Machine shop owner claims inconsistencies Twisp residents anticipating the long-awaited new rules establishing minimum house sizes will need to keep waiting. Town leaders have been working for the past year to set lower limits on house sizes and change minimum lot sizes, in order to accommodate more affordable housing in ways that aren’t too displeasing […]
MV District avoids budget crisis after local funds loss
Other districts around state face teacher layoffs The Methow Valley School District is hiring. In an ordinary year, that wouldn’t be so newsworthy. But this year, school districts across the state are making painful decisions about how many teachers and other employees to lay off because the state eliminated some of the funding schools collect […]
Bush School, Liberty Bell students meet for suicide-prevention training
Seattle private school fosters strong ties with valley Teenagers sometimes don’t want to tell a teacher or other adult they’re thinking about suicide. Sometimes, they can’t even tell their closest friend. At a suicide-prevention training on Friday (May 10) at the Bush School’s Methow Valley campus on Lost River Road, Liberty Bell Junior-Senior High School […]
Two brush fires get out of hand on a windy Friday afternoon
The Okanogan Public Utility District (PUD) shut off the electricity from Pateros to Twisp about 12:45 p.m. on Friday afternoon (May 3) so firefighters could attack a fire burning one of the utility’s transmission poles, near Benson Creek Drive and Highway 153. PUD officials determined the pole was still sound after the fire and didn’t […]
Jazz hands
Cast members from the Liberty Bell Drama Company rehearsed “All That Jazz,” the opening number of “Chicago,” earlier this week at The Merc Playhouse. The high school students, directed by Kelly Grayum and Danbert Nobacon, will perform the musical at 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15-19, at The Merc. The […]
Winthrop tears down rotting band shell at Mack Lloyd Park
‘49er Days music to be staged on hay wagon at the park The show will go on at ’49er Days this weekend, even though the stage used for live music in Mack Lloyd Park was torn down. Marva Mountjoy, ’49er Days organizer, said musicians will be staged on a hay wagon where the band shell […]
