Kyle Lamb
Douglas County Commissioners to Set Public Meeting on Proposed East Wenatchee Development After Receiving Details
Douglas County commissioners will next hold a public meeting on the proposed Wilkinson development, a 290-unit apartment complex that would be built off of 5th Street Northeast in East Wenatchee if approved.
According to the Commissioner Marc Straub, the board will receive a large packet of information that includes all of the previous public testimony on the development by the end of this week
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Two Safe After Columbia River Water Rescue
All involved are safe and unharmed after a water rescue on Porter's Pond, part of the Columbia River, in East Wenatchee Thursday.
Douglas County Fire District 2 Spokesperson Kay McKellar says authorities received a call around 6pm from a woman who reported that her sister and a friend were on a small peninsula on the river when the water rose, cutting off their way back
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Wenatchee Superintendent Dr. Paul Gordon Announces Resignation
The Wenatchee School Board will only have 2 1/2 months to find the district's next superintendent after current superintendent Dr. Paul Gordon announced Thursday that he would be resigning effective June 30th.
Gordon, who three years ago came to Wenatchee from the Glen Ellyn School District in the Chicago area, says the decision is based on family circumstances that will bring him back to the Midw
Peshastin Woman Dies After Husband Accidently Hits Her with Truck
The Chelan County Sheriff's Office is calling the death of a Peshastin woman Tuesday morning "a very horrific tragedy."
Chief Adam Musgrove said the incident happened just before noon Tuesday between a married couple in their 80's at their home on Larson Road
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Reviewing the Three Levels of Evacuation
Despite the snow in the hills, fire season is right around the corner and with that comes a reminder of the three levels of evacuation and what they each mean.
Level 1, 2 and 3 evacuation notices can also be associated as 'Ready, Set, GO'
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Prescribed Burning Planned for Colockum Wildlife Area
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is planning some prescribed burning on the Colockum Wildlife Area within the next few weeks.
Spokesperson Staci Lehman is advising the public they may see some smoke about twenty miles east of Wenatchee when the weather improves and the winds die down
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Apple Blossom Carnival Moving to East Wenatchee
The Washington State Apple Blossom Festival's Funtastic Shows Carnival will now be held in the Wenatchee Valley Mall parking lot in East Wenatchee this year.
Administrator Darci Christoferson said their original site for this years' carnival, the old WSDOT building property in the 1500 block of North Wenatchee Avenue, had some challenging loopholes include safety and logistical issues
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Alaska Cutting Daily Pangborn Flights From Three to One
Alaska Airlines, parent company of Horizon Airlines, will slash its number of daily flights to and from Pangborn Memorial Airport from three to just one in September.
Chelan-Douglas Regional Port Authority CEO Jim Kuntz said the cut is the result of two main issues: Alaska's ongoing pilot shortage and its transition from smaller turbo propeller airplanes to regional jets
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Rock Island Structure Fire Destroys Mobile Home Friday Afternoon
Firefighting efforts are winding down after a structure fire on Penn Avenue in Rock Island Friday afternoon.
Douglas County Fire District 2 Spokesperson Kay McKellar said crews received the call just after 2:00 pm Soon after, the incident commander arrived at the scene and reported a single-wide mobile home on fire, as well as some nearby tires
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East Wenatchee Finds Engineer for Grant Road Projects
The City of East Wenatchee has its engineer consultant in place for a couple of rehabilitation projects on Grant Road.
Public Works Manager Garren Melton said the city will pay RH2 Engineering just over $290,000 for consulting on the two projects
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