Injury halts Shelby White’s run to state Liberty Bell High School wrestler Bodie Paul dominated all three of his matches Saturday (Feb. 15) in Oroville to take the regional title and earn a berth to the Mat Classic this Friday and Saturday (Feb. 21-22) in Tacoma. Paul has a bye in the first round of […]
Cascade Bible Church drops Twisp cannabis store appeal
Church plans action when license renewal sought Cascade Bible Church on Jan. 28 withdrew its appeal of an Okanogan County judge’s decision to allow a marijuana retailer to open across the street from the Twisp church. The church had filed a notice of appeal back in September with the Washington state Court of Appeals in […]
Liberty Bell wrestlers one step closer to state
All five Liberty Bell High School wrestlers advanced to regionals after placing in the top four at districts on Saturday (Feb. 8). Noah Holston, Bodie Paul and Cody White on the boys’ team will wrestle Saturday (Feb. 15) in Oroville for berths to the state Mat Classic in Tacoma the following weekend. All three boys […]
LBHS girls excel at wrestling tourney cut short by power outage
The Liberty Bell girls’ wrestling team was lights-out — pun intended — Saturday (Jan. 25) at the Coyote Classic at Kittitas High School, although no final places were awarded at the tournament. The event was cut short after a power outage that lasted more than two hours, according to boys’ wrestling coach Jonathan McMillan. The boys’ team participated at […]
Rooster’s owners have moved on after zoning code dispute with Town of Twisp
Officials in Twisp Town Hall won’t be hearing anything more about Peter the rooster. Peter’s former neighbors along Hughes Lane won’t be hearing the bird’s occasional crowing, either. Irina Vodonos and her husband, Sergey Kushnarev, moved outside town limits after Police Chief Paul Budrow told them in September they had to remove Peter. Twisp’s zoning […]
Wrestlers fare well at Banks Lake
Liberty Bell High School wrestlers on both the boys’ and girls’ teams finished well on Saturday (Jan. 4) at the Banks Lake Brawl, held at Almira-Coulee-Hartline High School. Noah Holston was the only boy to make the trip to Coulee City. He won three out of his four matches to take third place in his […]
Three Liberty Bell wrestlers reach semifinals in holiday-week tourneys
The lady wrestlers from Liberty Bell High School pinned their way to high finishes Friday (Dec. 27) at the Hanford Winter Cup in Richland. On the boys’ side, two wrestlers traveled to Royal City Saturday (Dec. 28) for the Royal Christmas Tournament, and both finished in fourth place in their weight classes. In Richland, senior […]
Valley mule deer may be making a recovery
Survey shows some recovery from drought, fire A survey of the Methow Valley mule deer population after the 2019 hunting season suggests the herd is rebounding from recent droughts and wildfires. A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) survey conducted by helicopter during the first week of December found 69 fawns for every 100 […]
Girls medal at Newport wrestling tourney
Liberty Bell’s Shelby White and Mariah Paz both finished near the top of the heap at a wrestling tournament Saturday (Dec. 21) at Newport High School. Paz, a freshman wrestling at 105 pounds, pinned her first two opponents, from Newport and Tonasket, to earn the right to wrestle for the first-place medal, coach Jason Newman […]
District 6 sets tax rate for fire station levy request next year
Voters invited to January open houses Commissioners for Okanogan County Fire District 6 decided at their Dec. 9 meeting that they will ask voters to approve a property tax of 17.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value in 2020, collected annually, to pay for construction of a new fire station in Winthrop. At that rate, […]
