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Articles from the December 21, 2023 edition


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  • Jingle all the way to Leavenworth: Where reindeer, turkeys, and holiday cheer collide

    Jacob Ford, Wenatchee World|Updated Jan 14, 2024

    LEAVENWORTH - Visitors from around the globe converge upon Leavenworth each year to take the sights, sounds, taste and smells that the Leavenworth Reindeer Farm offers, including the unique experience of being able to get up close and personal with a herd of friendly reindeer. The farm features Belgian draft horses, chickens, turkeys, ponies and pigs as well as a gift shop in a barn built in 1907. The concession stand serves hot cocoa and cider as well as Alaskan reindeer saus...

  • Popular book, movie buzz is a boon for Whatcom rowing club

    Meri-Jo Borzilleri, Cascadia Daily News|Updated Dec 21, 2023

    On a postcard-perfect Saturday morning on Lake Whatcom, program director and coach Courtney Moeller is idling the Whatcom Rowing Association's launch boat as four rowing shells - two four-seats, two eights - await her instruction. The water is flat and winds calm, boats basking in rare mid-November sunshine. Through her old-school megaphone, Moeller calls out the next set, a 60-second effort. Twenty-four rowers, oar blades flat on water to balance the precariously slim...