Reneé Dìaz
Journalist / Murrow News FellowRenee Diaz, part of the first cohort of Murrow Fellows, provides increased bilingual coverage of civic and municipal issues in Wenatchee, for the Wenatchee World, partnering with Northwest Public Broadcasting. She focuses on critical issues ranging from immigration, farming, and how national issues impact rural communities. She holds a 2023 bachelor’s degree in journalism and public interest communication from the University of Washington.
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Communities along upper Lake Chelan are beginning the slow work of recovery after flooding and landslides. -
Christmas is one of the busiest times of the year in the Bavarian style tourist town of Leavenworth. Last week, debris and flooding from an atmospheric river knocked out power across the area for days; including half a million twinkling lights downtown. -
After years of planning and a tight squeeze inside a converted house, the Community for the Advancement of Family Education, or CAFÉ, has a new home. -
A seat in Congress will be open in the 2026 election in Washington’s 4th Congressional District, which covers most of Central Washington. U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse announced Wednesday morning that he will not seek reelection. -
Communities throughout Chelan County are getting more intense weather, following an atmospheric river that caused extensive damage throughout the Northwest last week. -
Flooding and landslides have left communities along upper Lake Chelan dealing with major damage, nearly a year after wildfire weakened hillsides in the area. A town only accessible by boat is cut off from the rest of the area because of the atmospheric river fallout. -
Wildfires, not cars or buildings, are the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Chelan County, according to a new emissions report. -
Whether states can dole out full benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is unclear after the U.S Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration to temporarily block funding for food stamps, shortly after funding returned. -
A federal program that helps young people from migrant families attend college abruptly halted this year after the Trump administration eliminated funding for migrant education. -
On Friday, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson announced that households that were scheduled to receive their monthly benefits between Nov. 1 and Nov. 7 have received 100% of their SNAP benefits for the month.
