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While mortgage rates continue to put pressure on home prices and demand, there is some momentum in the Wenatchee real estate market The total number of home sales and property listings last month in the Wenatchee area is higher than the previous year, according to the Real Estate Snapshot created by Pacific Appraisal Services. ...

Surplus Defense Department aircraft will once again be utilized for wildfire suppression under legislation co-introduced by Congressman Dan Newhouse. Rep. Newhouse and California Democrat Sauld Carbajal introduced a bipartisan bill in February. The...

There’s something special about a Washington State family-owned burger joint that’s been around for nearly eight decades — it’s a taste of history!

Washington state's budget has soared to about $78 billion in appropriations and a 6.5% increase over the 2023-25 spending plan.  WA is facing a revenue shortfall of at least $7 billion,  to as much as $10 billion over the next four years and tax hikes to meet the revenue deficit. The s...

The Golden Age of Air Travel from the 1930's to the 1960's was a special time, even luxurious, with a sense of privilege and glamour. Now, commercial air travel is more like public transit and our nasty travel behavior has become all too familiar...

It's really no secret to most of the world that Washington State is Bigfoot country. And now there are some actual metrics being released to assist those who are seeking to have an encounter with the illusive cryptid here in the Pacific Northwest or anywhere around the globe...

Big money from John D. Rockefeller and President Trump’s grandfather, Frederick Trump, invested thousands into the mining town, Monte Cristo, Washington. Frederick Trump built and ran the Royal Hotel and an alleged brothel. Then as quickly as it all went up, a flood forced everyone to abandon the town.

A new law signed by Washington Go. Bob Ferguson requires all members of the clergy to report cases of child abuse or neglect regardless of the source of the details, including the confessional. The law goes into effect this July. The Archdiocese of Seattle has responded by threatening excommunication for any Catholic clergy who follow the new law...

The Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & People (MMIWP) Task Force is releasing a toolkit for families and friends to use in the event someone they know goes missing. The Task Force says the families and friends of missing people are often their best advocates for being found, and the MMIWP's Families Subcommittee spent over three years coordinating with the loved ones of missing or murde

The phone numbers of some Washington State residents will soon be known by a newer three-digit area code. Although it might come as a shock to some folks in The 509, the Evergreen State's original area code was actually 206, which not only covered Western Washington, but the entire state beginning in 1947...