OPINION
Harts Pass: August 16, 2023
CORRECTION: August 9, 2023
An article the Aug. 2 issue about local wildfires said the Eagle Bluff Fire near Oroville and the Canadian border had burned more than 15,000 acres as of Aug. 1, with three-fourths of that acreage in the United States. The 15,000 acres described only the area that had burned in the U.S. Acreage burned in […]
Now that it’s all counted …
There wasn’t a lot for local voters to do with their Primary Election ballots, but the results nonetheless are important going forward. Most notably, the proposed annexation of Twisp to Okanogan County Fire District 6 — a sensible action that finally unifies the entire fire district as one jurisdiction — was convincingly approved by voters. […]
Writers on the Range – Adaptation tips for a new Westerner
By Betsy Marston Hurray, you’ve moved to the rural West from a crowded subdivision or city where the traffic has become an out-of-patience game, and now you want to fit in. You want to learn how irrigation ditches work, build a hen house, and grow fruit trees, wine grapes and a garden. You also want […]
Letters to the editor: August 9, 2023
Process questioned Dear Editor: There has been a lot of excitement, confusion and anger since Friends of the Pool (FOP) announced it would put an initiative on the ballot to establish a Metropolitan Park District (MPD). My confusion prompted me to contact FOP and do some research. FOP has been planning to replace the aging […]
Writers on the Range – A dogged reporter covers our roiling world
By Dave Marston Usually seen with a camera slung around his neck, Allen Best edits a one-man online journalism shop he calls Big Pivots. Its beat is the changes made necessary by our rapidly warming climate, and he calls it the most important story he’s ever covered. Best is based in the Denver area, and […]
Harts Pass: August 2, 2023
Editorial Cartoon: August 2, 2023
No Bad Days – 56 years down the road
In June of 1967, some 500 students graduated from Kent-Meridian High School in a packed-gym ceremony that featured the valedictorian lamenting what he called “the rape of the Green River Valley” by developers. Bold words for those days, but prescient as far as many of us were concerned. I was one of the hundreds on […]
