Yes to grizzlies Dear Editor: Go to GrizzlyTimes.org if you are interested in reading about the people who favor grizzly restoration. There are also many books, but my favorite is “The Wolf’s Tooth” by Cristina Eisenberg, which deals with all predators, all over the world, and the “trophic cascade” role they play to keep ecosystems healthy. Grizzly […]
OPINION
Radio silence
Dan, tell me ain’t so. Because you just disappeared without warning, and I had no idea how much I’d miss you until you were gone. Like most of your fans, I didn’t see it coming. For nearly all the time I’ve been here, whenever I could I tuned into “Inland Folk with Dan Maher,” coming […]
Thanks to a community for doing what neighbors do
By Sam Lucy For a long, long time fire has been something folks have gathered around. The past few years in most parts of the West it’s no secret this notion has taken a different slant. We all have good reason to be on edge come late summer ’round here and I first want to apologize to […]
Letters to the editor: September 4, 2019
Looking out for rights Dear Editor: I am still perplexed about the House of Cannabis that has legally opened next door to the church in Twisp. The state legislators put guidelines on the locations for pot shops. They made a law saying that a pot shop would not be allowed within 1,000 feet of certain […]
Elections, 2019
Electioneering in the valley got off to an earlier start than usual this year, especially in the races for seats on the Twisp Town Council and a seat on the Okanogan County Fire District 6 board of commissioners. In each case, an incumbent has a challenger. With two months to go before the Nov. 5 […]
New name in the neighborhood
Most of you don’t follow journalism industry news as closely as we do, so while you may be generally aware of how newspapers are doing, you may not be especially familiar with the particulars. I track the newspaper business pretty closely, as you might expect, and much of the news about the news is depressing. […]
Unlikely visitors to the Methow
On July 25, some unlikely visitors knocked on the door of Methownet.com’s online bulletin board in Winthrop, asking permission to join our community dialogue. Thirteen tapped in from Russia. One was from Finland, another from France. All were denied entry by Methownet’s cyber bouncer — not a bot nor an algorithm but an actual human, eagle-eyed April […]
Letters to the editor: August 28, 2019
Plugging the leaks Dear Editor: Dark skies have been a delight ever since my boy scout astronomy merit badge. Satellite imagery shows that Twisp and Winthrop are leaking lots of light, each punching a hole 3 miles wide in what is otherwise a vast pool of dark. Okanogan County already has a glare ordinance. It says in part, “No exterior […]
So far …
Last summer, someone dubbed it “smogust” – a seemingly interminable month of wildfire smoke that settled in the valley like it owned the place. Day after day, we peered through, tried to breathe and hoped to endure a smelly miasma that drove tourists away and forced some residents to flee, literally for their lives. It […]
Letters to the editor: August 21, 2019
Better planning needed Dear Editor: Isn’t it amazing that if you are a non-government business you have to plan for upgrading your equipment or buildings without taxing the entire population. However, if you are a government agency, town, county sheriff, EMS, or fire department, if you need new equipment or buildings all you have to […]
