EAST WENATCHEE — U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Issaquah, will hold a town hall Saturday at City Hall.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — A 52-year-old Wenatchee man was arrested Friday night after he allegedly threatened hotel employees and then fled police, prompting a two-hour search.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — At a shelter in California, a man named Fred excitedly told Tiffany Bruehl the haircut she gave him would land him a job.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Kristin Bail has been on the job as the new Forest Supervisor of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest for about two weeks now.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WENATCHEE — An Olympia woman is behind bars after she allegedly tried to scam the Chelan County Clerk’s Office out of nearly $2,500.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
LEAVENWORTH — The city has purchased 1.62 acres of state Department of Transportation land along Highway 2 for parking.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — The fall Science in Our Valley seminar series begins Sept. 25 with a close-up look at the research of local Department of Fish and Wildlife scientist Dr. McClain Johnson.
If you are looking for a way to deepen your connection to both the natural and human aspects of our collective home, consider becoming a Wenatchee Naturalist!
CHELAN — North Central Regional Library is hosting community resource specialists from WorkSource, SkillSource, Wenatchee Valley College and OIC of Washington for office hours at the Chelan Public Library once a month this fall.
BOSTON — Actress Felicity Huffman, the first parent sentenced in a wide-ranging college admissions cheating scandal, was given a 14-day prison term on Friday and made a somber apology in federal court for paying to rig her daughter’s entrance exam.
WENATCHEE — GWATA has announced the 14 finalists for its 19th Annual Innovator Awards. The finalists in the five Innovator Award categories were chosen by an independent selection committee comprised of GWATA members with backgrounds in both business and education. The selection committee fi…
OLYMPIA — Washington residents who buy their health insurance on the state health-care exchange got both kinds of news Thursday.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — What caused the Conception to catch fire, killing 34 people?
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The sprawling Democratic primary field has been headed toward a three-person race, and despite strenuous efforts by the trailing candidates, Thursday’s debate seems unlikely to have significantly changed that.
RICHLAND — Sen. Patty Murray secured what could be the highest level of funding in recent years for the Hanford nuclear reservation in the Senate's proposed fiscal 2020 budget for the Department of Energy.
KENNEWICK — A group of Kennewick seniors could be the latest targets of a new type of Medicare fraud.
SEATTLE — When Pam Johnson got a phone call Sept. 1 notifying her that her husband, Christian Johnson, had been hurt while fighting a wildfire in Okanogan County and was being airlifted to Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center, she knew it was serious. But it wasn’t until she arrived at the ho…
NCW — The U.S. Bureaus of Land Management and Reclamation have lifted fire restrictions in Eastern Washington.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Social-emotional learning and charter schools were among the topics covered Monday at the first Wenatchee School Board candidate forum of the election season.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
It wasn't just soccer balls going into the net during Green Lightning's practice Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, at Lee Elementary School in East Wenatchee. Braxton Reynolds, 6, puts his teammates Marq Sanchez, 7, and Max Winn, 6, into the goal between drills from their coach April Winn. They are in their third week of playing in the U-7 division of the Greater Wenatchee Soccer Club said Winn. She said they have been playing together as a team for four years. They play into mid October.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
SEATTLE — A King County teenager is the first person in Washington state to be diagnosed with a severe lung disease associated with e-cigarettes, Public Health — Seattle & King County reported Wednesday.
WENATCHEE — Youth United’s Color Rush, originally set for Sunday, has been moved to May.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration on Thursday announced repeal of an Obama-era regulation that had expanded pollution protections for waterways such as wetlands and shallow streams, but that farmers, miners and manufacturers decried as overreach.
NASSAU, Bahamas — Piles of debris, decaying human and animal corpses and fetid water on storm-hammered Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas are posing a new risk for those who survived Hurricane Dorian’s wrath: Disease.
CHELAN — Chelan County crews removed the debris Wednesday along South Lakeshore Road and the road is back open.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
OKANOGAN —Federal agencies will hold a public meeting on plans for possible grizzly bear restoration in the North Cascades.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday denied lying to Queen Elizabeth over the reasons for suspending the British parliament after a court ruled his decision was unlawful and opponents called for lawmakers to be recalled to discuss Brexit.
OLYMPIA — Washington is not agreeing to the tentative settlement some other states have reached with Purdue Pharma over the company’s role in the opioid crisis.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for the wealthy to pay for an overhaul of Social Security that would boost the annual payment to retirees by $2,400 and extend the program’s solvency by two decades.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Ted Cruz is warning that President Donald Trump making a deal with Democrats on gun legislation might cause conservative voters to stay home in 2020.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department on Thursday notified lawyers for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe that they have rejected his appeal to avoid being criminally charged, according to a person close to his legal team. The move likely clears the way for him to be indicted for l…
YAKIMA — Low cow numbers and falling survival rates among calves continue to plague Yakima's elk herd and cause significant decreases in hunting opportunities.
Celebrate Museum Day’s Year of Music at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center’s Bacon, Bourbon, Bluegrass & Brews at 5 p.m. Sept. 21 at the museum.
The Bavarian Village of Leavenworth is speaking its own language with the unveiling of a new tongue-in-cheek dictionary called “Der Wördbook,” along with the chance for lucky wordsmiths to win a free vacation package by submitting their own “DerWörds.”
This week: It’s a blues kind of vibe, mixed with a little jazz and a nod to superstition. September is in full swing.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
CHELAN — The city is looking to buy 9.8 undeveloped acres off of Spader Bay for public access, a proposal that is controversial among residents.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WATERVILLE — A Rock Island man accused of murdering his wife has asked his case to be decided by a judge.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
NCW — Efforts to educate the public about the dangers of wildfires received close to $200,000 this month.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
LEAVENWORTH — The Leavenworth City Council has unanimously passed building regulations to incentivize development and increase housing density.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican and Democratic senators revived an effort to pressure Saudi Arabia over human rights, by pushing the country to fulfill its commitment to provide $750 million this year to help the people of Yemen, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
WATERVILLE — A drive through the Wenatchee Valley Mall will cost a 32-year-old Rock Island man almost $47,000.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration announced plans on Wednesday to remove all flavored e-cigarettes from store shelves in a widening crackdown on vaping, as officials warned that sweet flavors had drawn millions of children into nicotine addiction.
With fall fast approaching, our plant clinic diagnosticians will soon begin fielding questions about how to prepare our lawns for winter, with questions like: Should I fertilize? When do I stop watering? How much longer should I be mowing? Is this a good time to treat my lawn for weeds and r…
With fall fast approaching, our plant clinic diagnosticians will soon begin fielding questions about how to prepare our lawns for winter, with questions like: Should I fertilize? When do I stop watering? How much longer should I be mowing? Is this a good time to treat my lawn for weeds and r…
COLOGNE, Germany — Europe’s aviation regulator will send its own test pilots and engineers to fly forthcoming certification flight tests of Boeing’s newly modified 737 MAX, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said this week.