CHELAN — Ziplines, a high ropes course and axe throwing are part of the adventure offered at High Trek Chelan.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — A Douglas County deputy was honored this week for helping a homeless man find a legal campsite and offering him cash.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
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.
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee City pool will open June 12 with COVID-19 rules limiting its use.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
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
OLYMPIA — The state Senate this week approved legislation that calls for fire officials to follow steps to help prevent wildfires caused by electric utilities.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — The Chelan County Fire Marshal is advising residents to take caution when burning debris.
Pete O'Cain
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
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.
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.
Nevonne McDaniels
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.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
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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
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
The Cascade Mountains create a scenic background for high school golfers on the fifth hole tee box at Gamble Sands Golf Course near Brewster on Wednesday.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
WENATCHEE — More summer school jobs, the return of full-time in-person elementary school classes and the normal springtime job openings have the Wenatchee School District looking for some extra help.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — Elementary students in the Wenatchee School District are learning from home all day this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as teachers, staff and administrators prepare for their return to full-time classes on Monday.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
EPHRATA — The boom in construction is going strong in Grant County, at least in the unincorporated areas.
WENATCHEE — With thousands expected to become eligible for a COVID-19 on Thursday, local health officials are seeking volunteers to be on an on-call list.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Vaccination efforts in Chelan and Douglas counties have a new challenge after state health officials paused the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Tuesday.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
EAST WENATCHEE — How will the furniture be arranged in each classroom? Where will the students eat lunch? How will students be accommodated if they choose to remain online?
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
ROCK ISLAND — Rock Island Mayor Randy Agnew is tired of the traffic on state Route 28. He would like to see the road, which links Wenatchee to Interstate 90 at George via state Route 281 and passes by his community, widened to four lanes.
WATERVILLE — Charges were dropped Friday against a woman implicated in the 2019 Banks Lake robbery that has since seen five people convicted of assault and robbery.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
Updated, 9 p.m. Monday:
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Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — The Douglas County PUD Commission on Monday approved a new rate structure that governs the cost of bringing power from external sources into the county for new large customers.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
QUINCY — A new gift of land to The Nature Conservancy, 282 acres near Quincy, will help secure a future for the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit.
LEAVENWORTH — The Chelan County drop-off brush site in Leavenworth, at the corner of East Leavenworth and Icicle roads, will open this Friday.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — Chelan and Douglas counties qualified by the slimmest of margins to remain in Phase 3 of the “Healthy Washington” pandemic reopening plan. Relieved community leaders thanked the public for their cooperation and a chamber director urged residents to get vaccinated.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
OMAK — The Associated Students of Wenatchee Valley College at Omak presents “haʔntíxʷ iʔ‿tmxʷúlaʔxʷ uł niʕ̓íp txt̓ntsis — Respect the Earth and She will Always Take Care of You” — with Dr. Jeannette Armstrong as part of the Earth Day celebration on Tuesday, April 20.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Barriers and signs are being installed to protect the Coyote Dunes area off of the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
MOSES LAKE — The Grant County Health District reported Monday the first three cases of the B.1.429 COVID-19 variant in the county. Three cases of this variant, first discovered in California, were identified in the first and second week of April.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — In a galaxy not so far away, children’s jaws dropped as they gazed at Lego spaceships. “I love all the Star Wars things,” said 7-year-old Beau Montoya while at Saturday’s Nick’s Bricks event inside Pybus Public Market.
MOSES LAKE — The Port of Moses Lake's West Side Industrial Park is now open for business.
The Salad Bar finally opened to the public on Thursday, March 25.
OLYMPIA — A controversial statewide cap on carbon emissions scraped through the Legislature in a 25-24 vote late April 8 after lawmakers passed a Climate Commitment Act that majority Democrats say will boost the state’s economy and address a looming climate problem.
WENATCHEE — Gov. Jay Inslee and the state Department of Health will announce today what counties will stay in Phase 3 or revert back to Phase 2.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
EAST WENATCHEE — Ed Sand was a choral director in the Eastmont School District for 30 years. During that time, his nickname was “Coach,” because he would make the choir come together like a team to make beautiful music.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
OKANOGAN — A Bellingham man who escaped the Okanogan County Jail in January has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — A survey of local attorneys found a preference for Beth Bratton to replace the retiring Judge Lesley Allan in Chelan County Superior Court.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
Updated, 4:45 p.m. Friday:
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — There has been a common theme among trails across the Wenatchee Valley since last year: Growing popularity.
