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Our Valley Our Future is recruiting lead partners to spearhead community improvement projects and programs that are in the nonprofit's new five year Action Plan. The projects and programs are a product of vetted community suggestions that was then compiled into a to do list for the Our Valley Our Future's five year action plan ...

Wenatchee City Council okayed a change in its contract with TW Clark Construction for the City Hall renovation project. The city is now expected to pay an additional $320,511, bringing the new contract total to roughly $9.4 million. "As construction began, it was brought to light that the existing structural mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) system were all not in the places they ought

The family of a Dryden man who went missing over a year ago is now hiring a private investigator to possibly find some answers.  A GoFundMe page set up by the family of 36-year-old Erik Isoldi also hopes to cover costs for legal representation. In addition, an awareness ev ...

The paid family leave program in Washington State is facing a potential deficit by March with funds running short. The program's conception dates back to 2017 legislation but initial benefit payouts were provided just prior to the start of the pandemic and consequential business closures ...

The Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center is taking steps toward a museum redesign. The museum is still working through the preliminary stages with an architect and a building designer with the notion that the project will occur over the span of several years ...

Chelan County is accepting registration from small businesses interested in participating in the Small Quantity Generator collection event on March 2nd. The event is an opportunity for small businesses to dispose of hazardous waste at the Chelan County Moderate Risk Waste Facility off of Highway 97A ...

A judge in Douglas County is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit against Washington State's new capital gains tax on Friday. Two lawsuits filed against the tax were combined into one last summer in the Douglas County Superior Court. The tax has not been collected yet, but would take 7 percent of sales of stocks and bonds totaling more than $250,000 a year ...

Local Grant PUD Customer Service offices are opening Tuesday for the first time in almost two years. The offices have been closed since March 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Customers can visit Grant PUD locations in person this week in Moses Lake, Ephrata, Quincy and Royal City, as well as city halls in Grand Coulee and Mattawa. ...

A new lawsuit from Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson targets a COVID-19 testing company for invalid, false and delayed test results, and sometimes no results at all.  Ferguson filed the lawsuit in King County Superior Court, claiming the Center for COVID Control broke the Consumer Protection Act for failing to deliver fast and accurate tests and making deceptive promises to deliver re

A 33-year-old repeat offender is finally in custody after being arrested over the weekend for vandalizing two churches and stealing a car in Moses Lake. According to our news partner iFIBER ONE, Brian Massey was identified by Moses Lake police after security video allegedly showed Massey at one of the crime scenes ...