QUINCY — Spring is in full swing in the Columbia Basin, which inevitably means it’s time to get those fresh fruits, vegetables and flowers started in the garden. While you’re at it, why not throw a blueberry bush into the mix?
CHELAN — Ziplines, a high ropes course and axe throwing are part of the adventure offered at High Trek Chelan.
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Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — A Douglas County deputy was honored this week for helping a homeless man find a legal campsite and offering him cash.
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Reporter
WINDSOR, England — Queen Elizabeth will bid a final farewell to Prince Philip, her husband of more than seven decades, at a ceremonial funeral on Saturday, with the nation set to fall silent to mark the passing of a pivotal figure in the British monarchy.
SPOKANE — Spring, and all its showers, is here.
WENATCHEE — Chelan County Prosecutor Doug Shae announced Friday that he will retire at the end of May.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — The Chelan-Douglas Land Trust has entered into a conservation easement for 2,480 acres of working lands and habitat on Badger Mountain. The deal was announced Friday.
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WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee City pool will open June 12 with COVID-19 rules limiting its use.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — NASA said on Friday it has awarded billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s private space company SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon as early as 2024, picking it over Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and defense contractor Dynetics Inc.
HAVANA — Raul Castro confirmed he was handing over the leadership of the all-powerful Cuban Communist Party to a younger generation at its congress that kicked off on Friday, ending six decades of rule by himself and older brother Fidel.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday to keep the U.S. refugee cap at a historically low 15,000, a senior administration official said, opting against a plan he had been considering to raise it to 62,500.
This page will be regularly updated as new COVID-19 cases in North Central Washington are reported by health officials.
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World staff writer
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OLYMPIA — The state Senate this week approved legislation that calls for fire officials to follow steps to help prevent wildfires caused by electric utilities.
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Reporter
WENATCHEE — The Chelan County Fire Marshal is advising residents to take caution when burning debris.
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Reporter
WENATCHEE — The Chelan-Douglas Health District will offer first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at the Cashmere Expo Center, 5700 Wescott Drive.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A founding member of the right-wing Oath Keepers on Friday became the first person to plead guilty to taking part in the U.S. Capitol riot, signaling a new stage in the investigation of the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the seat of American democracy.
OLYMPIA — After an emotional debate that scrambled party lines and revealed deep divisions on how to treat substance use, the Washington Senate Thursday approved a bill to treat drug possession as a gross misdemeanor.
You have heard that some antibiotics have lost their efficiency because of overuse and misuse, and medical conditions that once were cured with these antibiotics no longer are. The pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to develop new antibiotics to be approved for use.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. homebuilding surged to nearly a 15-year high in March, but soaring lumber prices amid supply constraints could limit builders’ capacity to boost production and ease a shortage of homes that is threatening to slow housing market momentum.
MOSCOW — Russia will ask 10 U.S. diplomats to leave the country in retaliation for Washington’s expulsion of the same number of Russian diplomats over alleged malign activity, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee warned Thursday of “strong evidence” of a possible fourth COVID-19 wave in Washington, just as residents 16 years and older become eligible for vaccination.
SEATTLE — Cloud-computing and crosstown rivals Amazon and Microsoft have teamed up to defend themselves against twin lawsuits challenging how the companies built their facial recognition software.
SEATTLE — A lawsuit filed Thursday in Seattle against Boeing alleges that a malfunctioning autothrottle system on an older 737 led to the crash of Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 in Indonesia on Jan. 9, killing all 62 people on board.
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Tyson R. Hill to the Grant County Superior Court on Thursday. He will replace Judge John Antosz, who officially retired this week.
INDIANAPOLIS — The 19-year-old gunman who opened fire at a FedEx site in Indianapolis, killing eight workers before taking his own life, was a former employee with a history of mental illness that led to his detention by law enforcement last year, police and FBI officials said on Friday.
SPOKANE — Amazon is continuing its rapid expansion in the Spokane area with plans for a new delivery station in Airway Heights.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s top infectious disease officials were hesitant during a House committee hearing Thursday to set a specific COVID-19 caseload threshold for rolling back public health guidelines meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
KENNEWICK — There have been five cases of COVID-19 breakthrough in vaccinated people in the Tri-Cities area, according to the Benton Franklin Health District.
YAKIMA — State officials recommend planning early and developing alternatives for those wanting to join the crowds flocking to public camping sites as Washington’s weather warms up.
OLYMPIA — A tax credit for working families in Washington passed the Senate in a bipartisan vote April 11, with lawmakers on both sides saying the exemption for low-income earners was a long time coming.
OLYMPIA — The Washington State Department of Health on Wednesday began reaching out to residents who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine between March 23 and April 14, the day the vaccine was paused across the U.S. after federal health officials said they are investigating a possible …
OLYMPIA — In a fresh sign of the pandemic’s lingering economic impacts, thousands of jobless Washingtonians have collected their 52nd week of unemployment benefits and must now refile to keep that assistance coming.
LOS ANGELES — As eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine expands to residents 16 and older in California and Washington state, researchers at Stanford Medicine have set their sights on an even younger group: children ages 2 to 5.
WENATCHEE — Washington Park’s big evergreens — which city officials and neighbors have watched with concern during windstorms for the past two decades — are coming down this week.
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Reporter
WENATCHEE — The intersection of Easy Street and Highway 2/97 is scheduled for about a $5 million roundabout makeover in spring 2022.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
ORONDO — Lance Young is the new superintendent of the Orondo School District.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
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.
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World staff writer
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World staff writer
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MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin on Thursday waived his right to testify to the jury about his part in the deadly arrest last May of George Floyd as his murder trial, the most high-profile police misconduct case in decades, nears its end.
WENATCHEE — Everyone 16 and older can sign up for an appointment at the Town Toyota Center mass vaccination site starting today, the latest development in the three-month vaccination rollout.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
OLYMPIA — Standardized exams for public school kids in Washington state will be delayed until the fall, state schools Superintendent Chris Reykdal announced Wednesday.
Typically known as "Tax Day," this year health officials have dubbed April 15 "Vax Day" in Washington as all residents 16 and older become eligible today for COVID-19 vaccination.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Thursday imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia to punish it for alleged interference in the U.S. election, cyber-hacking, bullying Ukraine and other “malign” acts.
KENT — The city of Kent has agreed to pay $4.4 million to the family of Giovonn Joseph-McDade to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging police unnecessarily shot the unarmed 20-year-old Black man, killing him, following a brief chase and attempted traffic stop.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mere hours after he was sworn in, President Joe Biden signed an executive order committing the United States to rejoin the international accord designed to prevent the most catastrophic effects of climate change — the Paris climate agreement.
Rescue workers prepare to rescue the passenger in a Honda van after it collided with a semi truck owned by Larry Trapp Trucking of Wenatchee just north of Brays Landing Road on Highway 97, Wednesday, April 14, 2021.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
PASCO — Tiffany Smiley, who fought for the future of her husband after he was blinded by a suicide car bomber in Iraq, will run for U.S. Senate, she announced Wednesday.
