Posts Tagged ‘retail’
‘Dynamic, Challenging Year’ For Business Community, Chamber Director Says
Shiloh Burgess is the Executive Director of the Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce and joins KOHO’s Dan Langager to recap the year for the local business community and look ahead towards next. Burgess said the local retail sector lost jobs in 2019 and with the minimum wage going up to $13.50 starting Jan. 1, 2020,…
Read MoreFinancial Wanderings with Brad Blackburn – Inflation, Stocks, Retail Jobs
Brad Blackburn with Blackburn Financial in Cashmere joins Dan Langager in your Financial Wanderings. Blackburn breaks down the latest with the stock market after a rough December and positive January. The retail sector continues to contract and considering recent economic growth, Blackburn said it’s surprising inflation hasn’t been higher.
Read MoreSept. Adds Another Record-Low Unemployment Rate For Chelan-Douglas Counties
Chelan and Douglas Counties sported a record-low unemployment rate in September – 3.6 percent. That’s the lowest rate for a September since electronic analysis began nearly 30 years ago, and the third month to set a record this year. North Central Washington Labor Economist Don Meseck tells KOHO’s Dan Langager there are 720 less people…
Read MoreWenatchee’s Newest Grocer – Cash & Carry – Opens in Old Staples Building
Wholesale grocer Cash & Carry opened in south Wenatchee in the old Staples building over the weekend. Icicle Broadcasting’s news team was there to check it out and talk with their Store Manager Rob Stevenson. Dan Langager reports.
Read MoreWenatchee Developers Tour 130,000 Square Feet of Unused Downtown Spaces
Linda Haglund, Executive Director of the Wenatchee Downtown Association, swings by the KOHO studio to talk about this week’s Downtown Possibilities Tour, where city leaders and developers explored open retail and residential spaces in the downtown core.
Read MoreSource Tells KOHO Clinic Will Move Into Former Hastings Building
It appears that the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center will be taking over the location of the former Hastings store at 315 9th Street in Wenatchee. KOHO 101 News has received information from a source very close to the parties involved who unofficially confirmed that the healthcare giant, which already has a dozen locations in the…
Read MoreLocal Employment Update – Dec. 2016
The latest jobs report is in for Chelan and Douglas Counties from the state’s Employment Security Department. They show a flat unemployment rate for the month of December, the continuing hit from the idling of Alcoa’s smelter in Malaga and major gains in tourism and healthcare. Dan Langager talked with our resident jobs expert –…
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