Washington has an active winter recreation program, managed by the state parks commission through a system of recreation parking lots. It also has one of the West premier Nordic ski experiences in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cross-country skiers have kicked and glided along the Methow Valley’s snowy hills for generations. “This is what people picture when they picture the Methow, right? You can see all the low hills and ...

In midsummer, fires were burning on both sides of the Methow River. Air quality was bad enough to make national news. In better times, Central Washington’s Methow Valley is a destination for ...

At Eric Dupar's 5.3-acre Methow Valley retreat, offered at $1.68 million, dining al fresco could be right out of a home and garden magazine. Courtesy of Heidi Bright ...

Cross-country skiers have kicked and glided along the Methow Valley’s snowy hills for generations. “This is what people picture when they picture the Methow, right? You can see all the low hills and ...

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 ...

The sign along the Methow Valley Trail is stern: Remove skis before crossing the highway. But civil disobedience is alive and well in Washington state’s pastoral Methow, where old-time ranch values ...