Seattle area’s economic boom splashes over the Cascades, bringing work and worries
Explosive growth in “the 206 economy” is reverberating across the mountains in towns like Wenatchee and Chelan, bringing some new jobs but also new concerns...
Paul Roberts
Bitcoin backlash as ‘miners’ suck up electricity, stress power grids in Central Washington
Bargain electric rates are attracting digital currency entrepreneurs, but three public utilities districts are reassessing how they deal with the surging demand, and whether they...
Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future VIEW
The off-again, on-again history of Wenatchee’s massive Alcoa aluminum plant has left the city and former workers unsure about its prospects, even as ingot prices...