Photo courtesy of Barb Gohl Ben Avery is sworn in as the Methow Valley School District’s newest board member, Thursday (Sept.

At the 10-year mark, Give Methow is celebrating its success story. The monthlong fundraising campaign orchestrated by the ...

Local and statewide organizations, including the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, the Methow Valley Backcountry Horsemen, ...

Commerce’s Connecting Houses to Infrastructure Program (CHIP) grants are intended to reduce the cost of building affordable housing. Jamie’s Place reserves 25% of its units for clients on Medicaid, ...

With a $4.2-million federal grant, the Okanogan County Electric Cooperative (OCEC) plans to reduce wildfire risk by significantly increasing the area it clears of vegetation and trees along its 180 ...

Lead arsenate was a common orchard pesticide prior to 1950, according to the Department of Ecology. The soil cannot be transported to a hazardous waste facility because the orchard is in an apple ...

It’s time to start paying attention to the upcoming Nov. 4 general Election. While there are only two items on the ballot that will even be decided by local voters, they are both important to the long ...

The state Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) has announced the award of more than $67 million in grants for 105 ...

Photo courtesy of Jackie Hovis The serene pond at Dave and Marilyn Sabold’s farm is always a popular place for kids and canoes at the annual Methow Conservancy Cider Squeeze, where adults (in the ...

“Our Town” ostensibly focuses on the triviality of daily life, but it is anything but banal. Far from it, in fact. It ...

Poet Heidi Seaborn will read from her third volume of poetry, “tic tic tic,” on Thursday (Oct. 2) at the Winthrop library from 5-6:30 p.m. Poet/educator Suzanne Edison will join for Q&A following the ...

How rocks deal with earth’s energy and gravity seems like a question that I’m sure someone in the valley knows the answer to ...