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Olivia Palmer

Methow Valley FoodShed connects local farmers with community

September 28, 2022 by Olivia Palmer

Online market offers fresh produce and more Late in the summer, the Methow Valley FoodShed’s website is bursting with color — offering everything from rainbow cherry tomatoes to purple basil to golden beets. The Methow Valley FoodShed is a project aimed at supporting local farmers and connecting them directly with members of the community. Through […]

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Local partners seek senior, caregiver housing options

September 7, 2022 by Olivia Palmer

Local partners seek senior, caregiver housing options

SASH study helped to define needs Community organizations are coordinating a push toward expanding senior housing options in the Methow Valley, driven by findings from the Senior Assessment for Support and Housing (SASH). According to SASH, a 2021 study conducted by Jamie’s Place in collaboration with Family Health Centers, the Lookout Coalition, Methow At Home, […]

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Locally developed video game headed to Seattle Indies Expo

August 31, 2022 by Olivia Palmer

Partners spent five years creating game After five years of hard work, Twisp artist Masha Falkov and her partner Dustin Soodak will be taking their first videogame to the Seattle Indies Expo — an annual celebration for Pacific Northwest independent games and game developers — on Sunday (Sept. 4). Falkov and Soodak originally intended to […]

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Methow Recycles’ Repair Café serves up new life for broken items

August 24, 2022 by Olivia Palmer

  Connects community with volunteer fixers On a recent Saturday morning, the Methow Valley Farmers Market is bustling with people who meander past booths of art and pottery, try on shiny new jewelry, and peruse bunches of fresh carrots and radishes. In a quiet corner at the far edge of the market, however, the tables […]

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Coalition aims to dim valley’s light pollution

August 17, 2022 by Olivia Palmer

  Winthrop project part of goals As residents of the Methow Valley take in spectacular starry nights this summer, the Methow Dark Sky Coalition continues to work little by little to make the town of Winthrop a dark sky community. According to the International Dark Sky Association, an international dark sky community is a city […]

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Lower Similkameen Band pursues restoration in the Ashnola Watershed

August 12, 2022 by Olivia Palmer

Lower Similkameen Band pursues restoration in the Ashnola Watershed

Just months after the introduction of the Ashnola Declaration, members of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band are pursuing conversations and partnerships to protect their traditional homelands. The Ashnola Declaration, enacted April 28, is a document created by the Lower Similkameen people designating the Ashnola Watershed as an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area. Recently, Lower Similkameen […]

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New hire steps up Trails Collaborative’s work

August 12, 2022 by Olivia Palmer

Focused on maintenance, community engagement Just over three months into the job, Methow Valley Trails Collaborative’s first and only employee is working to create a sustainable future for the organization. Since late April, Allen Jircik has served as trails manager for the Methow Valley Trails Collaborative, a nonprofit focused connecting community advocacy groups and land […]

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Pipestone Music’s summer camp scores with students, teachers

August 12, 2022 by Olivia Palmer

Young string players learn technique, teamwork When Pipestone Summer Music Camp is in session, it doesn’t take more than a couple steps into the Methow Valley Community Center to hear the ringing voices of an orchestra. Past the front desk and through an open classroom door, the thunderous tones of a cello section call out […]

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Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation launch fish habitat projects

July 27, 2022 by Olivia Palmer

Restoration efforts on Twisp, Methow rivers This month, the Yakama Nation and Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation began construction for fish habitat restoration projects along the Twisp and Methow rivers. The two entities, which are working independently on adjacent sites along the Twisp River, oversaw the transport of hundreds of logs to project sites […]

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Planting the seeds for a lifetime of learning

July 20, 2022 by Olivia Palmer

  Kids dig Classroom in Bloom camps By 10 a.m. on a July morning, the garden between Methow Valley Elementary School and Liberty Bell Junior/Senior High School is already astir with excited chatter. Through the wooden gate, past the greenhouse, and up above well-watered rows of raspberries, marigolds and leeks, more than a dozen elementary […]

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