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Chelan PUD announced motorists can now take the northbound off-ramp from Highway 285 to Easy Street and Penny Road in Wenatchee.  The reopening comes a week ahead of schedule according to Chelan PUD's spokesperson Rachel Hansen The ramp temporarily closed March 6 due to construction work on a retaining wall and relocation of electrical poles near the new Chelan PUD Headquaters building under const

The 2023 fundraising campaign goal is to raise $87,000 to purchase a cardiac monitoring system, a cross trainer, recumbent bike and upper body ergometer. The funds will also provide for staff training and education.

Community Development Director Glen DeVries shared that the initial delivery date was pushed from April to July.

At last night's council meeting, Mayor Frank Kuntz said he's happy with how the PUD and the city came together to get this deal done.

The 7-2 decision affirming the law means there'll be a 7 percent tax on sales of stocks or bonds totaling more than $250,000 beginning this year.

Many of the state's Republican lawmakers are up in arms over Friday's ruling by the Washington Supreme Court that upholds the constitutionality of a capital gains tax passed by the legislature in 2021. Twelfth District Rep. Mike Steele (R) of Chelan says the court's decision will not only make the legislature's budget writing process more difficult, but it could also end up extending the 2023 sess

Planned Parenthood, Wenatchee Pride, and YWCA NCW volunteers will be protesting against the mifepristone ruling in Texas, which aims to pull the abortion pill from the U.S. Market.

Other members of Congress questioned the company’s business practices and the social media platform’s alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

13th-District Representatives Tom Dent and Alex Ybarra, 12th-District Representatives Mike Steele and Keith Goehner, and 7th-District Representatives Jacquelin Maycumber and Joel Kretz, all voted against this bill.

Construction for this comfort station is anticipated to begin after crews finish installing the new traffic light on the intersection of 3rd Street and Rock Island Road.