What a beautiful Fourth of July weekend, with perfect weather for the unofficial Fourth parade. We put our 90-year-old Ford Model A in the parade, the first time it’s been in one for about nine years. It had been in storage for that many years before we bought it. We are opening the Thrift Store […]
NCRL improves wireless internet access at all libraries
North Central Regional Library (NCRL) announced it has been awarded a grant from the Public Library Association and Microsoft to extend the wireless broadband internet ranges around all 30 of its public facilities, including the libraries in Twisp and Winthrop. The $20,000 grant will pay for equipment to expand the Wi-Fi signal approximately 400 to […]
The mystery of mountain lions
Despite decades of research, myth and fear still surround the animals. By Sarah Gilman High Country News Last winter, I went walking on a gray afternoon between storms. Meltwater pattered the snow around the ponderosas. Fog wound through overhanging boughs. My dog, Taiga, strained at her leash. We turned up a ravine, climbing toward an outcrop above […]
Local candidates appear Wednesday night in online forum at Twisp Valley Grange
The Twisp Valley Grange is hosting an online forum featuring four local candidates on Wednesday (July 8) evening. The virtual event will be from 6:30-8 p.m., and questions for the candidates can be sent in ahead of time or during the forum to wendellabj@hotmail.com. Otherwise, there will be no in-person audience participation. Connect to the […]
Harts Pass: July 8, 2020
By Erik Brooks
Guest Column: Bureau of Land Management leaders have lost their way
By Jim Kenna High Country News I’ve spent over 40 years — spanning seven presidential administrations and across five Western states — serving the American public. Nearly all of that time was with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Department of the Interior. I believe that Americans value their public lands: They see them as part of being […]
Cartoon: July 8, 2020
By Len Baublitz
Letters to the editor: July 8, 2020
Remember our history Dear Editor: I, probably like some others, start writing letters in my head. Reading Sarah Schrock’s Twisp happenings in the June 17 issue of the News, I was relieved to discover she had been in my head and was writing it all down so much better than I could ever do, but […]
Mask mandates from state
As evidence mounts that face coverings help prevent transmission of COVID-19, Gov. Jay Inslee and state Secretary of Health John Wiesman announced a statewide requirement for businesses to require face coverings of all employees and customers. Businesses may not serve any customer if the customer doesn’t wear a face covering. The order took effect on […]
Legal Notices: July 8, 2020
NOTICE OF SPECIAL BOARD MEETING Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the Three Rivers Hospital Board of Commissioners will be held on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, for the purpose of discussing strategic planning. To comply with State mandate, the meeting will be held virtually from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the […]
