Health
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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WVC Bachelor of Science in Nursing Taking Applications Until April 15
For full-time working nurses, going to school to complete their Bachelors In Nursing isn’t easy. A program at Wenatchee Valley College is geared at making things easier. Marcus Bellissimo has the details.
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…
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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Garden Guru – Soil, Compost, Fertilizer
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season to help us green our thumbs. Episode 5 is all about soil. Parsons talks about what to add and what not to add to your soil to make it ready for planting, like compost, manure and fish emulsion.
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Gov. Inslee Signs Bill Raising Wash. State Smoking Age To 21, Takes Effect Next Year
With three weeks left in this year’s legislative session, it’s crunch time for budgets and when the Governor starts signing bills passed by both the House and Senate. A recent bill signing seeks to save lives, supporters say. Washington now joins ranks with a handful of other states that have made similar changes to tobacco…
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State’s New Paid Family, Medical Leave Office, Website Now Live
Washington state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave program started at the beginning of the year. And the program’s Ombuds is now up and running, as Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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‘Start By Believing Day’ Working to End Cycle of Silence for Sexual Assault Victims
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Victims are often reluctant to share their ordeal with others. Start by Believing provides an opportunity for communities across the country, and around the world, to unify with a single voice for those who have been the victims of sexual violence. Marcus Bellissimo has more.
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Garden Guru – Greenhouse Starts, Early Greens, Spring Showers
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season, which is off to a slow start in 2019. After February’s record snowfall, Parsons said it’s pushed back budding by about a month. In Episode 4, Dan Langager stops by Parson’s garden to check out the small green starts under the…
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2019 Legislature: Bill Raising Smoking Age to 21 Passes, Heads to Gov.’s Desk
Eight states and the U.S. territory of Guam have raised the legal age to purchase tobacco and vaping products to 21. And the addition of Washington makes it nine. Marcus Bellissimo has more.
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