Eastern Washington has the region's best cross-country ski centers _ hands down. The ski trail system in the Methow Valley, on the east side of the north Cascades, is world class. Besides having 150 ...

The trail led gently upward, through thick-trunked cottonwood, an aspen grove, then into an open meadow. Only the huff of breaths and the rhythmic hiss of gliding skis broke the winter quiet. At one ...

More than a century after the United States government took most of their land, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington state are getting small chunks of it back. The ...

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.

In the rugged heart of Washington's Methow Valley, a small distillery is making big waves in the spirits world. Last Chance ...

Scattered across a 125-mile trail network near the US-Canadian border lie enough adrenaline-charged moments to make the most experienced powder hounds grip tightly to their ski poles. Visceral, low ...

Wildfire represents both risk and reward for some small communities in Washington. Walking the line between a “good fire” and a “bad fire” can be tricky. For the Methow Valley, wildfire is a way of ...

The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Michael Wright, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Oct. 18—It's been a busy week for Lance Rider. Rider owns The Outdoorsman, a store in Winthrop, Washington, ...

SEATTLE (AP) — A large swath of federal land in Washington’s Methow Valley would be protected from future mining for 20 years under a proposal recommended by the U.S. Forest Service. The proposal ...