Methow Valley News

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Volume 108 :: Issue 16 :: September 1, 2010

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		Property and privacy rights collide over motocross track By Mike Maltais Riverward of the Twisp Airport Road, hard by the Halyruud Estates and just east of the East Side Branch of Can’t Hardly Ranch sits a quarter-acre motocross track of modest jumps, corners and straight-aways that is causing a groundswell of protest among nearby neighbors. MORE >>
	Low-flying aircraft create buzz but remain a mystery By Marcy Stamper Reports of low-flying, military-style helicopters and fighter planes have been swirling around the valley, although not quite as quickly as the aircraft themselves. The Okanogan County Sheriff’s MORE >>		Total of six arrested in raids on pot grows Four large operations in county linked to Mexican drug organizations By John Hanron A total of six people have been arrested in Okanogan County after a two-week, multi-agency effort to bust outdoor MORE >>
	Electric co-op OKs survey, then passes alternative rate By Ann McCreary Customers of the Okanogan County Electric Cooperative will have a chance to give feedback on the way their electric rates are structured through a mail survey approved by the co-op board last week. The MORE >>		Motorcyclist hits UPS van A Lynnwood motorcyclist suffered a broken leg when he failed to negotiate a curve and crashed into a UPS delivery van just east of Loup Loup Pass last week. According to a press memo from the Washington State Patrol, Carl D. Smith, MORE >>
	Mulgrew resigns from council Twisp Town Council member Tom Mulgrew resigned last week from the governing body after serving about two years. Mulgrew said his decision to leave was not prompted by a particular issue or event, but by a self-evaluation. MORE >>		TV District makes loan to Okanogan for transition By John Hanron The Methow Valley Communications District has been diligently preparing for this fall’s conversion to digital television. In fact, the local TV district has stored away so much money that it is MORE >>

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