Environment
‘A Community-Oriented Event’ – 49th Annual Earth Day
What does the world’s largest environmental movement, Earth Day, have in common with the Pacific Northwest? Its founder grew up in Washington State. Marcus Bellissimo talked with Dennis Hayes about the last 50 years of Earth Day.
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Garden Guru – Plastics, Greens, Blood Meal
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season to help us green our thumbs. Episode 6 is all about greens. Parsons talks about using plastic hoop-houses to increase your greens production right now and using blood meal to keep burrowers at bay.
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Celebrating Mother Earth at Pybus Market, Riverwalk Park Earth Day Fairs
Join Sustainable Wenatchee at the Pybus Event Center to celebrate our planet and learn about how to protect it.
Read MoreLeavenworth’s Spring Cleaning Yard Waste Pick Ups Start This Week
Cleaning out your yard and burning brush in a quarantine zone – two annual spring-time goings-on this week in the Leavenworth area. Marcus Bellissimo has the details on what to do with yard waste if you live in the Upper Wenatchee Valley.
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This Week’s Rain Only Slightly Helpful For NCW Summer Water Supply
Conservation and drought – two words you don’t to hear when forecasting the state water supply through September. Marcus Bellissimo reports this week’s rain meant good things for some areas of Central Washington at risk of drought this year. The lowland precipitation will help with soil moisture, but it won’t make up for the shortage…
Read More2019 Legislature: Reps. Steele, Goehner on Fossil Fuel Bill, Potential ‘Overtime’
12th District State Representatives Mike Steele and Keith Goehner join Dan Langager every Friday on the KOHO Morning Show during the 2019 legislative session in Olympia. Today they talk energy and budgets.
Read MoreSpring Cleaning 101 – Garbage & Recycling
It’s spring cleaning season. Once you’ve decided what’s keep, what’s donate and what’s trash, it’s time to find the right place to take it. This week on KOHO we’re highlighting different pieces of the spring cleaning puzzle. Today, Dan Langager talks with the City of Wenatchee’s Code Enforcement Team about this Saturday’s annual recycling event…
Read MoreSpring Cleaning 101 – Donating Clothes, Toys, Books
It’s spring cleaning season. What to do with gently used clothes, shoes, books and toys? Donate them! This week on KOHO we’re highlighting different pieces of the spring cleaning puzzle. Today, Dan Langager talks about donating items you don’t want or need anymore but still have plenty of life left. Yesterday we talked about cleaning…
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Spring Planting? Arbor Day Seedling Distribution This Saturday Across Chelan County
With April showers here, it’s time to think about planting May flowers – and trees. A good place to find the right tree or shrub is at Arbor Day seedling distributions this Saturday. Chelan PUD sponsors seedling distributions in five communities across the county, starting at 10 a.m. The Leavenworth location moved to the PUD office, 222 Chumstick Highway. Bill Sanborn,…
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Planned Burns Coming to 10,000 Acres Across Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Fight fire with fire, as the saying goes. And this spring, that’s the plan on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Marcus Bellissimo reports on planned burns across Central Washington.
Read MoreSpring Cleaning 101 – Dust, Allergens, Dander
It’s spring cleaning season. According to the American Cleaning Institute’s 2019 National Cleaning Survey, Americans prioritize windows first, followed by clothes and closets, ceiling fans, blinds and then carpets. This week on KOHO we’re highlighting different pieces of the spring cleaning puzzle. Today, Dan Langager chats with Dr. Elizabeth Dunham, an allergy expert at Confluence…
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