transportation

The Washington State Senate is working on two different transportation budgets as we near the midpoint of the 2021 session. 12th District's Brad Hawkins says one of the budgets will be for the next two years which funds the DOT, State Patrol and more, but the 10-year package includes projects that could come to North Central Washington ...

12th District Senator Brad Hawkins will return to the Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee as the ranking Republican. The former school board member says he's excited. "I know our school system has had its share of challenges this particular year with the COVID pandemic, but as a former school board member myself, as a husband of a local teacher, and as the parent of two children in m

The city of Wenatchee filed the application for $122 million in federal grant money to complete the Apple Capital Transportation Backbone and the Confluence Parkway. Economic Development Director Steve King says this is their third try to get the grant money and they keep improving it ...

East Wenatchee city council will be holding a public comment period during the Tuesday, October 15, 6 p.m. meeting on the topic of Initiative Measure No. 976 - Limits on Motor Vehicle Taxes and Fees. City councils across the state have gathered to vote in support or opposing the initiative that is considered controversial and possibly causing significant impact to public transportation funds... Re

A trio of North Central Regional Library branches are hosting author and broadcaster Harriet Baskas to share her program, Washington On Wheels: Odd and Innovative Transportation Ideas from the Pacific Northwest, in October. Baskas will highlight historical state transportation history, tap into the question as to why we travel and how transportation could unfold in the future...

Link has been providing a Lake Chelan shuttle service between Lakeside, downtown Chelan and Don Morse Park since July, but will soon cease operations after next Saturday, September 7. The shuttle service could be familiar with patrons as the 'Summer Fun Bus'...