The Planning Commission (PC) is a crucial group in any town. PCs deal with codes around land use and legislative policy, as well as comprehensive and long range planning. It’s a complex and …

Shon Smith, who is running for Chelan County Commissioner, lead over Anne Hessburg after the second round of ballot counts were released Thursday, Nov. 10th. According to Chelan County …

Let’s get this PC thing out of the way. It’s probably not politically correct to say so but as far as this columnist can tell, the PC (aka Planning Commission), while advertising for …

Disclosure: I’m odd. I don’t take sides unless absolutely necessary and I have never strongly affiliated with political parties, even in today’s a politically polarized fun house. I …

Time may wait for no one, but The Whistle has requested an extra two weeks on your behalf. It seems most of the community missed the October 19 deadline for comment on the MDNS (Mitigated …

In the late 1980s, mismanagement cast Cascade Medical Center (CMC) into financial ruin. Doctors and staff left in droves. Morale and trust were decimated. A CEO was finally hired to close CMC due to …

Some days are harder than others. On the tough days, I’ve just learned that another citizen has given up trying to effect change, that they’ve relinquished the notion of …

This week’s Whistle is the first in a series about how Leavenworth, a town dependent on service workers, is constructing the future of affordable housing. Affordable housing is a challenging …

This week, The Whistle is tearing a page from The Sound of Music to “start at the very beginning” as we shine a spotlight on city codes. The hills (and our neighborhoods) are alive …

While a full version of The Whistle comes out every two weeks, this Wednesday I am making a short “whistle stop" to respond to comments and questions generated by our debut …

“The Whistle,” is blowing onto the pages of the Leavenworth Echo on the winds of change. Driven by COVID, new peaks in tourism, shifting demographics, skyrocketing real estate …

I never thought I would see the day that Roe v. Wade would be overturned. However, according to the majority opinion from SCOTUS, the reversal of one of the darkest and most disastrous decisions …

The headlines in recent weeks have been startling: Extreme heat and energy shortfalls in much of the country could lead to power outages this summer across the Midwest, Texas and California, and …