SNAP benefits are based on family size, allowable deductions and income. The average monthly benefits are $204 for a one-person household and $715 for four people, according to the Center on Budget ...

The Winthrop Barn — the iconic landmark that lets folks they’ve arrived in Winthrop — has undergone several upgrades in its ...

Photo by Steve Mitchell The Winthrop Rink opened for the 2025-26 season on Nov. 1, and offers a full schedule of activities ...

The U.S. Forest Service has released the final environmental analysis (EA) for the 53,009-acre Midnight Restoration Project in the Twisp River, Little Bridge Creek, Wolf Creek and Rader Creek ...

Okanogan County Sheriff Paul Budrow is asking the Twisp Town Council to scrap the current contract after this year. Under the ...

Smith and an associate, 59-year-old Walter Deswood, were heading south on Highway 97 around 7:20 a.m. Saturday, to drop off a ...

State test scores among Methow Valley School District students are trending upward after dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic, Superintendent Grant Storey told the school board on Thursday (Oct. 30).

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking public comment on the proposed acquisition of about 119 acres in the Big Buck Unit of the Methow Wildlife Area. The property is an ...

The rate has declined since then as a result of increasing property values. Twisp property owners this year are paying 29.4 cents per $1,000 of assessed value to Aero Methow for EMS services, or $118 ...

Pile burns begin. The Ranger District will begin conducting pile burns in the Twisp River Drainage starting this week and will continue until snow gets too deep (usu ...

As this newspaper goes to press on Tuesday, voters in Okanogan Douglas County Hospital District No. 1 (Three Rivers Hospital) are deciding the fate of a proposed $45 million bond issue — which is not ...

Photo courtesy of The Confluence: Art in Twisp “After Eight,” by Sally Kuperberg, will be part of the “Backyard Wilderness: A ...