S. Emert, owner of the Oroville Gazette.[8] He operate the Chronicle for decades until selling it in 1957 to Bruce A. Wilson, president of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association and co-owner of the Ritzville Journal-Times.[9] John E. Andrist became the paper's owner in 1970.[10] Its name was changed to The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle in 1973.[11] Andrist owned the paper until 1996.[10] At that time Eagle Newspapers purchased and operated the newspaper until selling it to J. Louis Mullen in 2019.[5]

References

  1. ^ "The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy" (PDF). League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund. November 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "Chronicle managers promoted". Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle. October 1, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Hires, Brock (December 17, 2021). "Chronicle to cease publication of weekend edition". The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  4. ^ "Start New Paper At Omak | Spokane Newspaper Man Enters Okanogan County Field". The Wenatchee Daily World. March 24, 1910. p. 1.
  5. ^ a b c "Chronicle celebrates 110 years". Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle. May 20, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
  6. ^ "Gone To Omak". The Oroville Weekly Gazette. May 23, 1913. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Notice". The Oroville Weekly Gazette. May 28, 1915. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Notice". The Cashmere Valley Record. July 1, 1926. p. 5.
  9. ^ "Omak Weekly Paper Is Sold | Chronicle Is Purchased by Ritzville Publisher". The Spokesman-Review. January 24, 1957. p. 7.
  10. ^ a b "Former Omak Chonicle owner dies". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. September 28, 2007. p. 20.
  11. ^ "The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle (Omak, Wash.) 1973-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
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