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Volume 106 :: Issue 33 :: December 31, 2008
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Christmas Day fire razes Last Trading Post 2 a.m. blaze stopped from spreading to rest of downtown shops

By Carol Stull
    “Nobody wants to wake up Christmas morning at 3 a.m. to a call from the marshal,” declared Dorcas Rhinehart, owner of Winthrop’s Last Trading Post.
    While most valley folks slept all snug in their beds on Dec. 25, a raging fire

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Harts Pass slide kills Colville snowmobiler

By Patrick Hannigan
    A 24-year-old Colville man was killed Sunday (Dec. 28) after he was buried in an avalanche while snowmobiling with his companions near Harts Pass, northwest of Mazama.


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Spooky snowpack: local skiers dodge avalanches

By Patrick Hannigan
     “People are not giving the mountains their due respect,” said ski guide and avalanche instructor Larry Goldie of Mazama. “This is one of the most dangerous snowpacks


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Hickman chosen to fill mayor's seat

    Twisp Town Council member Stephanie Hickman has been selected by the council to take over the mayoral position at town hall.
    Hickman, a council member since January 2004, will fill the vacancy left by


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Saving Iraq one irrigation ditch at a time

By Joyce Campbell
    News of the war in Iraq is full of tragic events and people being killed, but one young Marine taking holiday leave in the valley says there is much more to the story.
   


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Bird count reaches near record in species

   Twisp’s 21st annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count drew 21 observers Sunday (Dec. 28), who fanned out from Local 98856 early in the morning.
Weather was cold and snowy when they started, but the afternoon sun brought out


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Naked Eye: The bright stars of winter

By David Ward
   Winter may be the coldest time of year for stargazing but it is also the easiest time. First of all, you don’t have to stay up half the night waiting for it to get dark. By five o’clock in


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