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Okanogan County is considering vacating 11 roads, four in or near the Methow Valley, having determined that they are no longer needed for public use.
Some sections are a fraction of a mile, while others are as long as 7 miles. If all the road segments were closed, it would affect more than 36 miles.
After eight months of meetings among irrigators, property owners, hydrologists, engineers and fish biologists to deal with the effect of floods and mudslides in the Benson Creek watershed, the group is close to a resolution to fix the damaged irrigation system.
The group may also study the hydrology of the larger watershed next year.
With most of the snowpack gone in the upper Benson Creek watershed, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will start drawing down Chalfa Dam this week in preparation for rebuilding the spillway. The project engineer for WDFW said they would keep an eye on the flow in Benson Creek and its effect on […]
With most of the snowpack gone in the upper Benson Creek watershed, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will start drawing down Chalfa Dam this week in preparation for rebuilding the spillway. The project engineer for WDFW said they would keep an eye on the flow in Benson Creek and its effect on […]
With rain adding more moisture to ground already saturated from snowmelt, an engineer, habitat biologists and a conservation planner took interested Benson Creek residents to a dam high in the Benson Creek watershed to explain repairs that will be …
Risks from erosion, mudslides and floods remain high in the Benson Creek watershed, which was ravaged by wildfire and floods almost two years ago. Federal and state agency officials and conservation planners are exploring options for …
Thomas A. Henson, 67, of Benson Creek, was cited for alleged reckless burning Oct. 5 in connection with a grass fire on Benson Creek near Highway 153. The fire was reported at 3:23 p.m. and Deputy Laura Wright of the Okanogan County Sheriff’s office responded. When she arrived, the fire was more than an acre […]
By Ann McCreary
Repair work on a washout at Benson Creek on State Highway 153 has been slowed because an adjacent property owner is not allowing construction crews onto his property.
By Ann McCreary
Motorists should expect detours and delays to continue for several weeks on state highways 20 and 153, which were extensively damaged in recent floods and mudslides. Sections of both highways — two of the three highways that access the Methow Valley — were washed out …
