Local Features
Mountain Meadows Assisted Living Campus File Photo
Leavenworth- On January 25, 2023, Mountain Meadows announced that Pinnacle Quality Insight presented them with a 2023 Customer Experience Award, with honors in Personal Care, Quality of Food, Dining Service, Cleanliness, Response to Problems, Dignity and Respect, Communication, Activities, Move-in...
Paul Katovich, HighLine Grain Growers CEO Courtesy HighLine Grain Growers
MANSFIELD – The 2022 wheat harvest was double that of a drought-plagued 2021 making it about average with other good years but what lies ahead for 2023 could be affected by the early snow that arrived last November.
That is part of what Highline Grain Growers (HLGG) Chief Executive Officer Paul...
Six-year-old Easton Harper of Marysville enjoys checking out the newest and oldest nutcracker tools every time he comes to visit his grandma in Leavenworth. Easton is fascinated with tools and has a very technical mind already at his young age. He was a joy for visitors to watch. Photo by Barbara Washburn
Frau Arlene Wagner, executive director of the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum announced recently that more and more men are visiting.
“It used to be that many ladies drag in their husbands or boyfriends, and I can see the reluctance of looking at nutcrackers on their faces as they first come into the...
Dr Lauren Kendall Photo submitted by Clint Strand, Director of Public Relations
Dr. Lauren Kendall joins the Cascade Medical team February 1, adding to their team of
family health care practitioners.
Her physical roots originated in the Midwest, but growing up, her family life was
rooted in medicine as well. “My mom is a retired RN, and I have two aunts and a mother-in-law ...
LEAVENWORTH- The City of Leavenworth announces changes to the Leavenworth City Council and Committee meetings. At a normally scheduled meeting on January 24, 2023, the Leavenworth City Council voted unanimously to approve changes that will create more efficiencies, better accessibility, and more...
NCW - Applications are now being accepted for the Upper Valley Scholarship supported by P.E.O. Chapter JF, Leavenworth. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist women in need of financial help in returning to higher education at an accredited university, college, or technical school in the...
Bob and Cathy Stroup during their busy years as teachers in the Cascade School District. Submitted Photo
Cathy Stroup, who passed away suddenly in August, was renowned in Leavenworth for her outstanding 33-year teaching career, with a focus on first, second and third grade at Osborn Elementary.
Cathy’s husband, Bob, who also taught for decades, decided to start a scholarship in her memory. Creating...
Leavenworth Library file photo
Leavenworth Public Library is debuting a new Leavenworth Local History collection. When the Leavenworth Library’s Branch Librarian, Amy Massey, started in her current role in 2021, she quickly discovered a local treasure in her stacks, a copy of Fred Becky and Eric Bjornstad’s original climbing...
Marco Martinez Submitted Photo
WENATCHEE — Marco Martinez has been hired as the new coordinator of the Washington State University Master Gardener Program for Chelan and Douglas counties.
Margaret Viebrock, director of WSU Extension in Chelan and Douglas counties, had most recently taken on the role of local Master Gardener...
Ellen Galbraith VP and General Manager File Photo
Stevens Pass confirmed that they opened for the 2022-23 winter season on Friday, December 2. The resort is proudly celebrating a milestone 85th anniversary this year.
“We depend on Mother Nature for our snow, and we have been fortunate to have favorable conditions,” said Ellen Galbraith, Stevens...
Ward Media Newspapers
- The Leavenworth Echo | Leavenworth, WA
- Cashmere Valley Record | Cashmere WA
- Lake Chelan Mirror | Chelan, Manson, Entiat, WA
- Quad City Herald | Brewster, Pateros, Bridgeport, Mansfield, WA
- Wenatchee Business Journal | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan Counties, WA