Chelan County PUD’s reopened Discovery Center at Rocky Reach Dam is a tremendous new community asset that honors the culture of the P’Squosa people and the vision and courage of civic leaders who saw...
So, what’s it like for patients who are seriously ill from Covid-19 at Central Washington Hospital?To find out, I spoke recently with Weston Prouty, an intensive care nurse in the Covid ward and he...
While it seems impossible to make sense out of the turmoil in our society, a former CIA analyst offers us an intriguing way to understand what is happening and the forces that are driving...
The state of partisan division in this country is distressingly unhealthy as liberals and conservatives alike increasingly fall into the trap of only paying attention to sources that reinforce their world view and dismiss...
You don’t need to be bigwig to make a meaningful difference in your community. Two young women from Manson, Devyn Smith and Megan Clausen, have proved that. As seniors at Manson High School in...
CHELAN — Some of the most impactful community projects have humble beginnings. Such is the case with the Lake Chelan Rotary project to repurpose used glass and create sand and aggregate that can be...
PATEROS — Access to child care is a huge challenge for families in North Central Washington, where the number of available licensed slots meet only a third of the demand. For Kailee Tanneberg, access...
PATEROS — One of the most vexing challenges our communities are facing is how to provide quality child care opportunities. The smaller the community, the more difficult the challenges because child care economics are...
Thanks to a creative collaboration by Wenatchee Valley College professors, the 9/11 Spirit of America Memorial Committee has an updated website and professionally developed marketing strategy to better promote their work and engage the...
One casualty of the pandemic is how easy it has been to miss important civic milestones like the deaths of people who have made important contributions to our valley. In May, I missed the...