OPINION
Letters to the Editor: July 21
Grateful for firefighters Dear Editor: I know I’m not alone in the profound gratitude I feel for the emergency response local, regional and federal firefighters, first responders, and team leaders are showering our valley with, From the fires threatening Mazama, to the whirlwind Barnaby Fire in Twin Lakes, to the this-can’t-possibly-be-happening-again-so-soon fire at Cub Creek […]
No Bad Days: Déjà vu all over again
They started out miles apart, with different origins in dissimilar terrain, headed in opposite directions. Yet by Sunday afternoon, it seemed like the Cedar Creek and Cub Creek fires were conspiring to flush us out of the valley’s far reaches, ahead of the flames but not the smoke. Billowing plumes from the two fires joined […]
Guest Column: Anti-SLAPP law protects citizens against suits
By Washington Newspaper Publishers Association On July 25, a new law takes effect in Washington to defend against lawsuits aimed at chilling First Amendment rights. The bill protects people from “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation,” known as SLAPP suits. The classic SLAPP scenario is a libel lawsuit filed against the press, designed not to obtain […]
Harts Pass: July 21
Harts Pass: July 14
Cartoon: July 14
Washington’s redistricting process begins again
By Sen. Brad Hawkins The 12th District and Washington’s 48 other legislative districts have had specific boundaries since 2012. The borders for these districts, as well as Washington’s 10 federal congressional districts, will change in 2022 after the state’s redistricting process is completed near the end of this year. Since redistricting only occurs every decade, […]
Letters to the Editor: July 14
Disregard for community Dear Editor: A few days ago I was walking into the Carlton post office when I looked down and noticed a cigarette butt which was still smoldering on the concrete inches from the dry grass. I was shocked and angered. Carlton is not a tourist destination so it seems reasonable the culprit […]
No Bad Days — Moving stories
On a whim, or perhaps dazed by the heat, I took a detour on my way back from Winthrop last week and traversed up Horizon Flats Road to the new Methow Trails headquarters site. I had set foot on the property for the first time in 2020, after Methow Trails closed on the purchase of […]
