Winthrop News

A hotter, drier and dustier than normal Ride to Rendezvous journeyed through the Methow Valley backcountry last week, taking mounted travelers on an adventure starting in the hills above Malott on Monday evening to rolling through downtown Winthrop at noon on Friday.

We haven't talked about the Winthrop in a while, but the Tacoma Weekly today has a guest editorial on the amazing potential of the Winthrop.

A 17-acre prescribed burn is planned today, May 9, in the Squaw Creek/Black Canyon area west of town.

In Saturday's noontime parade, Liberty Bell High School junior Zoey Marchiney and Independent Learning Center junior Kira Cramer will be adorned in satin and tiaras, waving from Claude Miller's wagon.

Hear teens get brutally honest as they speak in the voices of their peers, and enjoy the Lotus SEEDS dancers, too, this Friday and Saturday in the Twisp Valley Grange.

Representing several generations of Methow Valley history, as well as lifetimes of service to the community, Tom and Fae Graves serve as Grand Marshal and Grand Lady of the 68th annual Winthrop '49er Days celebration.

Wednesday May 1 NATIVE PLANTS: Methow Conservancy Native Plant Appreciation Week wildflower walk.

With the North Cascades Highway opened by Washington State Department of Transportation crews this month well in advance of the statewide opening day of spring fishing, the Okanogan's lucrative trout waters are as close time-wise as they'll get to Bellingham.

"One girl with courage is a revolution," according to the film Girl Rising , about nine extraordinary girls from nine countries, showing at Twisp River Pub May 1. Wednesday April 24 LIVE MUSIC: Emele Clothier performs at Twisp River Suites.