• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • ADVERTISE
  • NEWSSTANDS
  • ABOUT
  • STAFF
  • CONTACT
  • BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Methow Valley News

Locally grown, internationally known

  • NEWS
  • ARTS
  • SPORTS
  • BUSINESS
  • OPINION
    • Letters to the Editor
    • No Bad Days
    • Editorials
    • Hello?
    • My Turn
    • Harts Pass
    • Cartoons
  • OBITUARIES
  • VALLEY LIFE
    • Mazama
    • Winthrop
    • Twisp
    • Lower Valley
    • Off the Wall
  • SENIORS
  • CALENDAR
  • LEGALS
  • CLASSIFIEDS
  • MORE…
    • Crosswords
    • Sudoku
    • Announcements
    • Photos
    • Naked Eye
    • Special Features
    • Readers Write
  • FACEBOOK

Shoreline

Property owner asks relief from stop-work order

July 17, 2019 by Marcy Stamper

Miller agrees to pursue permits for site restoration Mark Miller, who’s been working on a peninsula of land on the Methow River, told Okanogan County’s hearing examiner that he didn’t think he needed permits to simply restore roads and rebuild a structure that burned in the 2014 Carlton Complex Fire. Miller was appealing a May […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Okanogan County, Okanogan County Planning, Shoreline, zoning

Property owner appeals stop-work order

July 3, 2019 by Marcy Stamper

County planning says permits are needed for clearing, grading A property owner near the town of Methow is appealing an Okanogan County order to stop clearing and grading work on property near the Methow River. Property owner Mark Miller says this restoration work is necessary to help the riverfront property recover from the 2014 Carlton […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Okanogan County, Okanogan County Planning, Shoreline, Washington Department of Fish & WIldlife

Okanogan County’s Shoreline Master Plan wins state approval

July 5, 2018 by Methow Valley News

For the first time in more than three decades, Okanogan County has a completely revamped plan to protect its rivers, lakes and shorelines and to guide development along those water bodies.

The county’s new Shoreline Master Program (SMP) went into effect on June 26 after a 12-year review process …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Shoreline

Comment on update of shoreline plan

April 14, 2016 by Methow Valley News

Okanogan County’s update of its plan covering development and protections along lakes and rivers is a complicated document at 125 pages with eight appendices, maps and tables.

After 10 years of …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Shoreline

State Department of Ecology starts its review of county’s shoreline plan update

February 18, 2016 by Methow Valley News

Public input sought on revised version By Marcy Stamper The next phase of review is underway for Okanogan County’s plan that covers development and protections along lakes and rivers, now that the state Department of Ecology is soliciting public input. The county commissioners approved a draft of the Shoreline Master Program (SMP) last June after […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Department of Ecology, Shoreline

Okanogan County’s shoreline development plan nears final approval

June 19, 2015 by Methow Valley News

After 10 years of work, Okanogan County appears close to finalizing its plan for development and protections along the county’s lakes and rivers.

The county commissioners reviewed the latest draft of the Shoreline Master Program (SMP), which incorporates changes from the state Department of Ecology, the planning commissioners, and the commissioners themselves.

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Shoreline

County sets hearing on shoreline plan

May 27, 2015 by Methow Valley News

After 10 years of work on an update to the plan that covers development and protections along the county’s lakes and rivers, the Okanogan County commissioners may be ready to sign off on the plan. Once adopted by the commissioners, the plan will be forwarded to the state Department of Ecology for additional public review […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Shoreline

The facts about the county’s Shoreline Master Program

April 30, 2015 by Methow Valley News

By Phil Millam While it is tempting to simply ignore Randy Moore’s recent letter (“A stupid law,” April 15), we feel it is necessary to reply because errors and misstatements, left uncorrected, may tend to be believed.  Randy is accurate only in stating the Methow Valley Citizens’ Council  (MVCC) has appealed Okanogan County decisions multiple […]

Filed Under: My Turn Tagged With: Shoreline

Concerns about fencing, public access in county shoreline plan

April 16, 2015 by Methow Valley News

The Okanogan County Planning Commission voted by a 3-2 margin to approve the county’s plan covering development and protections along lakes and rivers, but the Methow’s representative is concerned …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Okanogan County Planning, Shoreline

Methow Valley citizen groups worry about building near shorelines

March 19, 2015 by Methow Valley News

The current draft of the county’s plan to protect shorelines and regulate development near rivers and lakes could actually harm them, say two citizens’ groups in the Methow Valley.

The Methow Valley Citizens’ Council and the Mazama Advisory Committee are concerned that the plan allows building too close to waterways …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Methow Valley Citizens' Council, Shoreline

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Today is November 24, 2022

LATE BREAKING NEWS

MV Community Center struggles with theft, vandalism

Most Read

Today

Twisp
◉
28°
Cloudy
7:21 am4:12 pm PST
Feels like: 28°F
Wind: 0mph NNW
Humidity: 92%
Pressure: 30.36"Hg
UV index: 0
FriSatSunMon
36/18°F
36/21°F
32/9°F
23/0°F
Weather forecast Twisp, Washington ▸

Footer

© 2022 · Methow Valley News