I had two goals on my recent trip to Southern Italy.
RICHLAND — Over the last two years Kayla Barron of Richland has learned to fly a T-38 jet.
The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center embarks on a new decade by hosting a series of Community Listening Sessions.
WENATCHEE — Experience the many local cultural and heritage groups that make up the tapestry of our community at the annual Martin Luther King Multicultural Fest Jan. 18 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center.
THE COLOCKUM — An all-terrain vehicle stuffed with sacks of corn, bounces along a dirt road in the Colockum Wildlife Area, crests a hill and is greeted by a stunning, fog-filled sunrise.
Selection of the 2020 Washington State Apple Blossom Festival Royalty begins with the announcement of the 27 young women from the Wenatchee and Eastmont School Districts who will compete for a chance to be one of the 10 candidates who will then vie for the 101st royal court.
QUINCY — Mike Wallace’s animal agriculture class enters a new high school barn, the smell of feed and sod filling the air.
As busy as the holiday season can be, I always look forward to the quiet and hush of winter in nature. It’s a great time to get outside with your family and focus on something you might miss the rest of the year.
LEAVENWORTH — Professional wildlife tracker, naturalist, educator and author David Moskowitz is teaching a two-day class in February for those interested in learning the art.
LEAVENWORTH — Every Thursday in January and February from 10 a.m. to noon, local naturalist guides will lead free snowshoe strolls on the Waterfront Park Trail along the beautiful Wenatchee River.
VANCOUVER — Melting glaciers. Rising seas. Devastating storms. Wildfires.
WENATCHEE — On Nov. 21, the painting “Sunset and Moonrise on the Great Chief” or “The Ruling Spirit of the Columbia,” was removed from the walls of the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center and shipped to Redmond for restoration.
On a Monday afternoon, a class of second graders at Peshastin-Dryden Elementary (PD) cleared their desks, except for a pencil. Students eagerly complied; they weren’t about to take a test.
RICHLAND — When you look down at Kahleah Corona’s feet, you will notice something different about her multi-hued sneakers.
The Community Foundation of NCW’s fifth annual Give Methow campaign has raised $304,733 for 36 Methow Valley nonprofits — nearly $30,000 more than last year.
VANCOUVER — Mollie Hands drives a red ’69 Mustang in beautiful condition. It’s a common and eye-catching sight in the parking lot of the Washington State School for the Blind, where Hands volunteers several times a week.
INDIANAPOLIS — Students from Wenatchee High School traveled to Indianapolis last week to participate in the National FFA Horse Evaluation and Forestry Career Development Events. Both teams placed high in their respective competitions, which both spanned over the course of two days.
WENATCHEE — “Celebrate Under the Stars” was this year’s theme at the sixth annual Wellness Place Gala Auction on Nov 1. And that is just what took place — a celebration. The supportive energy in the room was electric, with supporters raising $90,000 for the Wellness Place and the patients th…
QUINCY — Ever since she could hold a pencil, Quincy native Atalee Gregg has been scribbling and doodling. Now 17 and a student at Quincy Innovation Academy, she has the opportunity to further her education and her art career.
KENNEWICK — Cortney Williams sprayed down a marble headstone, and the soapy water mixture ran brown with dirt.
LEAVENWORTH — In the spirit of “Take care of your gear and it will take care of you!” Wenatchee River Institute (WRI) and Waste Loop are offering an Outdoor Gear Repair Café to connect people with broken and worn stuff with experienced, helpful people who like to fix stuff.
The 29th Make A Difference Day in North Central Washington is Saturday, Oct. 26. The largest day of community service in the world is open to anyone who wants to make the place they live a little better.
A couple of months ago, in the column about exploring lakes and ponds, we talked about a lake’s watershed. Now, if you read that and your first thought was “is that a building that stores water?” — you’re not alone.
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center will open the Wells House for the annual Nooks & Crannies Tours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20.
WENATCHEE — This story starts 54 years ago in 1965.
In honor of “Breast Cancer Awareness” month, Wellness Place in Wenatchee is going all pink in October with many events to bring awareness and support the organization in its mission of providing free support to cancer patients and their families in North Central Washington.
You may not think so now, but there was a time in my life I wasn’t all that fond of people. I was the first born of three boys, so maybe it was because I was used to being alone in my formative 2’s and 3’s.
ENTIAT — In our current consumer culture, most of us are far removed from the people involved in making the products we buy, whether its clothing, computers or even food. Yet modern culture still depends on the skills of many unheralded workers who employ time-worn techniques to bring produc…
EAST WENATCHEE — The Spirit of Wenatchee group turned to an expert to help make improvements to Miss Veedol, the replica of the plane that Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon flew into the history books in 1931 when they became the first to fly nonstop across the Pacific Ocean.
Every fall, I end up with a huge pile of oak leaves in my yard. Last October, my mom visited and we ended up piling up leaves in creative ways, creating ephemeral art that blew away with the next gust of wind.
PASCO — When Aliyah Arambul took off her eye patch for the last time, she knew exactly how long she had worn it — 2,646 hours.
The Alzheimer’s Association Washington State Chapter is hosting the North Central Washington Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday. The event will be held at Pybus Public Market, with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m. The opening ceremony starts at 9:30 a.m. and the two-mile walk begins at 10 a.m.
LEAVENWORTH — The second annual Latino Community Day last month drew 75 visitors, 40% of whom had never been to Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery (NFH) before. “We met our goal!” said Elisa Lopez, project director for Team Naturaleza, the group that organized the event this year.
I recently met with Chelan Valley Hope (CVH) board president Michael Gibb to talk about the organization’s vision for the next three to five years. He spent his career in the health care industry, nearly 40 years of his life. He joined the board in 2016 and was selected president this year.
This is our story about our beloved Max.
Last month’s NCW District Fair in Waterville drew a large number of entries in a variety of classes. Not all results were provided to The Wenatchee World at press time. Here’s what we have:
Cala Flamond
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PASCO — After 35 years of reading other people's success stories, a Pasco mother and daughter finally have one of their own to tell.
Serving farm families, women in agriculture, food-service workers, and dozens of Northwest communities for nearly 50 years, Washington State University Extension leader and educator Margaret Viebrock was honored with the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences' 2019 Distinguis…
BELLINGHAM — It was approximately a month after he began planting his tomato plants last spring that lifelong Bellingham resident Marlyn Todahl noticed that one of his beefsteak variety stalks seemed a little off.
About eight years ago, while watching a painting program every day on Public Broadcasting Service with a woman she was caring for, Ella Westra was urged to do something she hadn’t done in years: paint.
Editor’s note: The information below — including names — is exactly as submitted by the school.
Cala Flamond
Editorial assistant
Editor’s note: The information below — including names — is exactly as submitted by the school.
Cala Flamond
Editorial assistant
Editor’s note: The information below — including names — is exactly as submitted by the school.
Cala Flamond
Editorial assistant
Editor’s note: The information below — including names — is exactly as submitted by the school.
Cala Flamond
Editorial assistant
Editor’s note: The information below — including names — is exactly as submitted by the school.
Cala Flamond
Editorial assistant
Editor’s note: The information below — including names — is exactly as submitted by the school.
Cala Flamond
Editorial assistant
Editor’s note: The information below — including names — is exactly as submitted by the school.
Cala Flamond
Editorial assistant
