Letters
Community Members, Perhaps there is no other issue quite like housing to spur involvement from our community’s residents. How could it be otherwise? Our homes mean far more to us than the wood or brick or metal within which we lie our heads at night. They are, for all intents and purposes, our...
Dear Editor,
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is considering a proposal to allow a recreational spring bear hunt this year. This hunt has been held in previous years, but in late 2021 the Commission voted to cancel this year’s hunt, due to a lack of scientific justification for it.
But...
The Artist Walter Graham’s white horses charging out of the mist on the panels formerly displayed at the Visitor Center/ Rocky Reach Dam were always a draw for visiting family and friends.
To me, putting Graham’s horses into a PUD high security area privatizes a local public art treasure.
Maybe the...
Peshastin Dryden & Alpine Lakes Parent Teacher Organization Announces Heartfelt Thank You to:
Leavenworth Community Partnerships. With the generous support of our community partnerships, each and every student who needed warm winter clothing at Peshastin Dryden Elementary and Alpine Lakes...
Dear Editor, Please allow all of us a Garten Haus Senior Housing on Commercial St. to acknowledge and THANK Shannon Tait, her husband and all of the wonderful people that she called to come to the rescue of the Garten Haus Seniors whose cars were covered in 3 feet of snow on top, 3 feet on each...
I don’t know who our State Department negotiators are for the renewal of the Columbia River Treaty, this treaty dates back to the Eisenhower Administration. I know the water that flows through our PUD dams on the Columbia is Federal water and B.C. Hydro negotiators do. This gets to my question of...
Dear Members of Leavenworth Chamber of Commerce,
We were totally dismayed and taken aback by the changes made to the Christmas Lighting Ceremonies this year in Leavenworth. We as a family have always enjoyed Leavenworth and always made a point to visit your lovely city when we visited family in...
Dear Editor,
The unexpected arrival of three members of the Krampuslauf at the Christmas Lighting Show in Leavenworth was a momentous event in recent history of our town. For the uneducated, Krampus is the patron saint of Lienz, Austria at Christmas parades, that feature men wearing grotesque...
Community Members,
As we head into this busy, crazy, wonderful time of holidays and quickly approaching New Year, it’s good to reflect. To pause, look back, and evaluate where we’ve come from, so that we can look again to the future with fresh eyes. Too often it is easiest to keep our nose to the...
As you likely know, many areas in North Central Washington and our entire state have been experiencing affordable housing challenges. Having stable housing is so fundamental to success in other areas of life, including successful careers and family stability. Washington state has an increasing...
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