Several musicians from the Methow Valley are included in “Highland Voices,” a new CD released by the Okanogan Highlands Alliance (OHA), which features music highlighting the group’s efforts to protect and restore land, water and wildlife. Laura Love, Ken Bevis, Brad Pinkerton and Don McIvor are featured on the album, along with two dozen other […]
Okanogan Highlands Alliance
‘Living with Fire’ presentation in Tonasket
The Okanogan Highlands Alliance will present “Living with Fire,” a program on fire ecology, history and management in the region, on May 1 at the Community Cultural Center (CCC) of Tonasket. Presenting will be Jason Llewellyn and Dale Swedberg. Llewellyn has been a primary wildland firefighter for 18 years with the U.S. Forest Service. Swedberg […]
Buckhorn Mine settlement reached
Objectors say suit will continue BY ANN McCREARY Owners of the Buckhorn gold mine near Chesaw will pay $80,000 of a $395,000 state penalty for water quality violations, and will undertake $180,000 worth of environmental projects in areas around the mine. Under a settlement announced last week by the Washington Department of Ecology, the owner, […]