The Winthrop Town Council isn’t inclined to change the town’s regulations on mobile food vending, council members indicated at their meeting last week. The council briefly discussed the food truck issue, which has been raised before, in response a request from the Westernization Design Review Board (WDRB) to “re-evaluate” the existing ordinance related to mobile […]
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Marriage Licenses
Jana Sue Kennedy, 64, Twisp, and Kenneth Elwood Adams, 63, Gig Harbor
Community Briefs: School retirees’ meeting, Classroom in Bloom summer camps, April Tools Sale
Sausage dinner The Methow Valley Eagles in Twisp host a sausage feed dinner on Saturday (March 25), from 4-7 p.m., featuring beer and music. Cost is $18. Bavarian beer hall attire is encouraged. School retirees’ meeting The Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association will hold a general meeting at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 31, at […]
Friends of the Pool works on plan to open Wagner Pool this summer
Twisp won’t operate the popular facility this year The Town of Twisp and the Friends of the Pool and working on an agreement that would allow the nonprofit to operate the Wagner Memorial Pool this summer. The town had determined earlier that because of staffing issues, it would not be feasible to operate the pool […]
USFS reviews grazing allotment management in national forest
Bighorn sheep viability addressed The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is planning to update the way it manages domestic sheep and goat grazing in areas occupied by bighorn sheep, to better provide for viability of bighorn sheep populations. The U.S. Forest Service has initiated scoping for an environmental impact statement (EIS) that would update existing forest plans […]
ATV club asks county to open roads in the Methow
Seeking access to existing routes The Okanogan County commissioners are considering a proposal from the North Central ATV (NCATV) Club to open most county roads in the Methow Valley to wheeled all-terrain vehicles (WATVs) so that riders can connect to U.S. Forest Service roads and other backroads. The club has asked the commissioners to allow […]
Jamie’s Place residents happy to be home after weeks of displacement
Burst sprinkler repairs completed Kathy Hanford was back home at Jamie’s Place just in time to celebrate her 57th anniversary with her husband, Frank. Frank and their daughter Christy Price were helping Kathy settle in this week, after she and fellow Jamie’s Place residents spent almost six weeks at other homes while damage from a […]
Orchard Hills development’s public hearing extended again
Town reviewing appeal of environmental assessment The Twisp Planning Commission’s public hearing on the proposed Orchard Hills planned development has been extended again while the town considers appeals to an earlier determination that the project poses no environmental risks. After several delays, the initial public hearing for the Orchard Hills proposal was held on Feb. […]
The Confluence: Art in Twisp reclaims Trashion Show tradition
After absence, event is back on the runway Ten years ago, The Confluence: Art in Twisp (then Confluence Gallery) hosted a small but lively runway show consisting of local models strutting down an ad hoc catwalk in the gallery wearing creations crafted from items plucked from dumpsters and recycling bins. A few years later that […]
Methow basin snowpack at average levels
Updated readings are down from earlier in the year Even with a snowy first week of March, it’s hard for snow to compete with the warmer temperatures of late winter. Although parts of the valley received a considerable amount of snow — Mazama got more than 15 inches in the first 10 days of March, […]
