If there is one virtue we Americans would use some work on, it’s empathy — a willingness to look at situations from other perspectives. And this is something that applies across the political spectrum. ...
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts is creating powerful new experiences for audiences in North Central Washington and beyond by livestreaming concerts and also rehearsals. Thanks to the teamwork of marketing manager Mason Elliott...
I’ve been hearing positive things about how the Chelan County Regional Justice Center has been operating and was anxious to learn more about it. I chatted with Chris Sharp, who took over as director...
I had a chat with Wenatchee Police Chief Steve Crown about how law enforcement agencies can avoid horrific situations such as the grotesque killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a police officer who...
Local news organizations and their communities have always been intimately connected and that connection is even more important during the economic and social upheaval that is occurring because of the coronavirus pandemic. News organizations...
I was thrilled to learn that the Wenatchee Valley Symphony has extended the contract with gifted conductor Dr. Nikolas Caoile of Central Washington University through the 2028-29 season. That’s great news. The energy, passion,...
If you are a business owner in North Central Washington and are not requiring your employees to wear masks during working hours, you are actively undermining the reopening of our economy during the coronavirus...
Rollie Schmitten has written a terrific history of the early years of Lake Wenatchee that recounts stories of the Native Americans who lived in the area as well as the early white families who...
“Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care,” Teddy Roosevelt once said. And that sense of caring is the hallmark of not only every great leader, but also every...
While Eli Reischl lived less than four years on this earth, he had a profound and lasting impact on the lives of everyone in his family, including his grandparents, Wenatchee natives Del and June...