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The Totman family Danielle (right) with her grandmother get ready to paint their bowls. Photo UV Empty Bowls staff.
Upper Valley Empty Bowls recently hosted the 2023 Glazing Days at the Sleeping Lady's Woodpecker Room. Community members flocked to the event, using their creative skills to paint over 600 bowls. Nineteen artists were inspired to create nineteen amazing Artists bowls and platters for the 2023...
Leavenworth Upper Valley Scholarship for Women Returning to Higher Education Applications are now being accepted for the Upper Valley Scholarship supported by P.E.O. Chapter JF, Leavenworth WA. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist women in need of financial help in returning to higher...

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In 2022, NCW Libraries’ print and digital materials circulated 1.2 million times. Here are the most popular titles checked out across the region: Physical Materials Fiction: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Non-Fiction: Atomic Habits by James Clear Memoir/Biography: Educated by Tara Westover...
As National Blood Donor Month continues this January, the American Red Cross celebrates those who give blood to help save lives − especially now, as we work to ensure a stable blood supply amid the threat of icy winter weather and severe seasonal illness. Donors of all blood types – particularly...
Leavenworth Upper Valley Scholarship for Women Returning to Higher Education Applications are now being accepted for the Upper Valley Scholarship supported by P.E.O. Chapter JF, Leavenworth WA. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist women in need of financial help in returning to higher...

"Teara Dillon creates a masterpiece." Photo by Upper Valley MEND staff
Help feed our community’s hungry, strengthen community and celebrate the arts through the Upper Valley Empty Bowls Festival!  Come glaze a bowl with your friends, family, and community members this year at the Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort. Glazing Days begin on Friday, January 20 (12:00 pm-8:00 pm...
Leavenworth Adult Social walking in the Festhalle Walking times and days are Monday - Thursday from 7:15 a.m.- 9 a.m. There is no charge, all you need to bring is your smile and a dry pair of shoes. Please enter the Festhalle from Front Street entrances, please use the one in the middle. The...
The Community Foundation of NCW has awarded $611,568 to 73 local nonprofits through Give NCW, an online fundraising campaign from Thanksgiving to December 31.   This is the 8th year of Give NCW which was created to build awareness of nonprofit organizations that are serving the region and to...

See the WSU Viticulture and Enology calendar for upcoming events: https://wine.esu.edu/events/ Courtesy Michelle M. Moyer
Workshop: Stop the Spread: Effective Options for Managing Leafroll Join us for this interactive workshop, discussion grapevine leafroll and grapevine mealybug management. In this workshop, Dr. Monica Cooper of UCCE-Napa County will highlight historic and recent research on the importance of roguing...

Fire blight in gala seventh leaf. Courtesy Tianna DuPont
ONLINE - Join us for the latest fire blight information from a national research project involving Michigan, North Carolina, New York, California, Oregon and Washington  funded by the Specialty Crop Research Initiative. Fire Blight Webinar Series Biopesticides for Fire Blight Management March 15,...

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