Over a decade of steady growth and development, Twisp River Suites has just passed some big milestones with their 11th anniversary and the 80th birthday of Joe Marver, the jovial host and proprietor of the boutique hotel on Twisp Avenue. Creative minds don’t typically attack problems linearly and big ideas need a visionary who can […]
VALLEY LIFE
Valley Life: Winthrop
Some part-time residents use their visits to the Methow Valley to relax. Traci Hanes uses hers for home improvement. Homestead improvement, that is. Traci is renovating her late husband’s 100-year-old homestead in Winthrop as a labor of love and a way to “preserve what my husband’s family worked so hard for,” she says. Traci’s late […]
Valley Life: Mazama
I first met Winthrop resident Jackie Iddings in August 2000 — at the end of the 20th century. That sounds so long ago. Our mutual friend Carolyn Bronson, also from Winthrop, had invited both of us — along with an eclectic troupe — on a pack trip in the Hell Roarin’ country of Montana. What […]
Valley Life: Twisp
At the risk of sounding cliché, the animal kingdom is, well, wildly unpredictable. This week I am diving into the close encounters of the amphibian kind. In town and far afield, unusual critters are making unexpected appearances eliciting peculiar tales of summer storytelling. But before we get coldblooded in the animal tales, a pair of […]
Valley Life: Mazama
It has been a tough week in the Methow Valley after the tragic car accident that took the life of a young shining star, severely injured two others, and, as these things go, left one with no visible injuries, but surely with trauma that will remain forever in his life. As we with more life […]
Valley Life: Twisp
Through the tears and embraces shared among valley parents as they sought comfort in one another over the week, processing and mourning Kierra’s death and Caitlyn’s injuries, a prevailing sentiment aggrieving them was fear. As Nancy and Joe are now living a parent’s worst nightmare, fear has afflicted many. The unwavering love and devotion we […]
Valley Life: Winthrop
I don’t know how to write about last Tuesday’s car accident on Twisp River Road that resulted in the death of one local 19-year-old girl, as well as serious injuries to two other young people from our area. But I don’t know how to not write about it, either. Most of us can’t possibly understand […]
Valley Life: Lower Valley
Now through August, the night sky puts on the annual star-studded show, the Perseid Meteor Showers. The best viewing time is right before the new moon during the peak, Aug. 11 and 12. In addition to a natural celestial event, there are several events happening in August to celebrate the Methow Valley’s beautiful dark skies. […]
Valley Life: Mazama
“Remember when dial-up was the latest thing for internet access?” Maria Converse, who owns Methownet with her husband, Jeff Hardy, told the townhall meeting at the Mazama Community Club on Wednesday (July 12). It had snags and glitches, but when it connected, it was like magic to have the information highway at one’s fingertips. Each […]
Valley Life: Twisp
As spring rolled around this year the rampage of winter’s prolonged, deep and sudden freezing periods left many ravaged trees and shrubs damaged or dead in valley gardens and landscapes. A lot of people have reported the loss of fruit trees or ornamental shrubs, some even large mature trees. But looks can be deceiving. They […]
