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The Wenatchee Valley continues to experience heavy smoke well into October.  Air Quality is reaching the Unhealthy to Hazardous level daily.  Susan Woodard with the Washington Department of Ecology says the current pattern is highly unusual, but not completely unprecedented in Wenatchee.  "In ...

The Cashmere School District is taking a wait-and-see approach to their varsity high school football game this week. The Bulldogs are scheduled to play the annual Pear Bowl for homecoming week against the Cascade Kodiaks in Cashmere tomorrow night (Friday, October 7), but the lingering smoke might force the game to be delayed or moved and rescheduled...

The lingering smoke and continuing poor air quality in the Wenatchee Valley has forced the Wenatchee School District to move its varsity and freshman high school football games to a neutral site tomorrow night (Friday, October 7). District spokesperson, Diana Haglund, says the Panthers’ games against Ellensburg will now take place 68 miles to the east. “...

Deputies are looking for a suspect accused of taking items by force during a robbery in the Othello area Wednesday.  They're looking for Marco Antonio Martinez, who is accused of 1st Degree robbery, 2nd Degree Assault and 2nd Degree Theft.  Depu...

The City of Wenatchee’s Parks & Recreation Department is requesting another fulltime employee. If approved, the money to fund the hire would be provided as part of the city’s 2023 operating budget. Parks director, Dave Erickson, says he needs another person primarily to keep up with the increasing rate of vandalism at the city’s parks. “It’s really pick...

This property tax increase would equate to a $7,160 increase in property tax revenues.

His arraignment hearing is scheduled for Oct. 17.

An eastern Washington rancher tied to a massive fraud scheme involving cattle that didn’t exist will serve 11 years in federal prison. The sentence handed down this week calls for 51-year-old Cody Easterday of Mesa to pay $244 million in restitution for his wire fraud conviction. P...

Douglas County now has a burn ban in place until next Saturday.  The move comes several days after Chelan County extended its fire restrictions to the same date.  Douglas County Commissioner Mark Straub says he and his colleagues simply responded to expert advice.  "The...

The City of Wenatchee’s “Safe Park,” which opened at the end of September to assist the area’s homeless population, has proven to be a successful solution to a difficult problem thus far. The park, which is located at 1450 South Wenatchee Avenue next to the Wenatchee Rescue Mission, is designed to give those who are living in mobile homes, camper trailers, and other vehicles a place to park on a t