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A full-day workshop dedicated to managing emerging postharvest diseases is Feb. 18, from 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Confluence Technology Center, 285 Technology Center Way, Wenatchee. Registration ends Monday. The program will highlight best practices to enhance pollination, optimize crop load management, bee health, and understanding the role of Manchurian crab apple pollinizers in their spread, and exploring potential replacements, according to a Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center Horticulture news release.
Workshop topics include emerging pathogens, on-site detection of emerging pathogens to enhance management and shipping, identifying new pollinizers to replace Manchurian crab apples, enhancing pollination efficiency, precision crop-load management, and bee foraging and health. Speakers are Achour Amiri, Jenna Voelker, Arild Arifin, Stefano Musacchi, Sara Serra, Tory Schmidt, and Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman.
Gov. Bob Ferguson has declared the week of Feb. 23-27 as Washington Invasive Species Awareness Week, recognizing the ongoing threat invasive plants, animals and pathogens pose to the state. Read moreInvasive Species Awareness Week
A full-day workshop dedicated to managing emerging postharvest diseases is Feb. 18, from 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Confluence Technology Center, 285 Technology Center Way, Wenatchee. Registration… Read morePostharvest workshop
Selland Construction will be closing Fifth Street N.E. from Eastmont Avenue to North Grover Place starting Monday in East Wenatchee. A concrete box culvert at Fifth and Grover needs to be repl… Read moreEast Wenatchee construction on 5th Street starts Monday
Allie Schank was one of the Wenatchee Valley Business World’s “30 Under 35,” which honors young community leaders from around the region. The Class of 2025 was announced in the October WVBW. Read more30 Under 35 | Allie Schank
