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Residents urge delegation to pressure federal agencies after ARS staff reductions at Wenatchee fruit‑research lab
Summary
During public comment, residents asked the council to seek federal intervention after recent federal staffing cuts and funds freezes, highlighting possible impacts to the Wenatchee fruit‑research lab, WSU collaboration, and local agriculture research funding.
Two East Wenatchee residents used the public‑comment period on March 18 to urge elected officials to press federal leaders over recent federal staffing changes and fund freezes that they said are affecting the Agricultural Research Service and local fruit‑research operations.
Russ Truman, an East Wenatchee resident, asked the city to send a letter to the county, the governor and the congressional delegation asking four things: that terminated probationary employees be rehired, that federal funds be unfrozen so agencies can meet contractual and fiscal obligations, that fire hiring…
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