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Betty Wagoner was raised on a dairy farm up the Twisp River. She still remembers her first horse, Nell, “an old mare who didn’t want to leave the barnyard but I made her,” the 81-year-old smiles.
Every day when Wagoner got off the school bus, it was her job to get on Nell and round up the cows so her parents …
Backcountry snowmobilers will find a new warming shelter at Sweetgrass Butte this winter, courtesy of the Methow Valley Snowmobile Association (MVSA).
MVSA president Craig Stahl said the …
The Methow Valley Snowmobile Association will host its annual community Christmas dinner on Christmas Day (Dec. 25) at the Methow Valley Community Center in Twisp. The free event will take place from noon – 3 p.m.
School levies will be on February ballot Voters will decide in February on two replacement levies for the Methow Valley School District — one for maintenance and operations (M&O) and one for technology. Last week, the Methow Valley School Board directors unanimously approved two resolutions for the levies, which would help pay for school staff; instruction in […]
By Ann McCreary
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to regulate where and when “over-snow vehicles” such as snowmobiles are used on national forests, and is seeking public comment …
Five projects in Okanogan County have been awarded grants to fix backcountry trails — all of them affecting the Methow Valley in some way — by the state Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO). The grants are intended to help pay for repair of backcountry trails, grooming mountain trails for snowmobilers and restoring trails for off-road vehicles. RCO awarded more […]
The Okanogan County planning director has determined that opening an additional 597 miles of roads throughout the county to ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) would have no environmental impact. The final decision under the State Environmental Policy Act was made following input to the county on the proposal received from 40 individuals, agencies and organizations. The county […]
By Marcy Stamper
Okanogan County received 40 comments on its proposal to open 597 additional miles of county roads to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and on the county planning director’s analysis of the potential …
Twenty-six snowmobile enthusiasts from the Methow Valley and beyond gathered on Saturday (Feb. 22) for the Association of Okanogan County Snowmobile Clubs’ annual Charity Ride. Funds raised by participants on the ride go to a “local family in need,” according to Methow Valley Snowmobile Association Vice President, Dolly Stahl. The route took riders on a […]
