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Chelan considers 1% property tax levy increase for 2027 budget
The city of Chelan is considering a property tax levy increase that could generate an additional $26,000 to help cushion its 2027 budget. The Chelan City Council is scheduled to vote on the increase at an upcoming meeting. A 1% levy increase allows the city to collect up to 1%...
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Quincy data centers bring jobs, new hospital and new high school, but also spark power concerns
Quincy, Wash. — Quincy's long-running push for data centers has brought jobs, tax revenue, a new hospital and a new high school, while also fueling concerns about water, farmland and a planned high-voltage transmission line. NonStop Local spoke with residents and officials in Quincy to get a closer look at what operating data centers mean for that community. At L and R Cafe II, owner Ibis Ortiz says main street businesses, like hers, are doing well in Quincy. "Probably our biggest in the morning is our breakfast burritos," said Ibis Ortiz. Quincy once leaned on food manufacturing and field work, but city leaders said that was not enough to keep people from leaving. "We survived on a food manufacturing plant and field work. That's what drove the city of Quincy. And we were seeing lots of people leaving," said Quincy City Administrator Joe Harris. The city then worked to recruit fiber companies and build around key amenities the area offers. "... low-cost power, from the hydropower, easy planning and permitting nothing to it, and the land," said Port of Quincy Commissioner for Dist. 1, Curt Morris. That effort helped bring eight data center campuses now operating in Quincy, each with
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Boeing retirees ‘shocked’ by 400% jump in health insurance premiums
Christopher McMahon is thinking about going back to work. The 65-year-old retired from Boeing in 2022 after over three decades in the company's Seattle-area offices. But the spiking cost of health insurance has him considering whether to get a part-time job. McMahon, who lives in Des Moines, Washington, is enrolled...
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Farmers fear another winter of flooding as questions surround Kent pump
It has been nearly a year since historic flooding inundated farms, homes, and SR 167 between Kent and Auburn . Residents in unincorporated King County are still rebuilding and questioning whether enough has been done to prevent it from happening again. Last December, floodwaters swept across farmland near the Green River, forcing some residents to evacuate themselves, animals and leaving behind there homes in the rising waters. Don Kramer and his wife’s business and property are still recovering. “We’re still not where we want to be all the way, but we’re a lot better than we were,” he said. Don estimates the flooding caused roughly $100,000 in damage. “I’m getting nervous as December gets closer,” he said. When water began rising last winter, Don told KIRO 7 his family scrambled to move their animals to higher ground. “We started having to make decisions on, ‘Oh, the pigs are shorter, so we got to get them out now because they’re going to drown,’ and pick the shortest animals first,” he said. Don said his property had never flooded like that before. He pointed to longtime plants around the home that were killed by the flood as another indication of just how