OPINION
Reality check
In the information world, all the way down to small, independent operations like this one, artificial intelligence (AI) is challenging — many would say undermining and eventually supplanting — how we do things. Our methods, credibility and journalistic standards are all under question if not assault. AI, it seems, is too smart to be restrained, […]
CORRECTION:
An article in the Sept. 16 issue misspelled Elaine Timentwa’s name. The News regrets the error.
Editorial cartoon: September 23, 2026
Letters to the editor: September 23, 2026
Protecting beavers Dear Editor: I appreciated Gary Ott’s letter regarding the importance of beavers to our watersheds and the early history of their trapping to near extinction in North America. There’s more to that story in Washington. It is important today. It does not seem well known, but there are no limits on “recreational” killing […]
My Turn – 4-H is an investment in future rural leaders
By Hilary Kaltenbach If you haven’t been to an auction lately, you might not know what a “yepper” is. These are the folks who scan the audience for the sign of a bid, the raise of a hand or nod of a head, and call “yep” back to the auctioneer. The good ones work the […]
Harts Pass: September 23, 2026
The campaigning conundrum
If you are a politician running for office in a large geographic area, how do you make yourself known in every part of a far-flung district with mixed demographics? We’re going to find out how a variety of candidates go about it in the next couple of months. Of local interest, a state Senate race, […]
CORRECTION:
An article in the Sept. 9 Methow Valley News headlined “McLeod book takes readers inside student garden” misspelled the name of Anaka Mines, one of the founders of Classroom in Bloom. The newspaper regrets the error.
