Prentiss+Balance+Wickline Architects has won a 2022 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Education Facility Design Award for its work on Little Star School’s “Galaxy” building. Completed in 2018, the new building and playground in Winthrop doubled the school’s size and capacity to serve the Methow Valley community with infant and toddler care, including its facility on […]
Photo: In support of choice
Candidate filing continues this week
Candidate filing week continues through Friday (May 20) for people who want to run for any of the offices up for election in Washington this year — including many in or including Okanogan County. Candidates for federal, statewide and multicounty legislative or judicial offices must file with the Office of the Secretary of State. Other […]
Letters to the Editor: May 18, 2022
Need your help Dear Editor: I recently wrote a request for everyone to write a letter of support for dedicating State Route 20 to the Vietnam Veterans. I thought it was a great idea and I accepted the role as chair from Hodges Post No. 84, in Oroville. I thought the response would be immediate […]
Writers on the Range: Plenty of food, but not for all farmworkers
By Astra Lincoln Writers on the Range On a summer morning in southern Idaho, the day breaks early, before 6 a.m. The air is stale, never fully cooled from the heat of the day before. In the indigo hour when night becomes morning, dozens of people — most from Mexico — queue for the van […]
Editorial Cartoon: May 18, 2022
Harts Pass: May 18, 2022
Egan’s appearance moved to the Barn
Because of overwhelming demand, the appearance of renowned Northwest author Tim Egan, whose best-selling works include “The Big Burn,” at the grand opening of the new Winthrop public library on June 11 has been moved to the Winthrop Barn. The event starts at 6 p.m. Free tickets for Egan’s appearance, hosted by Friends of the […]
Learn about Enloe Dam, tribal perspectives
People curious about Enloe Dam, the long-dormant hydropower project on the Similkameen River, can learn more about its history and options for the future at “Enloe Dam: Behind, Beneath, Below.” The Colville Confederated Tribes and Lower and Upper Similkameen Indian Bands from British Columbia are sponsoring a presentation on the dam on Wednesday (May 25). […]
Arts Briefs: ‘Twelfth Night’ at The Merc, Open mic at Confluence
‘Twelfth Night’ at The Merc The Liberty Bell Drama Company’s production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” with a contemporary twist, opens Wednesday (May 18) at The Merc Playhouse in Twisp and runs through Sunday (May 22). Shows are at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Doors open 30 minutes before […]
