Don’t need a dollar store Dear Editor: I read with alarm the article in the Methow Valley News (April 27) that Dollar General had considered a Twisp location. I am so grateful that the newspaper provides us with these kinds of stories to inform our community. The article quotes Dollar General’s public relations coordinator saying they […]
OPINION
My Turn: Forest collaboration bearing fruit for Okanogan-Wenatchee
By Chris Branch and Mike Anderson The North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative — which we proudly co-chair —– is a broad coalition of local and tribal governments, public agencies, and private organizations working together to improve forest and stream conditions in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Okanogan and Chelan counties. Our 22 members range […]
Harts Pass: May 4, 2022
Editorial Cartoon: April 27, 2022
Harts Pass: April 27, 2022
Editorial: Moratorium movement
Until recently, overnight housing rentals weren’t much of an issue in Twisp. There aren’t many licensed in the town, and not all of them are currently operating as overnights. It only took one new application — which will convert an existing rental house in a single-family residential neighborhood to a nightly rental — to change […]
Letters to the Editor: April 27, 2022
‘No’ to Twisp Restoration Dear Editor: I am adamantly opposed to the Twisp Restoration Project, currently planned to begin next month. I live on the Twisp River Road and this road is a quiet, winding road that I and many other people use for walking and bicycling, in addition to the occasional car and truck […]
Writers on the Range: A do-it-yourself, homegrown national park
By Asta Bowen Writers on the Range National parks have been getting a lot of love since the pandemic, so much that this summer you need reservations at many. For example, you must make a reservation just to drive Montana’s legendary Going-To-The-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, and passes can sell out within hours of […]
