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Anne Hessburg is a candidate for Chelan County Commissioner in District 2. Hessburg is a professional land use planner and current member of the Leavenworth City Council. The Chelan County native, who is running as an independent, says she’s held an interest in a seat on the commission for some time and vetted her ability to potentially do the job on several fronts prior to declaring her candidacy

National Weather Service Meteorologist Jeremy Wolf says the first snow storm of the fall will hit the Cascades by Friday, which will be a game changer for the entire area.

A photo from the company posted on social media shows a tin box of what would normally be cough drops replaced by little green pills identified as Fentanyl.

It's that time again for us at Townsquare Media to team up with our friends at Apple Valley Honda, the Wenatchee World, and France & Co. for our annual Coats for Kids! And this time, we really need your help to collect new and/or gently used coats, gloves, hats, scarfs, of all sizes for boys and girls in the Wenatchee Valley. Serve Wenatc...

ABC's Good Morning America did a story on the rescue which involved more than a dozen personnel from multiple agencies being flown by helicopter to a hiker who was trapped under a massive boulder.

Chelan County Sheriff Brian Burnett is running for re-election on the November ballot. Burnett was first elected to the position in 2010 and is seeking a fourth term as the county’s top law enforcement officer. The 55-year-old Republican says he considered not making a run for the post again but his desire to continue serving the citizens of the county where he was born and raised won out in the e

Sgt. Jason Reinfeld of Chelan County Emergency Management says a 28-year-old Seattle man fell about 10 to 12 feet, possibly breaking his arm and couldn't climb back down Sunday morning.

The infractions are connected to employees working in unsafe conditions.

It may be less than two weeks from November, but the Bolt Creek Fire is still burning near the town of Skykomish on the west side of Stevens Pass. Activity on the blaze has been less intense in recent days and public information officer, Dean Hazen, says it may come to an abrupt halt altogether this weekend with the arrival of cooler temperatures and rain...

Commissioners from Chelan, Douglas Grant and Okanogan counties are putting a program together that would steer people with mental health and substance abuse problems away from the criminal justice system and into recovery.