TOWN OF TWISP PUBLIC MEETING You are invited to attend a virtual Open House Public Meeting On Monday January 25th 5:30 pm to 7:15 pm This will be a very busy year for public works projects and Twisp Officials would like you to be informed of what is scheduled for Construction in 2021. Join us […]
Catherine Opal (Remsberg) Bowers
Catherine Opal (Remsberg) Bowers passed away in her home on Dec. 16, 2020. Catherine was born on Jan. 3, 1929, in La Harpe, Kansas ,to Reuben and Paulyne Remsberg. The family moved to Carlton, Washington, where more of her seven siblings were born, then finally settling in Winthrop. She married the love of her life, […]
Charles J. Breslin Jr.
Charles Joseph Breslin Jr. was born Monday, Aug.17, 1942, to Jessie and Charles Joseph Breslin Sr. in Los Angeles, California. He passed away peacefully in the loving care of his family on New Year’s Day, 2021, in his home in Lakeside, California. He is preceded in death by his son Sean, and his wife of […]
Bryson to head retail operations, event management at TwispWorks
Lindsey Bryson has joined the TwispWorks staff as retail operations and events manager. Bryson will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Valley Goods store on the TwispWorks campus, working with the more than 70 local artists, producers and makers who are represented at the store. She will also oversee the development and launch […]
COVID-related relief tops state budget priority list as legislative session opens
By Patric Haerle Washington State Journal Desperately needed COVID-19 relief is a top priority for this year’s Legislature, and Republicans and Democrats generally agree it will be necessary to get that aid out as soon as possible. The parties are split, however, when it comes to increasing some taxes to erase a pandemic-caused revenue shortfall. […]
Appeals Court oral arguments set for French Creek Road dispute
The dispute over whether all of French Creek Road has been a public county road for 131 years or whether a 3-mile stretch is merely a private access road to adjacent private property will get a hearing in the state Court of Appeals in Spokane later this month. Gamble Land and Timber and Cascade Holdings […]
Harts Pass: January 13, 2021
By Erik Brooks
Cartoon: January 13, 2021
By Len Baublitz
Letters to the editor: January 13, 2021
Tyranny or freedom Dear Editor: Having made a quick trip to Utah and back recently, it is extremely depressing to see the number of sheep in Oregon and Washington that are allowing themselves to be controlled by tyrannical governors while Idaho and Utah businesses, even small businesses, are prospering, maybe not prospering the way they […]
Punish the ‘perpetraitors’
There must be accountability. It must be swift, certain and appropriately punitive. Those who plan, promote, take part in or immorally support a violent coup attempt aimed at the heart of American democracy deserve no leniency. The Trump cult traitor terrorists have earned all the condemnation, disgust and force of law that is now their […]
