WENATCHEE — The North Central Educational Service District has completed a $1.2 million remodel of its four-story headquarters at 430 Olds Station Road.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — A 455-unit apartment complex has been proposed for the northern Lineage Logistics property, along Riverfront Park at the base of Fifth Street in Wenatchee.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Our Valley Our Future and the Washington State University Center for Innovation have launched a month-long survey asking local businesses and organizations about topics they are researching.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
Chelan’s Historic Ruby Theatre patrons will soon have front-row seats to world-class British theater.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
YAKIMA — More apples, pears and cherries from the Pacific Northwest could be shipped to China in the next two years under the phase one agreement between the U.S. and China that was signed Wednesday.
EAST WENATCHEE — The Douglas County PUD Commission is expected to vote Jan. 27 on proposed power rate increases targeting cryptocurrency miners and data centers.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
SEATTLE — Washington’s technology giants were both among the top 10 recipients of U.S. patents in 2019, a record year for new intellectual property.
WENATCHEE — Expanded Link Transit service on weekdays and weekends, including new Sunday service, will begin in July with funding from a local sales tax increase that went into effect this month.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
CASHMERE — Liberty Orchards, now in its 100th year as the maker of Aplets & Cotlets, is looking for a possible sale or merger.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Boeing’s new chief executive, David Calhoun, assumed the job on Monday as the U.S. planemaker battles to recover from two fatal crashes of 737 MAX planes that killed 346 people in five months and led to the model’s worldwide grounding in March.
WENATCHEE — A median house in the Wenatchee market sold for $349,900 in 2019, up 8% from 2018’s $325,000.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
NCW — The U.S. Census Bureau’s largest operation of the decade is underway with in-person, postal and web-based outreach as the organization attempts to count every person in the nation.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
The mural of the Wenatchee Valley College Knight's mascot comes tumbling down while demolition crews begin their first full day of destruction at Wells Hall on the Wenatchee campus Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. The building is being replaced by a three-story structure.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
WENATCHEE — Drivers are advised to drive cautiously on Western Avenue next week as Chelan County PUD works on power lines.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Flavors borrowed from Asia, cooking techniques from Europe and served in Downtown Wenatchee — That’s what’s on the menu at Atlas Fare, a seafood-focused restaurant that opened last month.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Confluence Health's Pediatrics Building in Wenatchee is extending its hours starting Monday.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Businesses can now work directly with Clean Harbors Environmental Services of Kent to safely dispose of moderate risk waste.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
EAST WENATCHEE — Macy’s Wenatchee Valley Mall location has been spared from the company’s latest round of store closures, a company spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
MOUNT VERNON — As bans on plastic straws continue to increase, businesses are being started to provide alternatives.
WENATCHEE — The former Elks Lodge building, home to the BPOE Grand Ballroom, is for sale for $2.4 million.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its annual Business of the Year and Nonprofit of the Year awards.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WALLA WALLA — Macy's will close its Walla Walla store, the retail anchor of downtown's Main Street in the historic Liberty Theater building, the company said.
WENATCHEE — Kelsey Alvarado first visited Owl Soda Fountain & Gifts on a date with her husband in 2018.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
It’s now 2020 — a new decade and an opportunity to think about and plan for the future. It’s also a time to reflect on the past decade. What were the major trends? What impacted our economy, both negatively and positively? What stories will stick in the history books?
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
CASHMERE — The custom-cut concrete pieces are lowered by crane and fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. They’ll form the new roof of the Sherman Reservoir, the heart of Cashmere’s water system.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
SEATTLE — Since the second fatal 737 Max crash, in Ethiopia in March, and the subsequent worldwide grounding of the jet, Boeing — the company that built the Pacific Northwest’s manufacturing economy and made the region a global powerhouse of aerospace technology — has suffered a precipitous fall.
On Jan. 25, the 2020 Women in Agriculture Conference will offer women in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Hawaii a unique opportunity to gather in 34 different locations for a one-day event featuring knowledgeable speakers, inspiring stories, networking with other producers and…
WENATCHEE — Fence builders were getting $13 an hour 15 months ago, when Paul Coppock started putting together cost estimates for projects designed to increase the safety of Wenatchee schools.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — The Tiki Hawaiian Barbeque restaurant on North Wenatchee Avenue will reopen within the next week with new owners and an expanded menu.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — The Cascadian Apartments, one of the valley’s largest and most prominent apartment complexes for low-income seniors, will convert from subsidized to market-rate rents at the end of 2020.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Three affordable housing projects in Chelan and Douglas counties are among 46 to receive $91.6 million from the state Housing Trust Fund, federal HOME and National Housing Trust Fund programs.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee School District will have an easier time in the future of maintaining two properties it is keeping for potential future school sites.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Downtown Wenatchee’s recreation scene is about to get a touch more medieval.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Link Transit buses are now equipped with GPS systems that allow them to be tracked by riders with smartphones as well as dispatchers and schedulers.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Should a public utility take economic development impacts into consideration as it plans power rate structures?
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
SEATTLE — More workers received their schedules at least two weeks in advance during the first year of a Seattle law meant to make their lives less hectic, a new report says.
Beleaguered Boeing is putting its future in an industrial veteran who has led several companies in crisis, began his career at engine maker General Electric and has already spent a decade on the board of the world’s largest planemaker.
QUINCY — The Port of Quincy is expanding its Quincy intermodal terminal, a storage and transfer facility for trains and trucks.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort owner Larry Scrivanich and General Manager Josh Jorgensen discussed their current season, major expansion plans and the state of the ski industry during the December edition of Wenatchee World Forum.
YAKIMA — With 10 days left until the end of the month, many retailers in the Yakima Valley have already exhausted their stock of Cosmic Crisp apples, which officially launched Dec. 1.
WENATCHEE — The Chelan-Douglas Regional Port Authority on Monday arranged a meeting of 50 stakeholders to discuss the Douglas County PUD’s proposed rate increases for cryptocurrency miners and data centers.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
EAST WENATCHEE — Douglas County PUD plans to significantly raise power rates for cryptocurrency miners and data centers, in part to help pay for a $500 million repair project at Wells Dam.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
EAST WENATCHEE — Construction of 20 new classrooms and four cafeterias at five Eastmont schools will get underway in the spring and should be complete by August 2021.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
REDMOND — Amazon’s next new business may be in orbit, but first it will grow Washington’s commercial space industry.
WENATCHEE — Club Pet, the pet boarding and doggie day care service operated by the Wenatchee Valley Humane Society, is closing Jan. 15 after 18 years in operation.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — A 105-unit apartment complex in East Wenatchee was purchased by a pair of Richland companies for $20.9 million on Tuesday.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
SEATTLE — Last week, craft distilleries warned Washingtonians that many of the small-batch booze brands they love could go under when a major tax break expired Jan. 1.
RENTON — Thirty years ago, when Renton was far more of a Boeing town, the shutdown of the company’s assembly lines would have had a significant and swift impact on its residents and economy.
SEATTLE — Nine months after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded the 737 MAX, Boeing finally pulled the plug on the jet’s production Monday. The company announced it’s temporarily halting the assembly lines in Renton from January, with no specified timeline for a restart.
