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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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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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Old maples could be cut down in Glover Street project

    The Twisp Town Council is considering cutting down four 100-year-old maple trees when it widens lower Glover Street next summer.
    With the construction season just a few months away, the council is


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County balances snowplowing needs with limited budget

By Marcy Stamper
    “Three a.m. – that’s my normal get-up time,” said Larry Hunter, county road superintendent for Area 3. “I look out the window, can tell if it’s bright and


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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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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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