Wagner Ranch sale tops local news story list
The previous 12 months commenced with some uncertainty and some expectations about what stories might dominate the headlines in 2022. It turns out that uncertainty and expectation were leavened with a few surprises before the year concluded.
Of the top two stories of 2021 as voted on by the Methow Valley News readership, only one — the year’s wildfires, which was No. 1 — made it back into the top stories list in 2022, and that just barely. The No. 2 story of 2021, the continuation of COVID protocols, didn’t make it into the top finishers this year, although it barely missed.
There were some repeated topics, which in most cases amounted to a continuation or culmination of an ongoing story. The No. 1 and No. 2 stories of 2022 are examples (we included the major grand openings under one category). Among the unpredictable…
