WENATCHEE — The Numerica Performing Arts Center has selected J. Woody Lotts as its next executive director.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
The state Redistricting Commission is holding an online public outreach from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday for residents of the 8th and 10th Congressional Districts.
Sydnee Gonzalez
World Staff Writer
SEDRO-WOOLLEY — All campfires are banned across the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WENATCHEE — Local journalism may get a helping hand after years of declining revenue and layoffs.
Sydnee Gonzalez
World Staff Writer
LEAVENWORTH — A mallet, a 100% cotton towel, freshly plucked flowers — combined with a little bit of elbow grease, people can dye ordinary cloth transforming it into a colorful exhibit of local plants and flowers.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
This page will be regularly updated as new COVID-19 cases in North Central Washington are reported by health officials.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
NCW — National, state and local agencies are coordinating one of the largest vaccination campaigns in history. This page will be updated with the latest information for North Central Washington as it becomes available.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
Madeline Happold
Journalist product manager
The Cedar Creek and Cub Creek fires continue to grow near Winthrop as crews attempt to contain both blazes.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden asked Congress on Thursday to extend a moratorium on evictions to protect millions of renters and their families that is set to expire this week amid a deadly rise in coronavirus infections, the White House said.
WATERVILLE — The Douglas County Auditor’s Office is looking for volunteers to help write “for” and “against” statements about a proposed one-year levy for the Waterville ambulance service that will appear on the general election ballot in November.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
RICHLAND — Kadlec Regional Medical Center has had to search across the Northwest for other hospitals to treat some of the most seriously ill Tri-Cities area patients over the last week as COVID-19 has surged again.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Tsunami warnings were lifted for Alaska and the rest of Pacific after a huge earthquake of 8.2 magnitude struck the seismically active state in the late hours on Wednesday.
SEATTLE — The party starts well before the first note is played. Starting today — a full day before Watershed Festival officially begins — cars and RVs start lining up to grab prime campsite real estate at the scenic Gorge Amphitheatre. Soon legions of koozie-clutchers will roam the fields l…
OLYMPIA — Washington will follow current federal guidance for the use of facial coverings amid the COVID-19 pandemic uptick, but won’t impose new masking requirements, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday.
SEATTLE — More than 94% of Washington’s recent COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations were among people not fully vaccinated, according to a new report from the state Department of Health.
SEATTLE — Seattle is getting out of the COVID-19 testing business after winding down city-run vaccination sites earlier this summer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. economy grew solidly in the second quarter, pulling the level of gross domestic product above its pre-pandemic peak, as massive government aid and vaccinations against COVID-19 fueled spending on goods and travel-related services.
This is the third of a three-part series on local elections.1. Uncontested elections 2. Inside a crowded race 3. Would you run for office?
This is the second of a three-part series on local elections.1. Uncontested elections 2. Inside a crowded race 3. Would you run for office?
The majority of local elections are uncontested. Money, time and civic engagement all play a factor.
This is the first of a three-part series on local elections.1. Uncontested elections 2. Inside a crowded race 3. Would you run for office?
BREWSTER — Voters who live in the public hospital district served by Three Rivers Hospital are being asked for a one-year special levy that will raise $840,000.
EAST WENATCHEE — Traffic along 10th Street N.E. will be disrupted from August to October due to work on water mains to support Microsoft’s expansion.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WENATCHEE — Police are searching for suspects involved in a non-fatal shooting Tuesday evening in Wenatchee.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
YAKIMA — Campers in Central Washington and beyond have not been deterred by crowds and burn bans this summer — but they’re being asked to keep recreation spots clean and safe from wildfires, officials say.
SEATTLE — Boeing on Wednesday posted its first quarterly profit in almost two years, as deliveries of its best-selling 737 MAX jets to airlines gained traction amid a sharp rebound in travel bookings following an increase in global COVID-19 vaccinations.
NEW DELHI/KABUL — The United States said on Wednesday it was deeply troubled by reports of escalating attacks on civilians as the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan and Washington pulls out its last remaining troops and ends its longest war.
EVERETT — Local startup Helion Energy said Tuesday it will build a facility in Everett to test the latest version of its “fusion energy” generator, a project it said has the potential to create electricity without producing any carbon emissions.
WENATCHEE — Following months of tension between long-term residents and rental owners near sought-after tourist spots east of the Cascades, new regulations will soon limit the number of rentals listed on sites like Airbnb in Chelan County.
SEATTLE — The heat dome couldn’t have come at a worse time for Jake Sterino, the owner of Sterino Farms in Puyallup.
WENATCHEE — What started as a 13-year-old’s letter to the Wenatchee City Council has turned into a push from the local skateboarding community to improve safety at Hale Park Skatepark.
Sydnee Gonzalez
World Staff Writer
CHELAN — Icicle Broadcasting Co. has sold three radio stations to Chelan Valley Media Group, a partnership of four former Seattle-area media professionals with ties to the Chelan Valley.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
Updated, 10:50 a.m. Wednesday
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — The next few days might not be ideal for outdoor activities as temperatures are expected to reach over 100 degrees, accompanied by wildfire smoke flowing down from the Methow Valley.
WENATCHEE — A collection of Wenatchee-area residents is in the early stages of forming an art alliance.
PORT-AU-PRINCE — A top security official of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise was arrested by police on suspicion of involvement in the assassination plot, his lawyer said on Tuesday, as another aide’s apparent account of the event was leaked on social media.
VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canadian border guards and customs officials voted on Tuesday to go on strike just days before fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents will be allowed into Canada, unions representing the workers said, a move that could potentially cause disruptions and hurt …
LEAVENWORTH — One man is in custody after he allegedly stole multiple vehicles over the weekend in incidents that started in Leavenworth and stretched across half of the state.
SEATTLE — Seattle home prices have once again jumped at a record-breaking pace.
WENATCHEE — Twenty-four COVID-19 patients are hospitalized at Central Washington Hospital as of Tuesday, the highest count since early January and more than double the number since the start of July.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 should go back to wearing masks in indoor public places in regions where the coronavirus and especially the Delta variant are spreading rapidly, authorities said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four police officers on Tuesday told lawmakers they were beaten, taunted with racial insults, heard threats including “kill him with his own gun” and thought they might die as they struggled to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 against a mob of then-President Donald Trump’…
SEATTLE — The city of Seattle this week dropped its counterclaim against The Seattle Times, which filed a lawsuit in June alleging the city mishandled reporters' requests for top officials' text messages during last summer's protests.
OLYMPIA — Don’t put those masks away just yet.
WENATCHEE — In with a new restaurant and out with a body care shop at Pybus Public Market.
SEATTLE — Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon.
SUNNYSLOPE — A fire that started in a garage displaced two renters, leaving them without a home early Monday morning in Sunnyslope.
