Crunch Pak lunches hit retail shelves in October
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — The Chelan-Douglas Health District is considering plans for the voluntary testing of close to 10,000 Wenatchee Valley residents in October in an effort to reopen schools.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
OMAK — Many of the roughly 78 homes destroyed by the Cold Springs Fire are along Highway 97 between Brewster and Malott.
CASHMERE — People will be able to get free COVID-19 testing in Cashmere on Tuesday.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WENATCHEE — The Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail between Confluence State Park and Odabashian Bridge will be rerouted for about two months to accommodate a riverbank restoration project.
WENATCHEE — Four more Chelan County residents have died from COVID-19.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Fourth Street Southeast will be closed from South Jarvis Avenue to South Kentucky Avenue for about four weeks starting Monday.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
EAST WENATCHEE — Unneeded prescription medications can be disposed of in a kiosk outside the Police Records window in City Hall.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
LEAVENWORTH — The Leavenworth Parking Advisory Committee will hold a virtual open house Wednesday to get feedback and answer questions on the city’s paid and timed downtown parking program.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
As I was reading through the latest issue of AARP Magazine, (Yes, I’m that old!), I ran across a note by Kimberly Lankford, author of “Rescue Your Financial Life.” She was talking about how we are all concerned these days about social distancing (meaning physically distancing), and rightly s…
It’s been six months since The Wenatchee World launched NABUR, the online community forum managed by Wenatchee World journalists. It has been a learning experience for the newsroom and members alike. We recently reached the exciting milestone of 1,000 members and are continuing to expand.
Madeline Happold
Journalist product manager
Mayes Johnson, 3, Wenatchee, looks up at a red amaranth at the WSU Chelan/Douglas Master Gardeners Community Education Garden on Western Avenue on Thursday. Her father, McLain Johnson, who is holding the plant, said they come every week to see the progression of flowers. The garden is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
WENATCHEE — The first word that comes to mind when walking into the new Wenatchee Public Library is bright.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WATERVILLE — This year’s wheat harvest was mostly already in storage on Labor Day when the Pearl Hill Fire started its wind-driven run through Douglas County.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee says most of the apples he took to counties ravaged by recent wildfires have been collected after it was discovered the batch contained apple maggots.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
OLYMPIA — The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced all recreation lands in Eastern Washington will reopen beginning Friday.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
OKANOGAN — All 15,000 Okanogan County PUD customers — though not all at the same time — were without power at some point on Labor Day as the Cold Springs Fire stormed through the county.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
OMAK — Firefighters have reached 80% containment for the 189,592-acre Cold Springs Fire, which started Sept. 6. Smoke cleared enough on Wednesday to fly a recon plane over the burned area, according to a report by the Northeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team.
EAST WENATCHEE — When the Cold Springs Fire jumped the Columbia River near Bridgeport on Labor Day and continued its path of destruction into Douglas County, the fire’s name changed, but the mission to restore power being played out in Okanogan County continued.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
BRIDGEPORT — A batch of apples that Gov. Jay Inslee delivered to residents of Bridgeport and Omak contained apple maggots.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
With the scheduled opening of the Eastmont Aquatic Center on Monday, lifeguards are being recertified at the pool Monday night, Sept. 14, 2020. Karlyn Kelly, East Wenatchee, rescues fellow lifeguard Grace Vandermerwe, Quincy, under the instruction of Amanda Boyle, Quincy, not pictured. Lifeguards are required to be certified every two years.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Wild are pitching in to assist with the wildfire relief effort in Bridgeport.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
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
UPDATE: 7 a.m. Wednesday: NCW Libraries' curbside pickup service at its 30 library branches is canceled for Wednesday because of hazardous air conditions.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
UPDATE: 7 a.m. Wednesday: The COVID-19 testing in Plain has been postponed again. It is now scheduled for 1-7 p.m. Thursday and Friday. The delay is prompted by poor air quality. The Chelan-Douglas Health District will determine sometime Wednesday whether the testing will need to be postpone…
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
Fall’s presence is emerging — a little nip in the air, hazy skies and plants heading in two directions; some become a little bedraggled while others bloom their heads off. It’s time for gardeners to appreciate the lingering beauties while hitting important cleanup chores. Yes, this is the pr…
WENATCHEE — The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, was going to be skateboarding’s breakout moment, one of five new sports added to the official program.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
OMAK — The Cold Springs Fire that started near Omak on Sept. 6 has destroyed approximately 78 homes and 60 outbuildings, according to a Wednesday morning report by the Northeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team. The 188,852-acre fire is 70% contained.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — A Pierce County incident management team was recently dispatched to Chelan and Douglas counties to aid in the area’s response to COVID-19.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
When I think about the challenges we are going to be facing in our valley because of the coronavirus epidemic and the economic upheaval, what gives me hope and confidence that we will find our way through as a community is bolstered by the example of people like Sandy Reiman of Dryden.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
WENATCHEE — Chelan County is considering a water bank to ensure there are no barriers to future development.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
LEAVENWORTH — J.J. the stallion is on his last leg.
Madeline Happold
Journalist product manager
EAST WENATCHEE — Monday’s first day of face-to-face instruction for about 10 special education students at Kenroy Elementary School was successful, but short-lived.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Eastmont School District officials say the remote start to the school year has been a vast improvement over last spring, though it’s definitely not ideal.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
BRIDGEPORT — A week after it tore through 350 square miles of Douglas County, the Pearl Hill Fire is nearing full containment.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
LEAVENWORTH — A woman died Monday after she was hit by a train near the Chumstick Highway.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Sitting in his usual spot in Riverfront Park on Monday, Darrell Gann could hardly make out trees across the Columbia River. “This spot is beautiful on a sunny day,” he said.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Over 60 trees will be planted in Wenatchee parks this fall, with more to come next year.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Over 11,000 pounds of used motor and hydraulic oil. Over 6,000 pounds of flammable liquids like gas, diesel and kerosene.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Food, emergency funding and deadline flexibility are some of the resources available to Wenatchee Valley College students affected by recent wildfires.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
BREWSTER — When Brewster resident Erandy Montiel heard during the wildfires early last week that a large group of farmworkers had been evacuated to a city park, she went with her mom to see if they could help. Her father, Francisco Montiel, was a farmworker who died of COVID-19 in August, an…
OKANOGAN — The fair was supposed to happen last week in Okanogan County, fairgrounds manager Naomie Peasley said, but instead the fairgrounds became the headquarters for the Cold Springs Fire relief effort.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
OKANOGAN — Investigators haven’t said whether they believe the Cold Springs Fire was an accident or arson. But Okanogan County Sheriff Tony Hawley says he’s pretty sure of one thing: It wasn’t started by antifa members.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
NCW — The smoke is going to stick around in North Central Washington and statewide for a while more.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
Om Cooking returns in new location with new menu
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter