New show at Confluence reveals the wide, spontaneous world of encaustic arts James Moore, co-curator of the encaustic-arts show opening Saturday (July 13) at Confluence Gallery in Twisp, considers himself a beginner in the art form. Moore and fellow Tonasket artist Linda Augier brought together the works of 12 artists for “Metamorphic Alchemy,” the new […]
Twisp pot store to open in Yard Food building on Highway 20
Retail site is near private Christian school, church Twisp’s first retail marijuana store is expected to open this month, down the street from a church and a private Christian school. House of Cannabis, currently operating in Carlton, has been cited three times for violations involving minors in the store. The store’s owner says he regrets […]
Searching for stillness
Revelers at the 19th annual Fairy & Human Relations Congress began the first full day of the festival on Friday (June 28) with a fairy circle at Skalitude Retreat Center near Carlton. The Fairy Congress, held June 27 to July 1, included workshops on sacred gardening, connecting with spirits, and “cultivating stillness in loud times.” […]
Canyon Street makeover project begins this week in Twisp
Road repairs on Canyon Street in Twisp began this week, which will bring some short-term disruption to residents. In the long term, the project is expected to bring more reliable water and sewer service, in addition to a new, smooth road surface and a new sidewalk. Canyon Street presently is an obstacle course of potholes […]
TwispWorks unveils deed to campus at 10-year anniversary
Hundreds of people descended on the TwispWorks campus Saturday (June 29) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the purchase of the campus site from the U.S. Forest Service. Over the course of one decade, the Public Development Authority (PDA) that initially ran the campus and then the nonprofit TwispWorks Foundation converted an abandoned and deteriorating […]
Meth seized near Mazama
County K-9 officer helps Homeland Security seize $1M worth of the drug A patrol dog with the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office sniffed out 186 pounds of methamphetamine, stuffed inside two suitcases in heavy brush, on June 17 in the national forest near Mazama. Sheriff’s Sgt. Gene Davis and his K-9 partner Gunner found the illegal […]
Hitting its stride
TwispWorks at 10 is a model for a creative rural economy TwispWorks isn’t celebrating its 10th anniversary this Saturday (June 29) simply because “10” is a nice, round number. Ten years is more than a milestone. It is a deadline. Executive Director Don Linnertz knew from the beginning of his tenure, almost four years ago, […]
Life lessons
Saskatoon Circle puts people in touch with their primitive past Tom Prang, who was at Saskatoon Circle last week to teach stone-tool making, left his students to their work and reached for a tape measure. He wanted to make a point. He unspooled the tape to 3 meters, along the lawn in front of the […]
Property purchase prompts neighborhood response
Owner questions fairness of treatment by town Last winter, Heidi Appel purchased part of the bluff on the west end of Twisp, near where the town’s elementary school once stood. Her 9.45 acres of shrub-steppe was under so much snow at the time that, as Appel likes to say, she couldn’t tell what she had […]
Sports complex on hold till next year; Twisp to seek private donations for project
Construction bids exceed funding New ballfields south of Twisp Municipal Airport will not be built as planned this year. A second round of construction bids on the sports complex yielded the same result as the first. Only one contractor responded both times, with the lone bid exceeding the town’s project budget. The second bid, received […]
