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Letters to the editor: September 16, 2020

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Thanks, Aero Methow Dear Editor: For most of us who have lived here in the Methow for a while, we recognize the power of Aero Methow Rescue Service. They efficiently and professionally respond to our needs. I found myself needing their care about a week and a half ago. Dave, Ian and Joel responded and […]

Wherever the news is

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It starts with traffic over the scanner on my desk at the newspaper office. It’s mostly background noise, like disharmonic elevator music with static and nonsensical lyrics. We hear mundane stuff all day — pilots announcing their approach to one of the airports, police officers and other first responders exchanging information, the occasional call to Aero Methow […]

Letters to the editor: September 9, 2020

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Time to celebrate? Dear Editor: Now that summer is nearing its final days, I was hoping life would be getting back to normal. I didn’t expect the continuing battle with the COVID pandemic to still be ongoing. I miss the little things. I thought with the completion of the Miller Pit purchase last February, that […]

Way out west

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I ventured out of the valley for the first time in more than six months last week (not counting a couple of trips to Omak, which someone assured me don’t count) and remembered my way to Seattle. It was a beautiful day for a drive over the North Cascades Highway, before the holiday onslaught of […]