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In nearly 40 years as a Winthrop resident, including two stints as mayor and one term as a town council member, Sue Langdalen has witnessed a lot of change — most of it for the positive, she says.
In an interview this week, Langdalen reflected on her private and public life in Winthrop as she and her …
Winthrop Town Council member Anne Acheson has been appointed to fill the position of mayor, replacing Sue Langdalen.
Langdalen announced recently that she and her husband, Jim, are moving out of the community. Her resignation is effective Sept. 1.
At last week’s council meeting, council member …
Winthrop Mayor Sue Langdalen announced last week that she will be resigning from her position as of Sept. 1 because she and her husband, Jim, are moving out of the Methow Valley. Langdalen ran unopposed in 2013 to fill the mayoral post. This is her second round in the mayor’s chair; her first term was […]
By Marcy Stamper Just days after committing federal funds to help rebuild public infrastructure destroyed in the wildfire, President Obama denied a separate request for assistance to individuals who lost homes and property in the fires. Gov. Jay Inslee intends to appeal the president’s denial of a major disaster declaration for individual assistance under Federal […]
The Winthrop Town Council decided Wednesday (May 21) to consider creating a conditional use permit process that could allow the retail sale of marijuana in the Horizon Flats area. The council directed town planner Rocklynn Culp to come up with proposed language that would permit a retail marijuana outlet in what is now a light […]
By Marcy Stamper
After a public hearing, testimony from neighbors and a discussion, the Winthrop Town Council granted a conditional-use permit to an excavating and gravel business on Horizon Flats Road.
By Laurelle Walsh and Ann McCreary
Three Winthrop offices – only one contested – and one uncontested Twisp council position on the November ballot
