WENATCHEE — A Cascade High School senior who designed shoe insoles that generate electricity, the Chelan couple behind the Lake Life retail brand and the emergency dispatch center for Chelan and Douglas counties are among the winners of NCW Tech Alliance's 2026 Innovator Awards.

WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley Dispute Resolution Center has certified Theresa D-Litzenberger as a volunteer mediator following her completion of the organization's mediator certification …

SPOKANE VALLEY. — Numerica Credit Union and Oregon-based SELCO Community Credit Union announced plans Wednesday, Oct. 28, to merge, creating a financial institution with nearly $8 billion in assets …

SEATTLE — Washington’s hospitals anticipate losing nearly $6 billion in revenue through 2033 due to steep Medicaid cuts in the coming months. That’s according to a new report from the …

OLYMPIA — Washington's unemployment rate declined for the third consecutive month in September, falling to 4.8% even as employers shed an estimated 15,400 jobs, according to preliminary figures from the Washington Employment Security Department.

WENATCHEE — Confluence Health and the Wenatchee Valley Medical Group have awarded $505,474 in grants to 75 nonprofit organizations across North Central Washington as part of their 2026 Community Health Partnership Fund program.

EAST WENATCHEE — The first passenger off Pangborn Memorial Airport’s inaugural flight from Portland arrived dressed for the occasion, though perhaps not the occasion airport officials had in mind.

WENATCHEE — A newspaper publisher, a coalition of faith communities and a longtime mediator were honored Oct. 1 as the Wenatchee Valley Dispute Resolution Center celebrated 20 years of helping people find common ground.

WENATCHEE — INSPIRE Northwest will return to the Numerica Performing Arts Center on Oct. 8 for its second annual marketing and communications conference, featuring sessions on communication, …

WENATCHEE — Columbia Valley Community Health has renamed its Member Services department to Access and Enrollment Services, a change intended to make the team’s role clearer as new Apple Health …

WENATCHEE — Chelan County PUD commissioners unanimously approved a settlement Friday with the federal government over the utility’s share of Columbia River Treaty obligations, resolving a dispute …

A line of work trucks sat running in the parking lot of Kent’s Pacific Raceways Monday, but there was hardly any engine noise and no diesel exhaust.  The vehicles, ranging from forklifts …

Taking the stage at Climate Week in New York City Wednesday morning, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his authorization to move forward with linking Washington into its carbon market that’s …

WENATCHEE — In April of this year, the Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce named Norwood Wine Bar its 2025 Business of the Year. Now Norwood owner Josh Thaut has been chosen to lead the Chamber …

CASHMERE — The Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority has approved an agreement to remove invasive grass from Brender Creek and restore vegetation along its banks at the Cashmere Mill District. …

EAST WENATCHEE — Two months after port commissioners spent a meeting defining what the Trades District has become, architects returned Tuesday with three ways to build what comes next and a roughly …

WENATCHEE — Chelan County PUD commissioners unanimously approved the purchase of 8.15 acres in Malaga for $2.1 million Sept. 21, securing a potential site for a substation the utility expects to …

WENATCHEE — The playing surface at Wenatchee Valley College’s Smith Gymnasium will be named Pepsi Cola Court under a new sponsorship and naming rights agreement between WVC Athletics and …

WENATCHEE — The Sustainable Bike Co-Op will transition from Sustainable NCW to the Wenatchee Valley YMCA by the end of the year, with the YMCA taking over the community bicycle program as part of …

LEAVENWORTH — The Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce has launched a new mobile guide to help visitors find where to eat and shop, find out what’s open and what’s happening, and figure out how to …