Owner Joe Marver has put damaged building on the market By Ann McCreary More than two years after fire extensively damaged the Twisp River Pub, an arson case remains open and the formerly popular gathering place remains closed. Twisp Police Chief Paul Budrow said this week that the case will likely remain open “until the […]
Studen
Pub fire investigation, insurance settlement in waiting mode
Twisp River Pub owner Aaron Studen said he is in waiting mode while his insurance company completes its fire investigation and obtains bids for reconstruction of the pub, which was severely damaged by an arson fire on Feb. 29. “It works at a snail’s pace,” Studen said this week. The insurance company, Mutual of Enumclaw, hired its own …
Pub fire investigation, insurance settlement in waiting mode
Twisp River Pub owner Aaron Studen said he is in waiting mode while his insurance company completes its fire investigation and obtains bids for reconstruction of the pub, which was severely damaged by an arson fire on Feb. 29. “It works at a snail’s pace,” Studen said …
Twisp River Pub fire investigators await crime lab report
Twisp Police Chief Paul Budrow has interviewed about 15 people as part of his investigation into the arson fire at the Twisp River Pub, and said he expects to interview as many as 60 people before he is done.
While he is moving ahead on conducting his part of the criminal investigation…
Beyond the trauma
Her first feelings after narrowly escaping the firestorm that destroyed her Finley Canyon home last July 17 were a sense of surrealism, followed by shock. For a brief time, Susan Speir said, she felt angry that she and …
Elected office filings produce only one contested local race
Only one local elected office will be contested — a seat on the board of commissioners for Okanogan County Fire District 6 — in general election voting this year. With few exceptions, familiar names will dominate the ballot. Filing ended Friday (May 15). In District 6, incumbent Commissioner Roy Reiber will be challenged by Les V. Stokes of Twisp […]
High anxiety
By Ann McCreary
Are you feeling irritable, anxious, impatient, unfocused, distracted? Do you jump when you hear a helicopter? Does a gust of wind make you uneasy? If so, consider yourself perfectly normal. After …
All downhill
Loup Alpine Ski Team racer Graham Sheley waits in the starting gate for his run during competition at the Bantam Cup at White Pass last month. Sheley, racing with brother, Carter, and teammate, Gabby Studen, placed 21st in the slalom event. Studen finished fifth in the slalom and sixth in giant slalom. Carter Sheley placed […]
