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Washington State Department of Transportation is rolling out its 'Active Transportation Plan', which contains strategic action for folks that bike, walk or roll in the state. Active transportation includes pedestrians, bicyclists and even folks simply crossing the street to a bus stop ...

The Chelan County Elections Department is taking public comments on the boundaries for its three commissioners’ districts. The maps were redrawn 10 years ago after the U.S. Census to reflect population changes. Chelan County Auditor Skip Moore says there is no plan to change the boundaries now because they still represent three evenly divided districts. " ...

The Wenatchee Police Department is looking for help to identifying and locate people they think were involved in a theft that took place on Yale Street. Officers say the suspects were able to get away with over $3000 worth of tools at the location ...

Bosket Bread Company of Leavenworth is recalling some products over a possible failure to list allergy causing ingredients in its labeling. A notice published by the Food and Drug Administration identifies soy, wheat, milk, sesame, and egg as ingredients Bosket Bread may have failed to include in its labeling of 15 bread products ...

Confluence Health will be completely tobacco-free throughout all of its buildings starting January 1st. Marketing and Communication Director Katie Grove said the move comes in part because Confluence receives vital Medicare accreditation through Det Norske Veritas, or DNV ...

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread across Washington with 400 cases reported statewide as of Tuesday morning. The state Health Department reports it's not yet taking over dominance from the Delta strain, which differs from the national trend where Omicron makes up almost three-quarters of new cases ...

Numerica Credit Union is funneling a $125,000 investment to place at least 20 homeless families and individuals into a permanent home for the holiday season for its Home for the Holidays campaign. The credit union is accomplishing its goal alongside partner with eight nonprofits, including Wenatchee based SAGE and the Women's Resource Center ...

The Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce is releasing the names of the three finalists in each category for the Business of the Year and Nonprofit of the Year. The finalists for the Business of the Year are Goodfellow Bros., Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel ...

The Chelan PUD is well ahead of wildfire season as crews recently completed replacing wooden transmission structures with fire resistant steel followed by re-energizing the high voltage transmission line. Crews replaced 34 structures along a four mile stretch between Union Valley and Chelan before re-energizing the transmission line ...

The Chelan PUD is offering Discovery Center visitors the new "PowAR" application for smartphones and tablets to provide three new virtual experiences. The new augmented reality app allows users to look deeper into the Rocky Reach Dam by "swimming" with fish, "flying" a drone over the dam and "participating" as a water molecule through a dam turbine ... Read