Okanogan County is currently spending $1.4 million annually on public defense, and has been receiving about $48,600 per year from the state. Next year, the state’s contribution will be almost doubled, ...

Photo by Steve Mitchell Skaters from the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Thunder 14U hockey team competed in the Great Outdoors Classic ...

The arts and education nonprofit Methow Arts Alliance is upping its profile and changing its name with the help of a ...

Winthrop’s annual Christmas at the End of the Road festival gets an early nudge on Thanksgiving morning (Nov. 27) with a ...

Hong was appointed by Gov. Bob Ferguson at the end of June. She had a week at the courthouse to meet everyone, observe ...

Crews completed emergency repairs on a Methow River bridge near Gold Creek Loop Road on Nov. 18, according to a Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) news release.

The Town Council is looking for ways to deport a roving mob of wild turkeys that has been strutting, rather insouciantly, through Winthrop. The toms and hens — on whom we will bestow the pronouns ...

Those are the key conclusions in the long-awaited feasibility study of dam removal, which is expected to be released in January, said Michael Ward, North Central Washington project manager for Trout ...

Their perspective is limited but definitive. What’s right in front of them, in the moment, demands the kind of tunnel focus ...

Here’s something to be thankful for when counting your Thanksgiving blessings: you live in Washington. Why? Because ...

When Mikayla Gonzalez starts in her new job as The Merc’s ED, she will bring with her “a depth of experience in nonprofit ...

The Confluence Poets’ free, Festivus-themed holiday reading will be at The Confluence: Art in Twisp on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 5 p.m. Participating poets include Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Jon Culp, Jim Ditto ...