'Glass half empty or half full' | Hospital staffing bill passes amidst compromise

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• May 5, 2023

+2

Former Confluence Health staff files new COVID-19 vaccine lawsuit, aiming for jobs, monetary damages

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Apr 5, 2023

Masking optional at Confluence Health for visitors and patients Monday

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 31, 2023

North Central Washington hospitals weighing options after mask mandate announcement

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 6, 2023

+3

Cases of flu on downtrend, COVID-19 cases rise

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jan 24, 2023

+3

Flu season stresses hospital systems but may have peaked

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Dec 20, 2022

Chelan County announces ARPA awards to local nonprofits and more

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Dec 9, 2022

+4

New format brings smaller, but lively crowd for Leavenworth lights

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Nov 29, 2022

+2

Flu and other cold-like illnesses spiking after two-year-long dip

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Nov 22, 2022

+3

Douglas County judge to dismiss Confluence Health lawsuit

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Nov 18, 2022

Wenatchee-based Confluence Health loosens COVID-19 policies

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Nov 4, 2022

COVID-19 cases slowly downtrending; two monkeypox cases identified

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Oct 20, 2022

+3

Health board bans impromptu vaccine discussions

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Oct 20, 2022

Town Toyota Center COVID-19 testing and vaccination site shutting down Oct. 27

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Oct 14, 2022

Europe likely entering another COVID wave, says WHO and ECDC

• Reuters
• Oct 12, 2022

Hurricane Fiona pounds Bermuda as Canada braces for major jolt

• By Don Burgess and Eric Martyn
  Reuters
• Sep 22, 2022

East Wenatchee pharmacist fined $1,000 over faked COVID-19 shots

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Sep 16, 2022

Former East Wenatchee pharmacist could lose license over faked COVID-19 shots

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Sep 15, 2022

+3

COVID-19 emergency officially over Oct. 31

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Sep 8, 2022

Biden team aims for omicron-targeted shots in arms by Labor Day

• By Josh Wingrove
  Bloomberg News
• Aug 26, 2022

Opinion | The Seattle Times Editorial Board: Inslee should end emergency orders — COVID-19 is part of life now

• The Seattle Times Editorial Board
• Aug 16, 2022

+2

COVID cases and hospitalizations still high but expected to decline

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Aug 16, 2022

+4

Chelan-Douglas Health Board rejects anti-COVID-19 vaccine position in 9-1 vote

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Aug 16, 2022

Tri-Cities losing the doctor who guided it through the COVID pandemic

• By Annette Cary
  Tri-City Herald
• Aug 13, 2022

DOH refreshes COVID guidelines as students prepare to return to the classroom

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Aug 11, 2022

+2

Former Confluence Health employees file to amend their complaint a second time

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Aug 9, 2022

Douglas County judge hears arguments in Confluence Health vaccine mandate lawsuit

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jul 22, 2022

Cases and hospitalizations expected to rise in Chelan and Douglas counties

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jul 21, 2022

Chelan-Douglas Health Board delays vaccine safety discussion

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jul 20, 2022

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations rising; local health officials recommend precautions

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jul 11, 2022

Former Confluence Health employees push back against motion to dismiss case

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jul 1, 2022

With COVID circulating, now's time to get kids vaccinated, state health officials say

• By Debbie Cockrell
  The News Tribune
• Jun 30, 2022

+3

New Chelan-Douglas Health Board convenes; COVID misinformation follows

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jun 29, 2022

+2

COVID-19 cases level off in Chelan, Douglas counties

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jun 29, 2022

Hanford workers take fight against COVID vaccine to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

• By Annette Cary
  Tri-City Herald
• Jun 27, 2022

Chelan County commissioners seek input on American Rescue Plan funding

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jun 17, 2022

COVID report card: How the virus spread through WA schools this year

• by Alison Saldanha
  The Seattle Times
• Jun 17, 2022

+7

Graduations in Wenatchee Valley return to normal

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Jun 3, 2022

10 COVID-19 hospitalizations reported at Central Washington Hospital

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jun 3, 2022

Confluence Health asks court to dismiss COVID lawsuit filed by former employees

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jun 2, 2022

WA health leaders renew push for indoor masking as COVID cases rise, but stop short of mandates

• By Elise Takahama
  The Seattle Times
• May 25, 2022

+2

WA Gov. Inslee, Lt. Gov. Heck test positive for coronavirus, with mild symptoms

• By Jim Brunner
  The Seattle Times
• May 25, 2022

Town Toyota Center COVID-19 vaccination site changes day of operation next week

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• May 24, 2022

Wenatchee Valley vaccine clinics offering booster doses for children

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• May 24, 2022

COVID-19 cases slowly trending up in Chelan and Douglas counties

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• May 16, 2022

Judge tosses COVID vaccine objections of hundreds of Hanford and PNNL workers

• By Annette Cary
  Tri-City Herald
• May 13, 2022

Opinion | The (Vancouver) Columbian Editorial Board: Effort to recall Inslee was the wrong approach

• The (Vancouver) Columbian Editorial Board
• May 5, 2022

Report: Almost three times as many died as a result of COVID than officially reported

• By Jennifer Rigby
  Reuters
• May 5, 2022

+5

Beijing steps up COVID curbs as virus spreads in China

• Reuters
• May 3, 2022

Two years of the pandemic in North Central Washington told through charts

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• May 3, 2022

CVCH, testing site adjust hours during Apple Blossom Festival

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Apr 29, 2022

Wenatchee area's labor force continues to grow and unemployment continues to shrink in March

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Apr 29, 2022

Chelan-Douglas Health District COVID-19 site reduces operating days

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Apr 26, 2022

Confluence Health scales back COVID-19 operations

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Apr 22, 2022

Opinion | Faye Flam: Masks aren't required to fly. Should you still wear one?

• Faye Flam
  Bloomberg Opinion
• Apr 22, 2022

Masks no longer required on Link Transit

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Apr 20, 2022

Paul Gordon thankful for time as Wenatchee School District superintendent

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Apr 15, 2022

Volunteers return to Wenatchee Valley schools

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Apr 14, 2022

+3

Wenatchee Valley senior center reopens after two years to gleeful faces

• By Emily Thornton
  World staff writer
• Apr 12, 2022

Former employees sue Confluence Health, say they shouldn't have lost their jobs for refusing COVID-19 vaccinations

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Apr 8, 2022

COVID-19 rates near all-time low in Chelan, Douglas counties

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Apr 8, 2022

+2

Chelan, Douglas counties report non-farm employment growth for 11th consecutive month

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Apr 7, 2022

+5

German parliament rejects mandatory vaccines in blow for Scholz

• By Riham Alkousaa
  Reuters
• Apr 7, 2022

Shanghai vows to improve food deliveries as discontent grows over COVID curbs

• Reuters
• Apr 6, 2022

East Wenatchee revokes COVID civil emergency proclamation

• By Sydnee Gonzalez
  World staff writer
• Apr 6, 2022

Confluence Health snags 3rd and 11th in latest medical ranking

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Apr 6, 2022

Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center to reopen after two years of closure

• By Emily Thornton
  World staff writer
• Apr 5, 2022

Eastmont School Board tells state it's opposed to a COVID vaccine requirement for students

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Apr 5, 2022

New COVID-19 variant now dominant strain in Washington, but cases and hospitalizations still low

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 30, 2022

Five named to Chelan-Douglas Health District board

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 29, 2022

Joy Dawe resigns from Eastmont School Board after unvaccinated status results in job loss

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Mar 28, 2022

Our Valley, Our Future lays roadmap of goals for the next five years

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 24, 2022

Chelan, Douglas counties' COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations still trending downward

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 22, 2022

Chelan County jail taking more inmates as COVID rules ease

• By Pete O'Cain
  World staff writer
• Mar 22, 2022

+5

Dummy Downhill | Flying tables, orcas and unicorns compete at Wenatchee's Mission Ridge

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 21, 2022

+2

Unemployment rate rebounding to pre-pandemic levels in Chelan and Douglas counties

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Mar 21, 2022

‘It’s a nightmare’: Hong Kong runs low on coffins as omicron exacts deadly toll

• By David Pierson and Stephanie Yang
  Los Angeles Times
• Mar 18, 2022

Chelan-Douglas Health District Board interviews the 10 candidates

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 15, 2022

+3

Smiling faces return to Wenatchee Valley schools as mask rules are lifted

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Mar 15, 2022

Europe is getting hit by COVID resurgence after rushed exit

• By Tim Loh
  Bloomberg News
• Mar 15, 2022

Nineteen COVID-19 deaths reported in Grant, Okanogan counties since Feb. 9

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 12, 2022

Board of health finalists to be interviewed on Monday

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 11, 2022

State completes investigation into former East Wenatchee Walgreens pharmacist

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 9, 2022

COVID-19 cases rapidly decline in Chelan and Douglas counties

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Mar 7, 2022

Wenatchee venues relaxing COVID protocols

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Mar 2, 2022

New appointments to Chelan-Douglas Health District Board delayed

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Mar 2, 2022

Health district reports first suspected COVID-19-related infant death

• By Arielle Dreher
  The Spokesman-Review
• Mar 2, 2022

Hospital leaders remain cautious of future COVID surprises

• Debbie Cockrell
  The (Tacoma) News Tribune
• Mar 2, 2022

New schedule for Wenatchee's COVID site: Testing Monday to Friday, vaccines on Friday

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Feb 25, 2022

Opinion | Peter Rutherford: Proposed legislation would likely hinder NCW healthcare

• By Peter Rutherford
• Feb 24, 2022

+10

Meet the candidates for Chelan-Douglas Health District's expanded board

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Feb 24, 2022

More patients, fewer nurses: Hong Kong's medical frontline struggles with COVID surge

• By Jessie Pang and Sara Cheng
  Reuters
• Feb 21, 2022

Trudeau maintains state of emergency, says threats remain

• Bloomberg News
• Feb 21, 2022

+3

Updated: Chelan, Douglas officials react to some masking requirements ending

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Feb 18, 2022

Opinion | Shawn Vestal: By the most important metric of all — lives saved — Inslee's approach stands out

• Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review
• Feb 18, 2022

Opinion | The (Vancouver) Columbian Editorial Board: Lifting indoor masks mandates should be soon

• Columbian Editorial Board
• Feb 17, 2022

+3

Chelan and Douglas counties' emergency center closes as COVID-19 cases decline

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Feb 16, 2022

+2

Eastmont, Wenatchee schools to face off in Unified basketball

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Feb 15, 2022

+4

Storytime makes a snowy return in Leavenworth with NCW Libraries

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Feb 14, 2022

+4

Keeping kids in school during the pandemic has been tough

• By Nina Shapiro
  The Seattle Times
• Feb 13, 2022

​Grant PUD reopens offices to public in Quincy and Ephrata

• By Nevonne McDaniels
  World staff writer
• Feb 11, 2022

Opinion | The (Vancouver) Columbian Editorial Board: Nurse staffing bills may not be healthy approach

• The (Vancouver) Columbian Editorial Board
• Feb 11, 2022

+2

North Central Washington schools await new mask rules

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Feb 10, 2022

+2

Wenatchee COVID-19 triage site shutting down Friday

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Feb 10, 2022

+2

Indoor mask mandate could end soon, Inslee says

• By Laurel Demkovich and Arielle Dreher
  The Spokesman-Review
• Feb 10, 2022

+3

Wenatchee area COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations still high, but close to tail-end of surge

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Feb 9, 2022

Four more COVID-19 deaths in Grant County

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Feb 8, 2022

+2

Officials in Douglas County probed reports of fake vaccination cards

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Feb 8, 2022

+2

Wenatchee Wild attribute attendance drop to vaccine requirement

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Feb 5, 2022

10 finalists named for seats on Chelan-Douglas Health District board

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Feb 4, 2022

COVID rebellion brews in Canada, sending warning across globe

• By Derek Decloet and Brian Platt
  Bloomberg News
• Feb 4, 2022

+3

Analysis | Patrick Jones: Wages in Chelan, Douglas counties rose in 2020, but income rose more, thanks to federal support

• By Patrick Jones
  Chelandouglastrends.com
• Feb 4, 2022

Vaccine resources: Chelan-Douglas Health District cancels vaccination clinics

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff
• Feb 3, 2022

Cyber symposium

• Feb 1, 2022

Two more Grant County COVID-19 deaths in January

• By Oscar Rodriguez
  World staff writer
• Jan 31, 2022

COVID tests in short supply among regional school districts

• By Mitchell Roland
  World staff writer
• Jan 28, 2022

Thousands of WA workers may have to repay millions of dollars in pandemic benefits

• Paul Roberts
  The Seattle Times
• Mar 6, 2023