WENATCHEE — Two longtime Wenatchee financial advisors with Stifel Financial have been named to Forbes’ 2026 Best-in-State Women Wealth Advisors list, a national recognition that reflects decades …

CASHMERE — When Raye Gaston’s mother passed away two years ago, she found herself at a crossroads: return to her hometown on the west side of the mountains, or stay in the Wenatchee Valley …

OLYMPIA – Pursuit of a tougher drunk driving law in Washington has run out of gas.  Senate Bill 5067 to lower the legal limit for driving drunk stalled in the House Community Safety …

WENATCHEE — The Chelan-Douglas Regional Port Authority will apply for more than $370,000 in state incentives to upgrade energy systems at the Confluence Technology Center and the Executive Flight …

OLYMPIA — Sen. Keith Goehner, R-Dryden, and Reps. Mike Steele, R-Chelan, and Brian Burnett, R- Wenatchee, hosted constituents in a virtual town hall on Feb. 23 to share updates on the current …

NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON — State lawmakers have released a proposed supplemental capital budget that would steer hundreds of millions of dollars into school construction, affordable housing and …

WENATCHEE — Each year, former Wenatchee Valley College students can be found leading classrooms, running businesses, strengthening social services and volunteering in communities across North …

CASHMERE — A 19-year-old Cashmere man was arrested late Wednesday, February 18, after deputies say he used a rock to damage multiple vehicles in a residential stretch of Riverside Drive. …

WENATCHEE — Chelan County residents will soon be able to use four of the region’s busiest Columbia River parks without paying day-use or boat launch fees after Chelan County PUD commissioners …

WENATCHEE — A snowpack that appears average on paper but is missing at lower elevations, softer wholesale power prices and a major contract set to expire in 2028 are converging to reshape Chelan …

WENATCHEE — Chelan County PUD finished 2025 about $18 million ahead of budget with a bottom line of $176 million, cash reserves totaling $584 million and a debt ratio just under 11 percent, a …

WENATCHEE — The WSU Chelan-Douglas Master Gardener Program will resume weekly in-person Plant Clinic hours beginning Feb. 23 at the Wenatchee Public Library. The clinic will operate from 1 to …

LINCOLN, Neb. — Kimmy Dodson of Cashmere has been named to the dean’s list at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the fall semester of the 2025-26 academic year. Dodson, a senior majoring …

OLYMPIA – Washington state moved one step closer Monday to creating a personal income tax two years after the Legislature said it wouldn’t. Majority Democrats in the Senate advanced …

WENATCHEE. — The WSU Chelan-Douglas Master Gardener Program will host a backyard fruit tree pruning workshop March 7 at the WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee. The …

EAST WENATCHEE — The Chelan-Douglas Health District has reported two influenza-associated deaths, both Chelan County residents, marking the first reported local deaths of the 2025-26 flu season. …

WENATCHEE — The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is hiring seasonal employees for the upcoming recreation season and is encouraging local residents to apply. Job announcements are expected …

OLYMPIA – Legislation to force federal immigration agents to get court approval before entering schools and health care facilities cleared the Washington state Senate on Thursday.  Senate …

OLYMPIA – Two members of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission are pushing back on newly surfaced allegations that they shunned government transparency laws and appeared to have colluded with …

OLYMPIA  – The Washington state Senate approved legislation Thursday to set stricter eligibility standards for sheriffs and other police leadership, weeks after a sheriff’s comments on the …