Ten miles north is Winthrop, a tourist town known for its Old West storefronts. Our friend Sue Misao lives 10 miles south of Twisp, in tiny Carlton. Sue was the reason we made the trip: my husband Max ...

More than 300,000 acres of public land in the Methow Valley would be permanently off-limits to mining under legislation proposed Wednesday by U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell.

The Methow Valley starts at the east end of the Cascades, at the headwaters of the Methow River. It includes the towns of Twisp and Winthrop, as well as the unincorporated community of Mazama ...

Between the towns of Winthrop and Mazama in the Methow Valley, a unique mixed-income housing community is taking shape.

The outgoing Obama Administration has delivered a Christmas gift to Washington conservationists, slapping a two-year mining moratorium on 340,000 acres of the upper Methow Valley. Congress is set ...

A large tract of land known for its cross-country skiing trails will be sold this spring.The question remains, however, to whom?

The Methow Valley is not thickly forested like you find in Western Washington. But it does have enough patches of Douglas Fir and other vegetation to be far from baron.

Even in winter, the Methow Valley struggles with clean air because residents have traditionally heated their homes by burning wood.

Sun Mountain LodgeThe outdoor skating rink at Sun Mountain Lodge. Methow Valley The scoop: One of the West's top cross-country ski experiences can be found in the Methow Valley, on the east slope ...

The scenic upper Methow Valley in the North Cascades, often called the "American Alps," is no place to plunk down a big mine, in the opinion of U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

Special forces fighters used the snowy hillsides of Washington's Methow Valley to hone their drone piloting skills. For Dakota Mendenhall, landing the drone was the best part.

A budding young family from Alaska has relocated to Washington to maintain a system of ski-in and bike-in cabins in the Methow Valley.