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WENATCHEE—Chelan County commissioners have allocated $4.6 million of federal COVID relief dollars to a variety of local agencies, nonprofits and small agricultural producers.
The allocation of funds from the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, comes after a two-month public application period held...
Chelan County commissioners have submitted comments to the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, asking the federal agencies to immediately suspend current efforts to reintroduce grizzly bears into the North Cascades.
Commissioners also have asked the two agencies to begin...
Jim and Kim Richardson receive 2022 Outstanding Friends of the College award SUBMITTED PHOTO
Wenatchee Valley College President Dr. Jim Richardson and his wife, Kim, were presented the 2022 Outstanding Friends of the College award on Nov. 18. This award recognizes those who have contributed to WVC through financial support or service or a combination of both. The recipient is selected not...
A new non-profit called the Residents Coalition of Chelan County, (RC3), has recently formed to give county residents a strong voice on the issues that matter most to them.
Many Chelan County residents have indicated that one of their biggest frustrations is their lack of a voice in local land use...
Wenatchee – Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort announced that opening day of the 2022-2023 season was Saturday, November 19. The pre-Thanksgiving operations was the earliest opening in 5 seasons. The early opening was made possible by the Ridge’s top to bottom snowmaking system and the best in...
The Mission Building at 207 S. Mission Ave, Cashmere Photo by Matthew Ockinga
CASHMERE— Never judge a store front by its cover.
On the south end of downtown Cashmere sits a simple wooden building. From the outside, one may think it houses two or three stores. Yet around nine businesses happily coexist inside the quaint facility south of downtown. Those local companies will...
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) wants the public to know flu cases are rising quickly in Washington state and nationwide. Flu hospitalizations are at the highest rates seen in 10 years for this point in the year. In the last two weeks, DOH is reporting high cases of flu-...
OLYMPIA – Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has decommissioned the Washington State Coronavirus Response (COVID-19) website coronavirus.wa.gov on Dec. 1, 2022. As of that date, site visitors will be redirected to the DOH COVID-19 landing page at https://doh.wa.gov/emergencies/covid-19....
Dr. Matthew Kai Elliott, a Confluence Health orthopedic surgeon, is shown in a procedure room. Submitted Photo
MOSES LAKE - Necessity is the mother of invention and oftentimes the great difficulties that arose during the pandemic gave rise to creative and innovative solutions.
In addition to the more readily apparent challenges of COVID-19, staffing shortages and procedure backlogs were another difficulty...
Judge Allen Blackmon Submitted Photo
WENATCHEE – Allen Blackmon, a 26-year veteran of the Chelan County Prosecutor’s Office, has accepted a judge’s appointment to the Chelan County District Court.
Chelan County commissioners officially appointed Blackmon, a deputy prosecuting attorney, to position No. 2 of District Court on Nov. 21,...
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