WENATCHEE — The empty kayak was stuck in a whitewater rapid, its straps wrapped around a log. Kyle Mahuika and two of his friends were on the shore of the Wenatchee River, trying to find a way to recover it.
World staff writer
Reporter
ORONDO — At this point, few people have seen it and even fewer have tasted it. But by next year there will be more than 2 million boxes of Cosmic Crisp apples on the market.
World staff writer
Reporter Tony Buhr spent eight months interviewing county officials and discussing the problems at the Chelan County Regional Justice Center. He also toured the jail twice, once in October, 2018 and again in May, 2019. These three articles are the result of that effort.
Environment, county and health reporter
When a group of East Wenatchee property owners signed a set of covenants in 1953 that would govern their country club neighborhood, the first item on the list was the exclusion of any non-white homeowner.
World staff writer
The data center industry is growing in North Central Washington, but do its citizens want them?
World staff writer
LEAVENWORTH — There’s a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that Gregory Lebovitz will likely never forget, even though he doesn’t remember how it tasted.
Reporter
The marijuana industry statewide is expanding by leaps and bounds, becoming a nearly $1 billion industry in retail sales last fiscal cycle.
Environment, county and health reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — There are few people in the world who know more about cryptocurrency mines than Anton Gykalo.
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Maria del Carmen López Sanchez doesn’t have time to worry about the Trump administration's proposed immigration changes that could affect her family.
Environment, county and health reporter
WENATCHEE — Investigation documents into the 2017 fatal shooting of Matthew Folden by a Wenatchee police officer align with what investigators have said about the shooting and the events that preceded it, but they also reveal that key evidence was mishandled at the scene.
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Confusion, terror and pain reigned on Aug. 6, 1974, when a railcar holding volatile material exploded in a switching yard in South Wenatchee.
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