As proposals to help save local journalism gathered dust in Congress and mostly fizzled in state legislatures over the last year, 136 more newspapers closed, according to a new report.
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Our community has a great opportunity to upgrade some of the oldest public facilities in our town, including Morgen Owings Elementary School, which was built in 1948. Aging infrastructure, time and heavy use have resulted in ongoing safety and logistical challenges at MOE and at other Distri…
A recent article in the Tri-City Herald effectively explains a significant development in Central Washington: "Twenty-three years and 70 days after workers began pouring concrete to build the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, the plant has turned radioactive and hazardous chemical waste into a …
For the past 53 Octobers, I've gone to Mission Ridge to look for larch trees. Their ethereal beauty has always charmed me. Soft needles reflecting a golden light. While I'm fascinated by autumn's colors, in recent years, I've begun to realize that much of my joy in visiting places like Clara…
Currently, there is a heated debate taking place in East Wenatchee. And, how these things often go, it is dividing the community. It shouldn’t. It doesn’t have to be this way.
In her “Last Words” interview that was broadcast after her death, Jane Goodall talked about her calm in the face of “the dark times we are living in now.” She devoted her life to battling for conservation but attributed this serenity to the time she spent in the forest with the chimps. All t…
“I often explain it to parents like this: I’m not more entertaining than the latest cat videos or the drama on social media — but I am more exciting than nothing.”
Wenatchee is a town that knows how to gather. Sometimes it’s for a festival, sometimes for a parade, and sometimes, like Monday night, for the existential heartbreak that is Mariners baseball.
Josey Meats
Community Reporter
Every day, firefighters and nurses in Washington state help aging people and people with disabilities suffering injuries and illnesses that could have been easily avoided. Many calls to 911, visits to the emergency room, and hospital admissions are related to preventable falls, missed medica…
Pete O'Cain
World News Editor
America, please help! The GOP is descending into madness and needs serious assistance. The party that controls all branches of government can no longer distinguish between its delusions and reality and is governing as if those delusions were true. This is like being led by the schizophrenic …
