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Josh Thomson, a civil engineer who works for Okanogan County Public Works, was appointed last week by the Twisp Town Council to fill the vacant council seat previously held by Bob Lloyd.
In naming him to the board, council members said they welcomed Thomson’s background in civil engineering, transportation, public works and budgeting.
Twisp Town Council member Bob Lloyd resigned from the council last week because his company, Lloyd Logging Inc., was the successful bidder for a $163,689 contract with the town.
Lloyd Logging was the low bidder on a project that will construct curbs, gutters and sidewalks …
The Twisp Town Council kicked a contract between Twisp and Lloyd Holdco down the road once again, directing Twisp’s public works director to identify how in-kind services proposed in the agreement could be applied to construction of a recreational trail.
The most recent version of…
A revised agreement with Lloyd Holdco for in-kind services to help build a community trail will come back to the Twisp Town Council again, after the Lloyd family has a chance to review the new terms.
Intended as compensation to the town for Lloyd Holdco’s withdrawal of a promised trail easement along the…
Under an agreement approved by the Twisp Town Council last week, Lloyd Holdco LLC would provide $18,700 worth of in-kind services — such as materials, equipment and labor — to help build a community trail, but …
After a lengthy review of the history of the Twisp Business Park and the public/private partnership between the town and the Lloyd family, which owns the undeveloped property, Twisp officials say they found no loose ends.
“Following a tedious review, we have determined that all contractual…
Twenty-three years ago the Town of Twisp and Lloyd Development Corp. joined in a public/private partnership with the goal of developing an industrial park at the former Wagner Mill site on the east side of town.
Although more than $1 million in site preparation work was eventually completed on the …
After the Lloyd family withdrew its offer to donate property for Twisp’s community trail, the town and the property owners are drafting an agreement for in-kind services to offset the loss of the property. The property donation, which the Lloyd family agreed …
Lloyd Logging is in the process of reclaiming the Twisp Mill Site gravel pit, which the company has actively mined since 1989. The Mill Site occupies roughly eight acres of land within Twisp’s town limits, on land that was the prior site of the Wagner Mill, which closed its doors in 1982. The pit produces […]
By Mike Maltais
Prominently displayed in the trophy case inside the entrance of Liberty Bell High School is a commemorative cup forever immortalizing the names of those girls who were the first on the field as the school’s inaugural Lady Lions’ varsity soccer team 12 years ago.
It reads: The Founder’s Cup, Liberty Bell High School’s Inaugural Soccer Team, 2000
Engraved on the base of the cup are 16 names: …
