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Tribal resident urges county to fix Omak Mountain Road; commissioners flag funding limits

Okanogan County Board of Commissioners · September 15, 2025
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A tribal allottee described decades of road neglect on Omak Mountain Road and alleged she was excluded from an open‑pit permit process; commissioners acknowledged budget pressures and said a public meeting will be scheduled to discuss road service levels and tradeoffs for the community.

Lisa True, who lives on an allotment off Omak Mountain Road, told the Okanogan County Board of Commissioners she has pressed the county for decades to improve the dirt road that splits her family’s property and said an open‑pit operation approved in 2013 caused new dust and damage near her home. She told commissioners she suffers safety and access problems when the road becomes washboarded and asked the county to place a stabilizing treatment (commonly called…

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