Photo by Rick Lewis Layla Mortland, now a Liberty Bell High School junior, underwent a lengthy operation in 2024 to straighten her spinal column. Layla Mortland’s bout with scoliosis restored her body ...

Less than one month after the official start of winter, there had been 25 confirmed deaths in Washington from flu, with influenza-like diseases termed “very high” by the Washington Department of ...

Photo by Ralph Schwartz From left, Wes Wilcox, Tim d’Auteuil and Dan Kirkmire rehearse a scene Wednesday (Jan. 8) from the upcoming Readers’ Theater production of “The Elephant Man,” Jan 23–26 at The ...

Photo courtesy Old Schoolhouse Brewery Old Schoolhouse Brewery’s Stowaway Pale won a platinum medal in the American-style pale ale category, in Sip Magazine’s 13th annual Best of the Northwest Beer ...

The article in last week’s paper — “Local officials: Drug problem ‘getting way worse’ in the valley” — hit this mother hard. My story is not unique. This epidemic affects people from all levels of ...

Map courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a new approach to promoting grizzly bear recovery in the Western states, managing them as one population in ...

The Washington Legislature went to work this week in a biennial full-length (105 day) session, which means its major task will be to adopt a state budget. History suggests that will be a tortuous, ...

Photos by Rick Lewis Players, coaches and parents watched from the Winthrop Whites bench. The Spokane Junior Chiefs skated to a 8-7 win over the Sno-King Thunderbirds of the north Seattle-Lynnwood ...

The Twisp Art Crawl, a popular event in November, made a return engagement last weekend with stops at The Confluence: Art in Twisp, Ryzo Wines, True North Letterpress and Last Chance Distilling.

Photo courtesy of Lindsay Evans Competitors in last week’s Poetry Out Loud event displayed their certificates. Back row, from left, Alida Burt, Bhavana Sabold, Rowan Kelley, Nick Leon, Kyra Hickman, ...

Photo by Rick Lewis Liberty Bell’s Helaina Remsberg pushed the ball upcourt after a Brewster turnover. Brewster posted a 23-0 shutout first quarter en route to a comfortable 61-18 victory Friday night ...

Photo courtesy of Department of Natural Resources The Beaver Pond Fire started near a building at 786 Twisp-Carlton Road when the homeowner dropped a heated piece of pottery. Pottery accident started ...