… at least it was for many kids last weekend at the Okanogan County Fair, where youngsters proudly displayed their birds, bunnies and cattle. The snake was not part of the agriculture competition, but ...

While the Easy Fire created some doubt, the annual Methow Trails Cutthroat Classic was able to go on as usual after the trails were re-opened. Some 400 runners competed over an 11-mile course that ...

Former Olympian Erik Bjornsen of Winthrop again took 1st place in the Methow Trails Cutthroat Classic last weekend, winning by 4 minutes. Amelia Keyser-Gibson was the first woman finisher. More photos ...

Photo by Michelle Schmidtke Classroom in Bloom’s Fall Garden Party last Saturday offered dinner, live music, a fundraising auction, hand-crafted cocktails and garden activities on an ideal late summer ...

A permit for a 1,200-square-foot residence went from $1,509 to $1,839, the mayor said. He quoted a more significant change ...

Photo courtesy of Nicole Mccullough Members of the Smiling Valley Quilters gathered at the Mazama Community Club last weekend to create barn quilts, pieces of plywood painted to look like quilt ...

Yellow jackets are especially active as summer wanes Have you recently experienced a sensation you’d describe as “hot and smoky, almost irreverent,” as if W.C. Fields was “extinguishing a cigar on ...

The Cascaders are part of Okanogan County 4-H, a youth development program run by the county, Washington State University and ...

Photo courtesy of InciWeb Firefighters from the state Department of Natural Resources are working on suppression repair near Stehekin. They have been cutting up hazard trees felled during firefighting ...

Since 2013, Anaka Mines has been all about seeds: sowing, growing and selling them. But now, she’s entering into a new relationship with this small packet of life, where seeds, “gifts from the earth,” ...

Sitting on top of a local peak over the weekend, I spotted a ring perched on a flat stone — one of those silicone bands favored as wedding rings by firefighters, carpenters, climbers, and others with ...