Health
Garden Guru – How to Winter Over
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season to help us green our thumbs. In Episode 28, Parsons talks about using a “hoop house” to get a few more weeks of greens growing, planting garlic this month and setting aside fall lawn clippings and leaves for composting.
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Garden Guru – Green Houses, Frost, Basil
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season to help us green our thumbs. In Episode 27, Parsons talks about using green houses and/or smaller hoop houses to keep the growing going a little longer, helping keep the frost off the basil. And while there, they spot a…
Read MoreOctober Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Local Clinic Offering Free Screenings
Early detection of breast cancer saves lives. And shedding light on breast cancer is what breast cancer awareness month is all about.
Read MoreOctober Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month – How Can We Help?
Domestic violence impacts people of all ages and all social-economic backgrounds. SAGE in Chelan-Douglas Counties provides services to victims, as well as education for the community on how we can help.
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What Do Farms, Schools & Apples Have In Common? ‘Taste Washington Day’
Today marks an annual celebration of Washington grown foods served in Washington schools during the fall harvest season. The celebration also kicks off Farm-to-School month in October.
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Garden Guru – Broccoli, Green Tomatoes, Cooler Temps
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season to help us green our thumbs. In Episode 26, Parsons and KOHO’s Dan Langager discuss harvesting broccoli and green tomatoes, using hoop and green houses to keep the growing going a little longer and buttoning up other crops for the…
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With ‘Anything In Them,’ Inslee Issues Executive Order On Vaping
With flavors like sticky buns, bubblegum, gooey butter cake, Granny’s apple pie, pina coloda, pumpkin donut, cotton candy, peanut butter cup, English toffee and caramel, perhaps it’s not surprising kids and other vape users are drawn to wide range of product available for vaping. In light of the recent outbreak of vaping-related illnesses and deaths,…
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Garden Guru – Seed Saving, Climate Strikes
Scott Parsons is your Garden Guru and joins us every Tuesday during the growing season to help us green our thumbs. Episode 25, is all about saving seeds for next year’s garden and the climate strikes that took place around the world last week, including in Wenatchee.
Read MoreState Health Dept. Confirms Third Case of Vaping Illness
The Centers for Disease Control and the Food & Drug Administration are investigating an outbreak of lung disease associated with e-cigarettes or vaping. Washington’s first confirmed cases have taken place on opposite sides of the state, as Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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First Case Of Severe Lung Disease Linked To Vaping Reported In Wash.
Vaping is coming under increased scrutiny lately after links are found to harmful diseases and hospitalizations. The federal government is cracking down on its use as well, as Marcus Bellissimo reports
Read MoreNearly 90 Percent of Washington’s Kindergarteners Fully Immunized For School, Health Dept. Says
Releasing student immunizations numbers and making their website more user friendly are just some of the recent changes at Washington State’s Department of Health. Marcus Bellissimo has the details.
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