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The 30 up-and-coming community and business leaders selected for The Wenatchee Valley Business World’s 30 Under 35 Class of 2022 have been busy achieving and exceeding the goals they’ve set for themselves.
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Cover Stories
NCW — As Eastern Washington experiences more frequent and intense wildfires, communities and businesses are finding economic opportunities amongst the ashes.
WENATCHEE — The bases are loaded for Wenatchee Valley’s sports tourism industry as plays line up for a COVID comeback.
WENATCHEE — Steve Wilkinson loves to travel, meet new people and explore new ideas.
MALAGA — Some are pondering what will become of about 2,800 acres of Alcoa Corporation property, including Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority and Chelan County PUD officials.
MALAGA — Quiet, peaceful Malaga, known as home to Three Lakes Golf Course, orchards, a winery and "as that place you pass through on the way to Alcoa," has become a focal point of growth and development in Chelan County.
CHELAN — When international and interstate travel drastically decreased over a two-year period in the midst of a raging pandemic, a tucked-away region in North Central Washington once known for apples flourished: the Chelan Valley.
NCW — After visiting the fourth under-construction development in the Wenatchee Valley on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, real estate agent Danny Zavala reflected on the area’s housing market while sitting in his car.
WENATCHEE — Motorists driving on Highway 2/97 have likely noticed the bright building shell going up in Olds Station over the past several months. While the color is eye-catching, it's what's inside that has Chelan County PUD seeing green.
Rory Turner has been doing the math on the hundreds of thousands of dollars that have been spent on documents and drawings for a dozen projects in Wenatchee’s downtown area.
Scott Johnson, executive director of the Wenatchee Rescue Mission, is still new to the Wenatchee Valley. He’s been in his role since April, after moving from California to Wenatchee.
WATERVILLE — The installation of LocalTel wireless internet on top of a HighLine grain silo in Waterville required Martin Wachtel to venture to the top of the structure, perfect for a bird's perch, several times. The trek is accomplished through either climbing a ladder or pulling himself up…
Robots, sensors and complicated technical systems control the climate at Cashmere’s Beta Hatch facility where meal worms and their waste become protein, oil and nutrients for animal feed and crop fertilizer.
WENATCHEE — Fax machines and pagers gave way to cell phones and then smart phones in the past 20 years. Dial-up modems and “you’ve got mail” turned into Wi-Fi and the need for cybersecurity. Webhosting was a thing for a while. Microsoft 10 arrived.
WENATCHEE — The cannabis industry in the Wenatchee Valley looks a little different than it did a few years ago.
- Martin-Scott Winery, Tsillan Cellars earn wine awards
- $5 million grants help nonprofits spur small business recovery, startup, growth
- People, Places
- Working Washington Grants 'Round 5' opens Aug. 17
- New resort and hotel application being processed by county
- Inflation Reduction Act | House Democrats pass sweeping health care, tax and climate bill
- Businesses invited to book booth for Sept. 20 job fair
- Opinion | Brier Dudley: Axios sells to Cox, but what does it mean for local news?
- Opinion | Seattle Times Editorial Board: Eastern Washington potatoes to the rescue
- Robot arms are replacing shelf stockers in Japan’s stores
- 12-home development near Chelan Falls OK'd
- Confluence Health joins mail-order medicine business
- From the archives | Opinion | Tracy Warner: Polio, the disease we dare not forget
- Opinion | 30 Under 35 leader honorees exhibit the best NCW has to offer
- Fruit packing, refrigeration facility coming to Douglas County
- Central Washington Hospital ratifies new contract with union
- Seattle City Council ends COVID hazard pay requirement for grocery stores
- Grant applications for a total of $4 million available via Chelan County