West View families beneficiaries of annual food drive

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BURLINGTON — The staff and students at West View Elementary don’t have to look far to figure out who might benefit the most from the school’s annual food drive. Tales of hardship are…

svhstaff@goskagit.com @ November 20, 2008

Marine skills center pursuing funding to go green

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The marine skills center coming to Anacortes is all about leading-edge technology, says Bryan Young, project manager for the Northwest Career and Technical Academy. So why not be a leader…

svhstaff@goskagit.com @ November 20, 2008

Housing prices dip, but not by much, in NCW

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Home sale prices in North Central Washington continued to resist the widening collapse elsewhere in the country, dropping far less than statewide numbers - and there was even a bright spot: Grant County, where home sale prices rose, according to a report released Tuesday.

The Wenatchee World - Top Local Headlines @ November 20, 2008

Christmas tree permits on sale

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Christmas tree permits are now on sale for the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.

The Wenatchee World - Top Local Headlines @ November 20, 2008

‘It’s time to share the pain’

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WENATCHEE - Saying painful cuts should start at the top, outgoing Chelan County Commissioner Buell Hawkins suggested that his fellow elected officials forgo pay raises next year to help ease the county’s financial crisis.

The Wenatchee World - Top Local Headlines @ November 20, 2008

Wenatchee residents say some foothills growth OK

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WENATCHEE - Wenatchee residents said “no thanks” to maximum development, and even medium- to high-density growth, in the Cascade foothills, according to presenters at a second public meeting on the issue Tuesday night.

The Wenatchee World - Top Local Headlines @ November 20, 2008

Mission Ridge cautious about opening date

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Last spring, Mission Ridge Ski & Snowboard Resort targeted Nov. 28 as its opening date for the 2008-2009 season.

The Wenatchee World - Top Local Headlines @ November 20, 2008

Daschle pegged for Secretary of Health and Human Services

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WASHINGTON - Signaling his commitment to take on the thorny challenge of refashioning American health care, President-elect Barack Obama has asked former Sen. Tom Daschle to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, placing a loyal political ally with vast Capitol Hill experience at the forefront of the debate.

The Wenatchee World - Top Local Headlines @ November 20, 2008

Calif. Supreme Court to take up gay-marriage ban

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SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court voted 6-1 Wednesday to review legal challenges to Proposition 8, the voter initiative that restored a ban on same-sex marriage, but refused to permit gay weddings to resume pending a final decision.

The Wenatchee World - Top Local Headlines @ November 20, 2008

The flirty fun of ‘Twilight’

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There’s a playfulness that seems just so right in Catherine Hardwicke’s “Twilight.” The director of “Thirteen” gives the hit Stephenie Meyer teen vampire novel a little edge, a little sexual heat. But she makes it fun, too.

The Wenatchee World - Top Local Headlines @ November 20, 2008