Cherry growers say the threat of deportations under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is keeping the migrant workforce they rely on this time of year from showing up to work. They describe an increasingly urgent labor crisis that could leave cherries rotting in the field, and farmers holding the bill.Read More
A medida que comienza la temporada de incendios forestales en el estado de Washington, activistas están trabajando para asegurarse de que las personas que solo hablan español reciban información importante durante las emergencias.Read More
At a town hall in East Wenatchee, a brown dog named Ruffles Lackey made the rounds, inviting attendees to rub her belly. Ruffles, an animal-assisted crisis response dog, was there to comfort community members coping with stress and grief. Read More
Cash donations were raised by local businesses in the Wenatchee Valley to help support the mother of the three Decker girls.Read More
U.S. Reps. Dan Newhouse and Kim Schrier and other members of the Washington Congressional Delegation held a moment of silence this week on the House floor for the deaths of the three Decker sisters. Read More
Authorities are continuing the search for Travis Decker. His three daughters were found dead Monday near a campsite near Leavenworth following a multi-day search for the girls.Read More
Host Phineas Pope and Wenatchee reporter Renee Diaz dig into a recent article on lowriders and high hopes. Read More
May Day events drew crowds around the Northwest. NWPB takes you to Yakima, Wenatchee and Moscow. Read More
Adrian Nava, 11, and Jose Navarrete, 15, sit on lowriders at the Community for the Advancement of Family Education (CAFÉ). (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) watch Listen (Runtime 1:04) […]Read More
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and Rep. Kim Schrier met with hospital executives, doctors and community health stakeholders from across North Central Washington on Thursday to discuss the impact of potential cuts to Medicaid.Read More
Bare trees and lifting fog frame the view of the Legislative Building at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (Credit: Ted S. Warren / AP) Listen (Runtime 1:10) Read A bill […]Read More
The Wenatchee Valley Farmers Market held their grand opening on May 11, 2024, at Pybus Public Market. (Credit: Jacob Ford / The Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 0:56) Read Our Valley […]Read More
CVCH East Wenatchee behavioral medicine building, right, approaches completion with mostly interior work to be finished Tuesday, Oct. 29, in East Wenatchee. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime […]Read More
Washington State University offers a Farm Stress Counseling Voucher program for farmers. Roni Ryan, pictured, is one of the farmers who has received counseling from the program. (Courtesy: Roni Ryan) […]Read More
Kyle Warden holds a crosscut saw attached to an American flag. He was a former lead wilderness ranger and was terminated on Sunday. He went to a protest at Memorial […]Read More
Bella looks to a peanut butter jar. She participated at a craft night at Ground Control on Feb. 11. (Credit: Renee Diaz / NWPB) Listen (Runtime 0:56) Read In honor […]Read More
Rivaldo Penado, 13, leads a shadow boxing drill at Purpose Boxing Club in Wenatchee. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 0:52) Read A new nonprofit gym in Wenatchee, […]Read More
A group from Wenatchee gathered in Olympia to advocate for immigrant rights on Jan. 30. Clockwise from left, Liz Oropeza Palacios, Ivon Lopez Ramirez, Maria Gonzalez, Grace Mondragon and Zoe […]Read More
A worker unloads apples from his picking bag at McDougall & Sons orchard on Oct. 10 in Douglas County. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 1:03) Read In […]Read More
Guadalupe Zavala teaches her first graders about time in Spanish at Lewis and Clark Elementary School (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 3:52) Read By Reneé Diaz, NWPB & […]Read More
Corazón de México folklorico dancer Yuri Mora picks a book at NCW Libraries’ station at Wenatchee School District’s Migrant and Multilingual Night. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime […]Read More
Juan J. Anaya, left, Alfonso Lopez and Kristin Percy Calaff discuss the benefits of being bilingual at the La Zeta radio station on Wednesday. (Credit: Reneé Diaz / NWPB) Listen […]Read More
Lewis and Clark Elementary School is a dual language school in Wenatchee with over 400 students. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 1:16) Read By Reneé Diaz and […]Read More
Juan Mora, of Cashmere, picks pears in the Larry MacDonald orchard in 2012. He wore a mask because of wildfire smoke that settled in the Wenatchee Valley. (Credit: Wenatchee World) […]Read More
A fixed frame beach wheelchair sits at Lake Wenatchee. The chair is available for use through reservations. (Credit: Washington State Parks) Watch Listen (Runtime 0:56) Read Washington State Parks are […]Read More
From left to right, Charles Atkinson, Jeff Ostenson, Mary Big Bull-Lewis and Twa-le Abrahamson answer questions from the crowd after the film “Fish War.” (Credit: Reneé Dìaz / NWPB) Listen […]Read More
Mike Shull, left, Mary Crick, middle, and Della Farance speak at a table in the Garden Terrace common room. (Credit: Jacob Ford / Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 4:13) Read In […]Read More
“Fish War” screens at the Numerica Performing Arts Center on Thursday. (Credit: North Forty Productions) Listen (Runtime 0:56) Read WENATCHEE— A documentary highlighting tribal leaders who stepped forward as environmental […]Read More
Wenatchee Pride will host a Pride festival this weekend. (Courtesy: Wenatchee Pride) Listen (Runtime 0:58) Read On Saturday, Wenatchee Pride will host its annual Pride festival at Memorial Park in West […]Read More
Listen Club organizers discuss the three-day calendar for Hamfest, which took place at the Dryden Gun Club. (Credit: Renee Diaz / NWPB) (Runtime 3:33) Read DRYDEN — Radio enthusiasts gathered […]Read More
The Wenatchee World Hosts a public forum on drug addiction at Pybus Public Market (Credit: Jacob Ford / The Wenatchee World) Listen (Runtime 0:59) Read Each year Washington state continues […]Read More
Maria Garibay, center, asks Anabella Cardoso, far left, with Esperanza, about social services and health care, while at CAFÉ’s Pachanga & Mercadito resource fair with her son Martin and daughter […]Read More
The Stemilt Growers facility in East Wenatchee. (Credit: Douglas County Assessor’s Office) Listen (Runtime 1:06) Read Two central Washington companies, Pace International and Stemilt Growers, face a combined $650,000 in […]Read More
De este a oeste, educadores de escuelas secundarias de Washington comparten con sus alumnos el espíritu y el significado cultural del mariachi.Read More
We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and here is a story about how music programs and certificates are expanding Mariachi knowledge among younger generations in Washington.Read More
Afiche sobre los síntomas del golpe de calor o enfermedad del calor. Crédito: www.weather.gov. Listen (Runtime 0:59) Read Altas temperaturas se esperan en todo el país durante el verano, pero […]Read More
Poster about heat related illness. Credit: www.weather.gov. Listen NWPB’s Johanna Bejarano reports on heat prevention (Runtime 0:52) Read High temperatures are expected across the country but not as severe in […]Read More
Las patinetas eléctricas están disponibles en Wenatchee. Foto de www.wenatcheewa.gov. Read Desde mayo, habitantes y visitantes en Wenatchee pueden utilizar scooters o patinetas eléctricas como medio de transporte. Entre 80 […]Read More
E-scooters are available in Wenatchee. Photo from www.wenatcheewa.gov. Read People in Wenatchee can use scooters for transportation starting this week. Eighty to 100 scooters will be in service around the […]Read More
Harriet Bullitt, Washington philanthropist, broadcast executive and environmental champion, died April 23 at the age of 97. NWPB’s Sueann Ramella remembers her lasting legacy across the Pacific Northwest. Read More
Mary Big Bull-Lewis sees the way forward for Native people in Washington: ownership of the land and the stories attached to it.Read More
A public utility in north-central Washington broke ground Monday for a hydrogen production facility. It's one of several related actions in the Northwest that reflect renewed interest in hydrogen as a clean alternative fuel.Read More
Washington state plans to roll out mass doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at regional hubs starting Monday, Jan. 25. But some local officials say they received little notice and that they’re far from ready. Read More
Thousands of people are flocking to the Bavarian-themed town in central Washington. The mayor says nearly 70% of Leavenworth merchants’ income comes in these few holiday weeks. Dr. Malcolm Butler, health officer for Chelan and Douglas counties, says visitors are less likely to bring COVID-19 to Leavenworth than get it there. Read More
In a lawsuit against fruit-growing giant Stemilt, workers say allegations stemmed from a change in production standards set forth in the company's guest worker contract. A separate case involved a challenge to Washington's rules on farmworker housing and sleeping quarters during the pandemic.Read More
Small, mostly white rural towns across Washington are standing up in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests. Although dwarfed by comparison with the thousands protesting in places like Seattle and Portland, the people standing up against racism in smaller numbers do not think their message should be dismissed or watered down because they aren’t big enough to make Read More
As more old orchard land in central Washington is converted into housing developments and schools, there are concerns over legacy pesticides in the soil where children play and families live. That’s especially true in Wenatchee and Yakima. Read More
A fire district around Wenatchee has come up with a new way to make wildland fires less severe. Chelan County Fire District 1 is ditching the hand tools and machinery that firefighters traditionally use to thin overgrown brush. Instead, they’re turning to a more natural approach to thin out fuels around the Broadview neighborhood that burned in the 2015 Sleepy Hollow fire.Read More
Four years ago, the Sleepy Hollow Fire burned to the edge of Wenatchee. Flames rushed through, consuming brush and cheatgrass and quickly destroying 28 homes and three businesses. Now, with the help of a federal grant, firefighters are getting rid of some of those grasses to better protect homes.Read More
When you think of made-in-the-Northwest products, diamonds are probably not on your list. But soon, they could be. A contract signed Thursday for Columbia River hydropower clears the way for a foundry to make lab-created diamonds in Wenatchee.Read More