LATEST BUSINESS NEWS
Peoples Bank in newly-minted uptown location
Don’t panic if you rattle the door at Peoples Bank in downtown Wenatchee and find everybody gone. Last week, they moved your money — along with staff and some equipment (they left every abacus behind) — to a bigger, brighter building about 10 blocks north. READ MORE »
Bowflex boss to talk about building a business
The co-founder of Bowflex, a global distributor of exercise equipment, will talk here next week ...
Diversity training for businesses coming up
A diversity training session set for this week will discuss the area’s changing cultural dynamics ...
Tax workshop set for business owners
The Wenatchee office of the state Department of Revenue will host a free workshop on ...
Sign-up for conservation program begins Monday
Farmers and landowners around North Central Washington can sign up for the federal Conservation Reserve ...
Canola field tour here Tuesday
A field tour this week of a canola growing operation in northern Douglas County will ...
Peoples Bank's in a crisp new place
Renovated car dealership turned into snazzy Financial Center.
Orchardists learn of flower power
Alyssum may help control those vile apple aphids.
GESA boasts whiz-bang teller machines
New East Wenatchee branch at the cutting-edge of banking tech
Mission District to host Cashmere Chamber's After Hours event
Early-bird arrivals have a chance for free wine and cheese platters.
Now open: India House
North India specialties highlight buffet and extensive menu.
Chamber hires Barkley as marketing coordinator
Experience at Mission Ridge a deciding factor
New video: Saddle Rock talks like Wilf — who knew?
Wenatchee Foothills featured in video showing connection of land and people.
The fruit-safety chain
How growers and packers navigate the complex maze of regulations
When 33 people died in 2011 from contaminated cantaloupe grown in Colorado, food producers and processors across the country could see the writing on the wall: Here come the regs. Stricter food-safety regulations, including new guidelines for the apple, cherry, pear and peach crops of North Central Washington, became inevitable as consumers demanded cleaner food from more eco-friendly production processes. READ MORE »
Pybus Market: Building a new legacy
Gerry Ailts, one of the honchos piecing together the innovative Pybus Public Market on the ...
We get around: The global reach of local businesses
The next customer who buys steel truck accessories from Josh and Dora Potter’s Olds Station-based ...
BUSINESS ROUNDUP
Small town life prepared Darling for CEO post
Cashmere native Hoby Darling, 37, was named in March as CEO of Skullcandy, the international ...
GUEST COLUMNS
Wineman’s Toast: Time to enter wines for NCW Wine Awards
It’s time to get your wines entered in the 3rd Annual North Central Washington Wine ...
Immigration reform can’t wait
On a chilly March morning, in a hotel banquet room in Yakima, I joined with ...
EDITOR'S NOTE
Why fruit must have sticklers
Here’s the extent of my expertise on the business of tree fruit:Buy some land. Plant ...
EYE ON BUSINESS
Signs, signs, everywhere their signs
Longtime local businessman Monte Graybeal grew up in the Wenatchee Valley and learned to appreciate ...
Knocking on wood: Local lumber business builds solid reputation
It’s no secret the recession was tough on the building industry. In a normal year, ...
