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Work on the Cascade Orchard Bridge deck preservation project began on Thursday. The two-lane span on Icicle Road in Leavenworth is being taken down to one lane with automated signals for the first 30 days of the project. A full closure of the bridge with a detour is planned for the final 30 days of work, which is scheduled for mid-August ...

An East Wenatchee man is in custody after allegedly calling in a bomb threat to the Chelan County government campus Wednesday afternoon. The campus was evacuated for over three hours before a search team with a K-9 concluded there were no suspicious items or packages at the location ...

Wenatchee police officers involved in the shooting death of a man last month are now cleared to return to work after being on administrative leave. Three officers were involved in the killing of 36 year old Alexander White after reports he was firing a gun into a church ...

One person is in custody after a bomb threat led to an evacuation of the Chelan County government campus Wednesday afternoon. The evacuation lasted well passed the 5 pm closing time for the government offices before a search team with a K-9 concluded there were no suspicious items or packages ...

Update 3:44pm: The Wenatchee Police Department said walkthroughs of the courthouse by law enforcement have not revealed anything suspicious. They are awaiting assistance in the form of bomb-sniffing dogs and other services. Washington Street and the courthouse remain closed ...

The Housing Authority of Chelan County, along with the City of Wenatchee and the Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing is using a $1 million grant to renovate apartments in Leavenworth that are classified as affordable mousing. The Bavarian Village Apartments at 330 Prospect St ...

Nominations are now being accepted for this year’s NCW Tech Alliance Innovator Awards. Program manager, Chanet Stevenson says the Tech Alliance is seeking nominees in five different categories. “We’re accepting nominations for Entrepreneur of the Year, Newcomer in Technology, STEM Champion of the Year, STEM College Student Innovator of the Year, and Future Technology Leader of the Year -  and that

An open house is set for next Wednesday on a planned roundabout at the intersection of Grant Road and Nile Avenue in East Wenatchee. Funding for the $2.2 million project would mostly be covered by federal money, with about $348,000 being provided on the local level ...

Grant County Commissioners are considering a $140 million project to increase capacity and reliability in the Quincy area. PUD staff made a public presentation this week of the Commissioners Tuesday presented commissioners with their preferred routes for three new transmission lines that will increase electrical capacity and improve reliability ...

A Wenatchee chiropractor is charged with possession of child pornography after being arrested last week. Police say they were alerted by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force - a law enforcement network that tracks reports of digital child pornography - that 62-year-old Wayne Mark Latimer had allegedly downloaded explicit photos of children through Facebook one day last October (10-17-21