It is heartening to see Chelan-Douglas Volunteer Attorney Services taking important strides in improving service to low-income individuals in our area with civil cases. Recently, the organization raised a record $30,000 at a sold-out...
If we are going to develop adequate supplies of affordable housing, launching new and expanding existing community land trusts would seem to be a wise course. It is a certainty that the wave of...
Massage therapist Becky Pottorff stopped by my office the other day to see if I knew where she might find a copy of a book published by fourth and fifth-grade students at Lincoln Elementary...
I have great admiration for those with the inner sense peace to take life as it comes and accept the disasters and foibles with as much grace and dignity as successes. They are truly...
Our society has become fixated on individualism, competition, accumulation of wealth, and an obsession with consumption and efficiency. Short-term gains have displaced a commitment to long-term sustainability. Of the many downsides to this materialistic...
There is a serious rift in Leavenworth over a proposal to develop a $6 million adventure park — a fight that is raising critical questions about the future of the Upper Valley. The argument...
A small group of talented high school students are working feverishly to put the finishing touches on The Winter’s Tale, a film that will help connect our valley with the 10,000 years of Native...
Principal Alfonso Lopez of Lewis and Clark Elementary is one of those rare leaders who achieves outstanding results and does so quietly and with great humility. Lopez was honored as the state principal of...
It’s hard to put into words how much the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival means to the people of the Wenatchee Valley. Fortunately, our friends at North 40 Productions have captured the essence, the...
There is an intriguing community effort in the works that could help transform the Wenatchee Valley into a healthier, more community-connected place. When Columbia Valley Community Health CEO David Olson first learned about the Blue Zones Project,...