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Leavenworth Summer Theater is thrilled to be producing one of the greatest musicals of all time, “Hello Dolly!”
The Discovery Center at Rocky Reach Dam has amazed and amused our Wenatchee Valley neighbors, and visitors from around the globe, since the 1960s. Hard to believe, but very little has changed there since it opened — when gas cost 30 cents a gallon and phones hung on the wall.
Sometimes the world seems mighty big. What can one or two people really do to make an impact?
It is the middle of summer. What are you doing with your lawn clippings? What happens to your left-over vegetable scraps from fixing dinner?
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture will bring a traveling program on prehistoric life and geology to several North Central Regional Library branches this month.
Editor’s note: A version of this story first published on the Lake Chelan website earlier this year.
“Don’t you just love the joy on their faces?” a visitor exclaimed. We were watching children fishing for trout during the annual Methow Valley National Fishing and Boating Day Celebration (known more affectionately as Kids Fishing Day) at Winthrop National Fish Hatchery. All around us, young…
North Central Regional Library is presenting three programs in July designed especially for the grown ups — including a story-hour performance based on vintage American literature, an evening with a National Geographic adventurer and a musical presentation featuring the West African kora, a …
If you set and forget your lawn sprinkler timing, you will have the correct irrigation timing twice a year: one time in the spring and again in the fall.
Marco Martinez
Features editor
Cashmere’s annual Founders’ Days festival will take place Friday and Saturday, with family fun events all leading up to the grand finale Saturday evening with the Crunch Pak Grand Parade through town.
Many of us carry smartphones as cameras and for a few of our favorite apps, but are you curious about other apps that might help you explore the natural world?
Summer barbecues are filled with some amazing food. Fresh and local options abound from juicy watermelon to Quincy corn on the cob. For vegetarians like myself, barbecues with friends and family are really easy, since I can just bring my own veggie burger to throw on the grill.
I’d like to take a moment to talk about something really incredible with you all. First, my name is Sasha Vafaei (try your best at the pronunciation), and I am currently serving a term with AmeriCorps at Cascadia Conservation District. My job, while rapidly coming to an end, is to enliven an…
WENATCHEE — North Central Regional Library (NCRL) is now offering family passes to the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center. Passes are available for a two-week check-out period from the Wenatchee and East Wenatchee public libraries.
The United States has had all types of migrants since the first European settlements. Dandelions and angle worms were introduced, as well as many invasive and noxious weeds and insect pests.
The Horan Natural Area (HNA) provides valuable bird and wildlife habitat on the Wenatchee River delta. Situated within the City of Wenatchee, the area supports a wide range of recreational uses while connecting parks to the north and south. The North Central Washington Audubon Society (NCWAS…
Bill Motsenbocker, the Cascade School District superintendent for five eventful years, is on the eve of retirement. He came to Leavenworth with a wealth of experience—a former teacher, coach, principal and superintendent.
SOAP LAKE — In 2006, Alex Kovach and his dad, Andrew, finished the last Great Canoe Race. For 26 years, paddlers from all over the Northwest and beyond had come to Soap Lake for a challenging 17.5 mile — five lake — paddle and portage.
Keeping a lawn, trees and garden green and growing in a rain-shadow desert isn’t always easy. If you live in central Washington, and I assume most of you do, maintaining your lawn, ornamental flowers, shrubs and trees is a delicate balance and difficult, and a bit of an art.
“On horseback and in automobiles, by motor truck and buggy, Indians of the Northwest tribes gathered today at their Kettle Falls camping grounds near Colville for a ‘ceremony of tears’ in farewell to the ancestral gathering place on the Columbia River.” So began the short article in The Wena…
The Wenatchee School District recognized business partners and community mentors for their support of career-connected learning at the fourth-annual Partner Appreciation Luncheon and Awards on May 30 at the Hampton Hideaway.
Calling kids who are ready to buzz through family-friendly, science-based fun projects and learn about bees. Bee a Junior Pollinator Biologist is the title of WSU Chelan/Douglas Master Gardener’s free Third Saturday in the Garden event at the Community Education Garden.
Four thousand dollars can buy a lot of books. Over 300 of them, in fact.
In Quaker singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer’s offering “Betty’s Diner” from her album, regulars and refugees the chorus describes:
The Wenatchee River Institute (WRI) outdoor learning center in Leavenworth is offering full and partial scholarships for youth outdoor education and recreation camps for the 2019 summer season.
It’s weed season again. Weeds not only are unsightly in your garden, driveway or pastureland, but when they proliferate, they destroy hundreds of thousands of acres of rangeland and native plant habitat.
Libraries across North Central Washington are gearing up for a summer filled with reading challenges, theatrical programs, science and technology, crafts and more.
I’m sure some of you have heard of the 10,000 Hour Rule — closely associated with pop psych writer Malcolm Gladwell, the author of “Outliers.”
May is “Bike Everywhere Month” in Washington state, and it’s a great time of year to hop on your bike. Not too hot, not too cold, not too smokey. Overall, Wenatchee is a pretty nice area to enjoy biking as well. The Greater Wenatchee Area is one of 18 Bicycle Friendly Communities, according …
In 2001, after three decades of entertaining little hearts and minds, Fred Rogers closeted his cardigan and removed his sneakers for the final time. A couple years later, the hero to countless children died. A recent documentary on the life of the celebrated broadcaster has reminded me how m…
Wellspring presents the premiere of "In the Name of Forgotten Women," a verse play written and directed by Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, on Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. Performed at Wellspring (in Room 7 of the Methow Valley Community Center) in Twisp, this staged reading is produced and cho…
WENATCHEE — On June 5 at 7 p.m., the Numerica Performing Arts Center will host the first Apple Awards, an annual ceremony to honor the achievements of local, participating individuals and programs that have demonstrated excellence or innovation in theater.
Around here at Garden Terrace, my staff and I have begun talking about our 50th anniversary, which is just two short years away. What began as an outreach program of the Immanuel Baptist Church and then joined by the Church of the Brethren, has been serving low-income seniors in Wenatchee si…
I used to be perfect — in my mother’s eyes. And when I was in school I worked at maintaining that 4.0 grade-point average. When I played tennis in high school and college, I wanted and strove for that perfect win record. I even won an award for excellence in the Burger King I was running sho…
After nearly two years of nurturing, salmon and steelhead from our three hatcheries are on the loose, swimming downstream towards the open ocean. Only half will make it there.
Light sprinkles fall on the heads of Wenatchee School District fifth-grade students as they catch insects, watercolor in their nature journals and hike Saddle Rock, but a little rain is not holding anyone back.
It’s a typical Thursday at Cascade Medical, and Nursing Director DeAnna Griggs is charging ahead, cradling a folder and her coffee mug, to her next appointment —an infection control meeting about a new partnership with University of Washington.
During National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April, Chelan-Douglas CASA challenges residents of the Wenatchee Valley to stand against child abuse and take action to support children who have been abused or neglected.
LEAVENWORTH — About 100 students, parents and community members filed quietly into the Cascade High School auditorium on a recent Tuesday night.
Last year, Manson High School had a new tiny project that gained big momentum.
After his 2013 presentation on David Douglas, Jack Nisbet returns to the Highland Wonders educational series March 1 to share of an unusual character who shaped both our understanding and our experience of geology in the Okanogan Highlands.
Laughter had invaded a quiet prayer time after the church service. A group of young people had asked me one of those questions similar to those posed by the scribes and Pharisees. Any answer would be wrong for one group or the other. The question the young people asked me: “Should Christians…
Jocelyn Kummer, founder and CEO of the Wenatchee-based tech company Read Your World, had a vision when she reached out to the Apple STEM Network last fall.
Many people in the Wenatchee Valley, as well as around the country, have been following the story of Lucas the Lionheart battling a serious heart defect through Facebook updates from his mom and email updates and contacts through family members and friends.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady did just enough to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory on Sunday. When I grew up, Johnny Unitas, Daryle Lamonica, Broadway Joe and Y.A. Tittle were the quarterbacks kids lionized.
Living in North Central Washington, we’re all proud of our area’s agricultural roots. We have some amazing local fruit that comes out of the Wenatchee Valley, and it's enjoyed all over the world. A little further away, there are crops like corn, potatoes and asparagus from the Columbia Basin…
As we’ve reached the fourth week of the federal government’s partial shutdown, we also approach a historic day in our nation’s history. It’s the day people of all backgrounds — women and men, gender nonconforming people, young and old, of diverse faiths, differently abled, immigrants and ind…
Who knew that snowshoeing could be about fish?
The first Christmas I remember was in our home on Highland Drive in Wenatchee. We had a phone in the hall (party line) and one night, just before Christmas, Santa called from the North Pole! Later, my sister informed me it wasn’t Santa but Mr. Berrigan, who lived next door.
Prior to 1994, anyone looking at Saddle Rock simply saw a saddle and left it at that.