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.
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
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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
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
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
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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.
SEATTLE —More than two years after a University of Washington bus carrying members of the university’s marching band rolled onto its side on an icy stretch of Interstate 90, a King County jury awarded four students injured in the crash more than $1.4 million.
CHELAN — A wildfire that started in a burn pile torched 9 acres Thursday west of Chelan off of 1200 block of Little Butte Ranch Road, bringing in firefighters from across the Wenatchee Valley.
WENATCHEE — The North Central Accountable Community of Health (NCACH) Governing Board has approved $456,736 to address youth mental health, resiliency and suicide prevention across North Central Washington.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — Chelan County District Court and its probation office are offering a six-week debt relief program.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
ENTIAT — Repair crews will be doing a routine inspection of the Knapps Hill Tunnel on April 14, closing the tunnel to traffic from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
STEVENS PASS — The state Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has reduced driving speeds to 50 mph along the 9-mile stretch of Highway 2 across Stevens Pass due to rough road conditions.
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OLYMPIA — A decadeslong effort came to fruition Wednesday when the Legislature passed a bill to resentence as many as 114 people serving life without parole under Washington's three-strikes law.
OLYMPIA — As Americans last year debated the elections, Victor Sauceda endured tough conversations with friends and others talking about their votes.
The Wenatchee Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society is celebrating native plant appreciation month with a series of virtual events.
LEAVENWORTH — A group of musicians have started a fundraiser to create a nonprofit community radio station to be based in the Upper Wenatchee Valley.
The Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter is beginning a series of programs starting with a Zoom lecture on ice age floodscapes.
CASHMERE — Stepping down as Cashmere Pioneer Village & Museum’s director is bittersweet for Lexie Palmer-Gapper, who hugged friends and supporters at a farewell gathering Friday in Cashmere.
