Wenatchee
Man accused of killing beauty-school classmate on trial
WENATCHEE -- Mackenzie Cowell told her beauty school classmates she would be gone for 15 minutes just before she walked to her car and drove off. Four days later, police found her body miles away on the edge of the Columbia River.
Date: 05/19/2012 | Northwest
Wenatchee may cut police, firefighters
WENATCHEE -- Wenatchee Mayor Frank Kuntz is proposing cuts in police and fire services to balance the city budget.
Date: 05/18/2012 | Northwest
Chelan, Douglas voters approve arena bailout plan
WENATCHEE -- Voters in Chelan and Douglas counties have overwhelmingly approved a sales tax increase to bail out Wenatchee's Town Toyota Center arena.KPQ radio reported the combined yes vote was 63 percent as of Tuesday's ballot count.
Date: 04/18/2012 | Northwest
Pre-trial hearing in Wenatchee murder case
WENATCHEE -- A pretrial hearing beginning Thursday in Wenatchee will determine some of the evidence that may be entered in the murder trial of Christopher Scott Wilson.
Date: 04/12/2012 | Northwest
Wenatchee burglary suspect injured in roof jump
WENATCHEE -- A burglary suspect who jumped from the roof of a Wenatchee home while fleeing police is in the intensive care unit at Central Washington Hospital Monday with injuries suffered in the fall of 20 feet or more.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Northwest
E. Wenatchee school project photographs inner fears
EAST WENATCHEE -- Picture this: Your innermost fear or insecurity is written boldly on your body -- forehead, chest, stomach, leg -- for all the world to see."Afraid.""Excluded.""Misunderstood.""Betrayed."
Date: 03/18/2012 | Northwest
Man convicted of murder in Chelan County
WENATCHEE -- A Chelan County jury has convicted a 40-year-old man of first-degree murder for stabbing the mother of his children to death.
Date: 03/10/2012 | Northwest
15-year term for Wenatchee Samaritan manslaughter
WENATCHEE -- The man who fatally struck a bystander offering to help with a disabled van in Wenatchee was sentenced Tuesday to more than 15 years in prison.
Date: 03/07/2012 | Northwest
Trial to start in Wenatchee good Samaritan killing
WENATCHEE -- A manslaughter trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Wenatchee for a man accused of killing a passer-by who offered to help him with a disabled van.
Date: 02/17/2012 | Northwest
Attempted theft at Malaga fatal fire scene
WENATCHEE -- A Malaga man is accused of attempting to steal a snow plow from the home of neighbors who died Sunday in a fire.
Date: 01/26/2012 | Northwest
Mental health treatment sought after bomb threat
WENATCHEE -- A Chelan County Superior Court judge has ordered 15 days of mental health evaluation for a man accused of threatening to bomb the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center pharmacy.
Date: 01/20/2012 | Northwest
New group formed to focus on park proposal
SEATTLE -- A new nonprofit group called American Alps has formed to take over the push by North Cascades Conservation Council to add 237,000 acres to the North Cascades National Park.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Northwest
State Supreme Court hears arguments on Wenatchee arena debt
OLYMPIA -- The Washington Supreme Court considered arguments Tuesday over the debt troubles surrounding Wenatchee's events arena, and justices explored what types of money should count toward local government debt limits.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Northwest
Wenatchee arson that killed boys remains unsolved
WENATCHEE -- Police are blaming "gang mentality" for slow progress in their investigation of an arson that killed two boys, ages 4 and 6, last August in Wenatchee.They were trapped in the burning duplex. Their parents escaped but their father was badly burned.
Date: 01/05/2012 | Northwest
Wenatchee student who drowned had been teased
WENATCHEE -- A police report says a Washington state student who drowned in the Wenatchee High School pool had been kidded when he said he did not know how to swim.
Date: 12/14/2011 | Northwest
Cold man breaks window in Wenatchee to go to jail
WENATCHEE -- A man with no place to spend the night waved down a police officer in Wenatchee and confessed he had shattered a parked car's window with a rock.
Date: 12/13/2011 | Northwest
Boy, 3, shoots leg with .357-caliber handgun
WENATCHEE -- A Chelan County sheriff's officer says a 3-year-old Wenatchee, Wash., boy shot himself in the leg with a .357-caliber handgun he found in the master bedroom of his home.
Date: 12/10/2011 | Northwest
Olympia eyes new plan as Wenatchee agency defaults
OLYMPIA -- A Wenatchee-area agency is defaulting on its debt but still may get support from the state Legislature.
Date: 12/01/2011 | Northwest
Wenatchee teen dies in high school pool
WENATCHEE -- A 14-year-old Wenatchee teen was found dead at a local high school's swimming pool.The Wenatchee World reports that Antonio Reyes was found just before 11 a.m. Thursday at the bottom of the pool. He was taken to a local hospital but he could not be revived.
Date: 11/18/2011 | Northwest
Reward in fatal Wenatchee arson raised to $10,000
WENATCHEE -- The reward for information about a fire that killed two young children at Wenatchee has doubled to $10,000.Police say they hope the money will encourage someone to tell what they know about the Aug. 4 gang-related arson.
Date: 11/03/2011 | Northwest
Officials seek $42M state loan on Wenatchee center
WENATCHEE -- Despite a $2 billion state budget deficit, the state treasurer will ask lawmakers in next month's special session to loan $42 million to Wenatchee to avoid default on the city's arena.
Date: 10/29/2011 | Northwest
Jury deadlocked in Wenatchee murder trial
WENATCHEE -- A Chelan County jury has deadlocked in the trial of a man charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of his best friend.
Date: 10/28/2011 | Northwest
Wenatchee Valley Scouting executive is fired
WENATCHEE -- Stephen A. Pasion has been fired as district executive of the Wenatchee Valley Boy Scouts organization after just a month on the job.
Date: 09/23/2011 | Northwest
Head to Eastern Washington for harvest fun
Take a road trip to Eastern Washington for some harvest festivities in the Tri-Cities and Wenatchee areas. Food, beverages, crafts and entertainment will be offered at several venues from late summer into fall.Tri-Cities
Date: 09/13/2011 | Life
Chelan PUD hopes to save money with fewer meetings
WENATCHEE -- Chelan County PUD commissioners think they might be able to save a little money by meeting twice a month instead of weekly.The Wenatchee World reports commissioners will try the new schedule until December.
Date: 09/09/2011 | Northwest
'Yard art' isn't junk, man tells Wenatchee
WENATCHEE -- The various vehicles and machinery strewn about Gene Duell's yard are not junk, but rather operational or decorative items, and he wants to leave the assortment of lawn mowers, tires and bricks on his Wenatchee lawn, despite city concerns over a clean yards rule.
Date: 09/02/2011 | Northwest
Wenatchee fire that killed 2 boys deemed suspicious
WENATCHEE -- Investigators say a fire that killed two young boys in Wenatchee is suspicious.
Date: 08/05/2011 | Northwest
Teacher runs his pickup on culled-apple ethanol
WENATCHEE -- Instead of fueling his truck at the gas station, Tim Bombaci is getting his fuel from his neighbors. His neighbors who own orchards, that is.
Date: 07/16/2011 | Business
Wenatchee wonderland
Plants, wildlife, knock-out views ... Ohme Gardens has it all
Date: 06/18/2011 | Life
Plenty of other things to do in Wenatchee
If you want to spend a little more time in Wenatchee, there's much more to do than going to Ohme Gardens.OutdoorsThere are hiking and biking trails, many starting right in town and leading you along the Columbia River or into the Cascade foothills.
Date: 06/18/2011 | Life
Chelan water storage project would cost up to $4 billion
WENATCHEE -- A study commissioned by the Chelan County PUD looked at nine canyons that could be pumped full of water at night when electricity is cheap and drawn down to generate electricity when demand is higher.
Date: 06/16/2011 | Northwest
Good Samaritan assaulted in Wenatchee dies
WENATCHEE -- A man who was knocked unconscious while trying to help the driver of a disabled van in Wenatchee has died of his injury.The Wenatchee World reports 53-year-old Jose Guadalupe Garcia of East Wenatchee died Friday at a hospital.
Date: 06/06/2011 | Northwest
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