Health
With New Logo, Vendors, Leavenworth Farmers Market Ready For 10th Season
Folks in the Leavenworth area will once again be able to enjoy local foods from local growers. The Leavenworth Farmers Market starts it’s 10th season this week. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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Garden Guru – Quails, Slugs, Greens
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season to help us green our thumbs. In Episode 12, Parsons talks about a break from 90-degree highs, greens and broccoli growing strong and keeping birds and slugs away from their favorite garden munchables. We’re always looking for your ideas and…
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Garden Guru – Spring Rain, Potted Garden, Memorial Weekend
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season to help us green our thumbs. In Episode 11, Parsons talks about the cooler, wetter weather over the last week and gardening over the Memorial Day holiday, whether that’s getting your garden started or filling up your potted garden on…
Read MoreAfter Declaring PNW Measles Outbreak Over, State Health Dept. Confirms New Cases
Measles is highly contagious, can be serious and is easily spread when an infected person coughs, sneezes or even just breathes. And although last month state health officials declared the Northwest’s measles outbreak over, it’s back. Marcus Bellissimo has the latest.
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Garden Guru – Spring Rain
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season to help us green our thumbs. In Episode 10, Parsons talks about Mother Earth providing some much-needed moisture this week and what it means for the garden after this last weekend’s heat wave.
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Cascade Medical Adds 3D Mammography, Exceeding New Federal Rules
Mammography exams at Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth have gone high-tech. In late March, the facility brought online a new three-dimensional mammography scanner. Radiology Director Scott Mitchell said the new technology is designed to provide a clearer image of the breast, which allows radiologists to diagnose cancer at its earliest stages. The mammogram is produced…
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Garden Guru – Composting, Netting, Watering
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season to help us green our thumbs. In Episode 9, Parsons talks about swapping plastic coverings for bird netting, best ways to make compost and use it in the garden, keeping things watered with hot weather this weekend and more.
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Please Don’t Flush – National Drug Take Back Day Tomorrow, April 27
Disposing of unused prescription drugs by flushing them or throwing them away may seem like the easiest way to dispose of them. But how do you go about it and not have the meds wind up in the environment? The DEA has the answer. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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Garden Guru – Birds, Lawns, Earth Day
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season to help us green our thumbs. Episode 7 is all about celebrating nature. Parsons talks about welcoming birds and bugs into your garden to help fertilize and keep the unfriendly inhabitants at bay.
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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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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.
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