Harvesting Hope is building momentum with local strategies By Emslie Kenall The Omak Community Garden held its grand opening ...

A lightning storm last week sparked fires throughout the region. This fire, in a remote area of North Cascades National Park, was being monitored by aircraft. A lightning storm Wednesday night and ...

Twisp council member Will Menzies on July 14 called on the council to begin deliberations on how to limit growth in the town. Town council balks on wood stoves in 135-home project The Twisp Town ...

Spaces also offer the public refuge from wildfire smoke When summer days get too hot for comfort, or when wildfire smoke ...

The Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival delivered as promised last weekend with not only a stellar array of talent, but also a friendly atmosphere and hospitable weather. It was the 39th time that the ...

Chief Budrow assigns ‘Paula’ to patrol highway for speeders In some ways, “Paula” is the ideal police officer. She is ...

Twisp Public Works Director Andrew Denham, right, tours the town’s new wastewater treatment plant July 14 with Department of Ecology Municipal Unit Supervisor Erik Van Doren. Earns another ...

Methow Valley native Jo Miller (and Her Burly Roughnecks band) returned home to perform at the Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival last weekend. See more photos on Page A6.

Hot, dry weather and increased wildfire activity have prompted additional land agencies to ban all campfires, barbecues and outdoor burning. The new restrictions mean there is no place in ...

Critics decry ‘radical’ policy change, file suit For wildlife facing possible extinction, protecting the places where they live, eat and reproduce has long been an essential part of federal law ...

Sen. Shelly Short is in unfamiliar territory this election season. The Republican, seeking her third term in the state Senate representing Legislative District 7 from the Methow Valley to the Idaho ...

Harts Pass: July 22, 2026 July 23, 2026 by Methow Valley News Filed Under: Harts Pass, OPINION ...