Science education in North Central Washington is taking a giant leap forward with the arrival of Seattle Children’s Science Inspiration Lab, a state–of-the-art 45-foot mobile laboratory that visited the Wenatchee Valley last week. I...
The impact of the recent suspension of funding to the National Endowment for the Humanities and, by extension, state organizations like Humanities Washington by the Department of Government Efficiency will be felt in communities...
January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month and there is a new nonprofit with strong connections to the Wenatchee Valley that is doing innovative work to help protect kids. Theinnocent.org is a creative, community-supported response...
At an age when most people have retired from working life and are slowing down, 88-year-old Avis Scharlau continues to churn out amazing pastries from the kitchen of the Big Y Cafe in Dryden....
A couple of North Central Washington’s most decorated entrepreneurs are working together to launch a beverage called Orange Toucan that they hope will become a commercial success in what’s called the functional beverage market...
The North Central Washington Arts Alliance is making a positive impact in the region and building a sustainable foundation for long-term success. In just two years of existence, the alliance has developed creative ways...
Chelan County District Court judges will soon be able to divert a select few individuals out of the regular judicial system and into a community-monitored and supported program that will give them an opportunity...
As a participant in the Ripple Foundation’s Elder Speak program this year, retired educator Dave Spies says he has come to a greater appreciation of his mother’s heroic efforts to provide for the family...
Most of us have no idea how overwhelming life can be on a daily basis for families in our community with children who have cancer, chronic illnesses and developmental disabilities. Caring for a family...
Eliiot Scull remembers being told at his New England boarding school that as a privileged young man, he had a moral responsibility to give back to society. That lesson in commitment to the greater...
At long last, there is a powerful documentary that tells us the other side of the fish war that pitted the State of Washington and the commercial fishing industry against Native American tribes that...
