Sign up for the Okanogan County Alert System

A great idea for you and your business is to sign up for alerts from the Okanogan County Alert System.  Get alerts about emergencies (fire, flood, storms, road closures) and important community news.  It only takes a minute to sign up via the Okanogan Emergency Management website.

Special Thanks

If you see Louise Stevens out and about please take a moment to thank her for the lovely flowers at the welcome entrance to Winthrop. Louise of her own initiative tends to these flowers.  This means filling a lot of buckets of water from the the bike shop and walking them over to the signs.  Thanks for your dedication Louise!  They look lovely!

Open for Business

The last Winthrop Chamber meeting was arguably the best Winthrop Chamber meeting we have ever had!

Guest speaker Annie Schmidt from the Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition did a great job sharing resources for businesses in times of turmoil. If you missed this fantastic presentation we would highly recommend you consider downloading the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Stafety's "Stay Open for Business" Toolkit found on the two links from this page.  You can also contact the Chumstick Wildfire Stewardship Coalition for more resources.

Very Good Dark Sky Video

The Methow Valley is blessed to have a dark night sky but will it always stay that way and could we make it even better currently with a few simple tweaks?

This video was shared by the Okanaogan County Electric Co-op in their June monthly newsletter.  It's a very good look at what we all can do moving forward.