It is encouraging to see that the effort to reduce the threat of massive wildfires is kicking into gear in North Central Washington. A public outreach campaign to educate individuals about what to expect...
Editor’s note: I asked a few key people in Stehekin and North Central Washington to reflect on the work of Ron and Kim Scutt in Stehekin. Here is the response from Dr. Gene Sharratt,...
Ron Scutt, one of the region’s most innovative and creative educators, retired last month after four decades as headmaster at the tiny Stehekin School and the whole community turned out to make sure he...
Transcript of Sebastian Junger’s TED talk: “Our lonely society makes it difficult to come home from war” I worked as a war reporter for 15 years before I realized that I really had a problem. There...
There’s nothing quite like a provocative TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) talk to force us to confront different ways of thinking about the world around us. Wenatchee, you will recall, hosted a local TED...
Lloyd Pendleton, the homeless guru who helped the State of Utah virtually eliminate chronic homelessness, told a big crowd at the Pybus Market Event Center Wednesday that our valley has the opportunity to implement...
Expert Lloyd Pendleton was in the Wenatchee Valley this week to talk about how the State of Utah virtually solved its chronic homelessness by switching to a new approach called “Housing First.” He sat...
With his mom watching nearby, 11-year-old Eli Christensen came running across the room at Ohana Occupational Therapy, latched onto the handles of a trapeze, aimed his body through an inner tube suspended from the...
When Jenny Napier accepted a job offer five years ago to manage the Target store in Wenatchee, all she knew was that Wenatchee was in eastern Washington. She consulted Google to figure out where...
It takes a lot of gumption to voluntarily leave a good job with a reputable company to pursue work that you are passionate about. Trading a steady paycheck and security to embrace the uncertainty...