Countywide proposal on November ballot Editor’s note, Aug. 2, 2019 — This story has been updated to correct the annual expenses of financing the upgrades. Okanogan County police, firefighters and EMS have to wait their turn for a free radio repeater to talk to each other or to dispatch. That’s the situation the Okanogan County commissioners […]
Sales tax
Winthrop, Methow Valley set records for lodging taxes
Winthrop and the Methow Valley had a record year in 2016 for the number of visitors, measured by big increases in overnight lodging tax revenues.
Winthrop was up 18 percent in 2016 over 2015’s record-setting year, and the Methow Valley as a whole, including Mazama and Twisp, was up 23 percent last year over 2015’s hotel/motel tax revenues.
Sales tax hike on Aug. 2 ballot
A proposition asking Twisp voters to authorize an additional retail sales tax of 0.2 percent to fund transportation improvements in town will appear on the Aug. 2 election ballot.
The Twisp Town Council approved a resolution on May 10 to put the sales tax proposition…
Sales tax hike on Aug. 2 ballot
A proposition asking Twisp voters to authorize an additional retail sales tax of 0.2 percent to fund transportation improvements in town will appear on the Aug. 2 election ballot.
The Twisp Town Council approved a resolution on May 10 to put the sales tax proposition …
Twisp will ask voters to approve sales tax hike for street projects in August election
Twisp residents will be asked this year to approve a local sales tax increase of .2 percent to fund street maintenance and repair projects in town.
The Twisp Council voted unanimously last week to place a proposition on the August election ballot seeking the increase in sales taxes. Revenue …
Sales tax going up on April 1 in most of county
The retail sales tax in most of Okanogan County—including Twisp and Winthrop—is going up by four-tenths of 1 percent (0.004) starting April 1. The increase, to fund the voter-approved Public Transportation Benefit Area, will bring the sales tax to 8.2 percent in Twisp, Winthrop and the city of Okanogan. In unincorporated areas of the county […]
Countywide transit service proposal goes on fall ballot
By ANN McCREARY Okanogan County voters will have a chance this fall to decide whether they are willing to pay an additional 4 cents per $10 purchase to support public bus service connecting communities within the county. A board made up of elected officials from towns and cities throughout the county voted last week to […]
