grant funding

Wenatchee Valley College (WVC) has been awarded almost $800,000 in Career Launch equipment grants. The Career Launch program is part of the Career Connect Washington initiative, which provides students with real-life work experience in the classroom, and the grants allow schools to purchase necessary equipment for in-class use...

The new arrangement replaces a system where the foundation's 28 members of its board of trustees distributed the money on a regional basis.

The County's Lodging Tax Advisory Committee accepted applications and the grants are awarded based on recommendations by the committee

Wenatchee city council were asked to extend these grants for Columbia River Local Homeless Housing Task Force, from June 30, 2023 to through Dec. 31, 2024.