Emily Thornton

1 week ago | wenatcheeworld.com | Emily Thornton

The agreement with the Everett-based nuclear fusion company includes water rights, decommissioning provisions, land improvements, and preferential access for the PUD to buy possible excess power from Helion. “This lease agreement is one step in finalizing the selection of any potential site, and we are pleased to have an agreement in place with the Chelan PUD for the Rock Island Dam property,” wrote Jessie Barton, Helion communications director, in an email.

1 week ago | wenatcheeworld.com | Emily Thornton

The PUD-Microsoft Master Power Supply Agreement and related contracts were “months in the making,” wrote Rachel Hansen, PUD spokesperson, in an email. kAm%96 A@H6C DFAA=J 28C66>6?E 7@C E96 AC@A@D65 D:I 3F:=5:?8D :?4=F56D AC@G:D:@?D 7@C “4@?E:?F65 C6=:23:=:EJ 2?5 DE23=6[ AC65:4E23=6 C2E6D” 7@C !&s 4FDE@>6CD[” 244@C5:?8 E@ !&s 2?5 |:4C@D@7E] %96 !&s C6BF:C6D 4@?EC24ED 7@C 4FDE@>6CD FD:?8 >@C6 E92? d 2??F2= 2G6C286 >682H2EED]k^AmkAm(96? E96 7:CDE 52E2 46?E6C 3F:=5:?8 :D @A6C2E:@?2= :?

3 weeks ago | wenatcheeworld.com | Emily Thornton

Chelan County is among those with deteriorated drought conditions since Washington State Department of Ecology’s initial drought emergency declaration in April. Ecology first expanded its declaration in April for areas in the north and central Cascade Mountains and parts of the Puget Sound area.

3 weeks ago | wenatcheeworld.com | Emily Thornton

Anna Gullickson said she was a floatplane pilot for Kenmore Air when a friend and fellow pilot told her to watch “Blackfish,” a documentary about the performing killer whale Tilikum in SeaWorld. “I said, ‘I don’t want to. It’s gonna make me sad,’” she said. “Literally after watching it overnight, it changed my life. And I think it was the captures of the wild whales initially for marine parks. We flew over them every day.

1 month ago | wenatcheeworld.com | Emily Thornton

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