KOHO 101 Week In Review – December 14, 2019
KOHO 101 has your three-minute recap of this week’s top local news stories – from the closure of Highway 20 and a failed B&O tax in Wenatchee, to Apple Blossom Royalty candidates and a Link Transit open house in Leavenworth.
Read MoreKOHO Five @ 5:00 – Friday, December 13, 2019
Marcus Bellissimo wraps up today’s top news stories in your KOHO Five @ 5. Ahead on the Five @ 5; The Washington Apple Commission is proposing a new Washington specialty license plate to celebrate Washington apples …… Gov. Jay Inslee wants to make mass shootings less likely in the state by banning the sale of…
Read MoreB&O Tax Proposal Dies Before Wenatchee City Council
The Wenatchee City Council will not impose a business tax on Confluence Health, but left the door open for further deliberation next year. Last night in a packed council chamber, the council held a public hearing on the proposed two-tenths-of-one-percent (.2%) Business and Occupation tax. About a dozen speakers got up to voice opposition, including…
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‘Washington Apples’ License Plate Proposed With Support of Sen. Hawkins
Washington State has more than 50 specialty license plates supporting everything from square dancing to lighthouse. What’s been missing is a specialty plate dedicated to our states largest and most recognized agricultural crop, apples. Marcus Bellissimo reports they’re asking citizens to sign an electronic petition.
Read MoreEast Wen. Mayor-Elect Crawford on Swearing In, Getting Started
East Wenatchee will have a new mayor next year for the first time in 20 years after Jerrilea Crawford was chose by voters in last month’s general election. Crawford joins Dan Langager on the KOHO Morning Show to talk about the transition process with outgoing Mayor Steve Lacey, finalizing the 2020 budget and long-term initiatives.
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New State Booster Seat Law Takes Effect Jan. 1
Starting January 1, some middle school kids could be rolling up in the carpool line and hopping out of their booster seats. That’s after Gov. Jay Inslee signed stricter car seat regulations into law, meaning children shorter than 4 feet 9 inches must sit in a booster seat. Children under 13 years old must sit…
Read MoreFinancial Wanderings with Brad Blackburn – Year’s End 2019 Recap
Brad Blackburn with Blackburn Financial in Cashmere joins Dan Langager in your Financial Wanderings. Today Blackburn recaps the stock market, economy and trade war over 2019.
Read MoreKOHO Five @ 5:00 – Thursday, December 12, 2019
Marcus Bellissimo wraps up today’s top news stories in your KOHO Five @ 5. Ahead on the Five @ 5; Heavy snow expected in the Cascades tonight……The Washington State Patrol says you can decorate your home and tree with Christmas lights but ask you don’t decorate your car with them…… Washingtonians will soon have access…
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Leave Christmas Lights At Home, State Patrol Says
It’s Christmas time, which means decorating the tree, your house and maybe slapping some reindeer antlers on Fido. But when it comes to your car, it’s best to leave the festive lights at home. Marcus Bellissimo has more from the Wash. State Patrol.
Read MoreApple Blossom Festival 2020 Royalty Candidates Announced, Top 10 Named Jan. 8
The Apple Blossom Festival royalty selection process is underway, with 28 candidates announced this week. 15 are seniors in the Wenatchee School District and 13 from the Eastmont School District. The group will compete for a chance to be one of the ten candidates who will then vie for the Royal Court for the 101st…
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State Tax Credit Could Help Wash. Working Families ‘Pay the Bills’
The push is starting for 2020 legislation to provide tax breaks to working families in Washington state. It would mean an average tax credit of about $350 and affect an estimated 967,000 households. Eric Tegethoff has more.
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