methow valley

The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office is looking for volunteers to join its Search & Rescue unit. The county currently has about 60 members on its Search & Rescue team, but deputy spokesperson Rick Balam says they need more help. "They're pretty much scattered around the county with a little heavier presence in the Methow Valley. I thin...

The new arrangement replaces a system where the foundation's 28 members of its board of trustees distributed the money on a regional basis.

An Alabama man is dead after a hiking accident in the Methow Valley. The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office says the 25-year-old was descending Goat Wall near Winthrop with his climbing partners when he fell approximately 130 feet and was severely injured...

The Washington State Department of Transportation says crews are still making repairs and clearing debris.

Starting Thursday, heavy rain and snow will continue through the weekend and increase the likelihood for avalanches.

This grant was originally set at $75,000, however they received an anonymous donation of $25,000 at the last minute.

The Cedar Creek and Cub Creek fires near the Methow Valley in Okanogan County continue to burn more than 110,000 acres together. The two fires account for almost 45 percent of acreage burned in Washington wildfires so far this season. The fire season has been record setting this year according to the state Department of Natural Resources ...

Two major wildfires within a few miles of each other in Okanogan County are together burning almost 110,000 acres. The Cedar Creek fire near Winthrop in the Methow Valley is still expanding, and is now more than 50,000 acres. C.J. Adams with the fire response team says firefighters were hoping for more favorable conditions than they currently have ...

There could be relief on the way for the large fires that have been burning near the Methow Valley in Okanogan County for the last couple of weeks. Ron Miller with the National Weather Service says there could be some needed rainfall by Saturday night ...

The National Forest Service will be hosting an open house for the Twisp Restoration Project Thursday night from 5-7 at the Methow Valley Community Center. The open house is an effort to educate folks on the restoration actions proposed for the 77,038 acre project...