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Ralph Schwartz

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I’m in journalism. “It’s a bunch of nerds interrupting people who know what they’re doing.” — Bill Burr

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  • Confronting the Methow Valley’s drug crisis

    1 week ago | methowvalleynews.com | Ralph Schwartz

    Twisp convenes opioid roundtable after 3 fatal overdoses in townThe Methow Valley has a drug problem. The community known for its Nordic skiing, its artists and a hot second-home market is not immune to the fatal opioid epidemic that has swept the state and the nation. At least three people in the Twisp area have died from opioid overdoses since December 2024. In a recent case, a Twisp man died in a bedroom at his mother’s home on March 21.

  • Love, death and ‘chaos’ in ‘Hadestown’

    1 week ago | methowvalleynews.com | Ralph Schwartz

    Merc transforms into underworld for Liberty Bell Drama Co. showAs if love triangles among mere mortals weren’t tricky enough, the Liberty Bell Drama Company is staging “Hadestown: Teen Edition” — a modern retelling of an ancient Greek love rectangle involving immortal gods and a man with supernatural musical power.

  • ’49er junior royalty keeps it in the family

    1 week ago | methowvalleynews.com | Ralph Schwartz

    Belcher twins team up for celebrationIt might be a Winthrop ’49er Days first. Those involved in the annual event to celebrate the Methow Valley’s Western heritage said they have no memory — nor have found any record — of siblings ever serving together as junior royalty. So historians, mark this down. Sisters and Liberty Bell High School juniors Lilly and Nella Belcher have decided to team up, to represent and promote the three-day event.

  • Popular Winthrop cocktail bar to reopen this week

    1 week ago | methowvalleynews.com | Ralph Schwartz

    Over its 10-year history in downtown Winthrop, Copper Glance has always been about “a well-crafted drink and an upscale vibe,” as the original owners put it in 2015. New owners Scott Bandy and Levi Knox intend to continue that tradition while also broadening the bar’s appeal. They open Copper Glance at 134-A Riverside Ave. on Wednesday (May 7). Craft-cocktail lovers can still get their fix, as Scott’s son Maxx Bandy is returning as bar manager.

  • Private school seeks peaceful coexistence with school district

    2 weeks ago | methowvalleynews.com | Ralph Schwartz

    New Gardner Academy to teach grades 6 to 9Leaders of a new private middle school that will start this fall aim to bring rigor and a sense of purpose to education in the Methow Valley — without diminishing or competing with the established public schools. This was the message Gardner Academy founders Peter and Shannon Huffman Polson delivered at a second informational meeting about the new school, Wednesday (April 23) at Winthrop Library.

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Ralph Schwartz
Ralph Schwartz @Ralph_Schwartz
3 Jul 24

RT @seattletimes: Growing old is tailor-made for denial, writes columnist Danny Westneat. Who doesn't want to believe you've still got it?…

Ralph Schwartz
Ralph Schwartz @Ralph_Schwartz
3 Jul 24

Democrats have found themselves in the worst state possible. And I'm not talking about Texas or Florida. I'm talking about the state of denial. Nobody in their right mind is going to vote for Joe Biden. I hope Dems have a plan in place for when Donald Trump is elected.

Ralph Schwartz
Ralph Schwartz @Ralph_Schwartz
27 Jun 24

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