OPINION
Harts Pass: August 10, 2022
Editorial: Moving on
Last Tuesday’s primary election results, local and statewide, may have determined a few things heading into the November general election, but the voting did not produce absolute clarity. Much remains to be debated and decided in the coming three months, and it behooves us all to pay attention — though politics have become increasingly tiresome […]
Letters to the Editor: August 10, 2022
A generous community Dear Editor: To the Methow Valley Community: I just finished sixth grade at Methow Valley Junior High. When I first heard about the devastating war going on in Ukraine I wanted to help. My idea to help people in Ukraine was to start a fundraiser asking restaurants in the Methow Valley to […]
My Turn – Let’s keep Winthrop’s RiverWalk project alive
By Sally Ranzau We have an untapped asset in the Chewuch River which runs behind our downtown businesses on Riverside Avenue. It is a beautiful and sometimes tumultuous waterway which is rarely viewed. If you walk behind these buildings today, trespassing on private property, you will see trash cans, cars — private parking for business […]
No Bad Days: Getting personal
We seem to be gradually rediscovering the lost art of just hanging out, a sensibly contraindicated activity during the worst of the pandemic. Isolation, caution and a sense of responsibility kept us from gathering in the familiar public settings where we could sit around and talk with people we knew, or didn’t, for the sake […]
Harts Pass: August 3, 2022
Editorial Cartoon: August 3, 2022
My Turn – Practicing an ethic of responsible recreation
Submitted by Methow Trails and Methow Valley Citizens Council The Methow Valley has an incredible, unique network of connected trails that wind through diverse habitats and support bountiful wildlife. The lands these trails pass through have been home to the Methow People for thousands of years. We are privileged to have these trails in our […]
Letters to the Editor: August 3, 2022
Diverse options needed Dear Editor: Regarding planned logging in the Twisp River Valley, those of us who sent the letter to valley residents are your neighbors, ordinary, reasonable folks who’ve done quite a bit of research into the Twisp Restoration Project. As it stands, this is not a well-thought-out plan. There has been only limited […]
