Cashmere News

WENATCHEE If it sounds too good to be true ... If it sounds too good to be true ... By Michele Mihalovich World staff writer CASHMERE - A Cashmere man joined a long list of other folks around the United States who say they've been taken for $385 by American Grant Aid Services.

June 25, 2009 AppleSox bounce back with emphatic victory WENATCHEE - The Wenatchee AppleSox scored seven runs in the fifth inning on Wednesday night en route to a 12-0 drubbing of the Portland Lobos in a non-league matchup in front of 1,264 at Paul Thomas... June 25, 2009 Check it out: Overtures NCW Strong foundation If it weren't for Florence ...

Sun Basin Theatres, the owner of the Liberty and Columbia cinemas and Vue-Dale Drive-In, will buy the old Kmart building in Olds Station and expect to open a new cinema complex there.

Wenatchee WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Cashmere cans glass 'recycling' Cashmere cans glass 'recycling' By Rick Steigmeyer World staff writer CASHMERE - Avid recyclers might want to start buying their beer in cans.

Tiny 'twister' scatters roof on Pershing Street WENATCHEE - If you're elated over the return of warm, dry weather, then you probably weren't near the corner of McKittrick and Pershing streets about 3 p.m. today June 25, 2009 AppleSox bounce back with emphatic victory WENATCHEE - The Wenatchee AppleSox scored seven runs in the fifth inning on ...

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Twelve-year-old Elese Turner of East Wenatchee doesn't like the feel or smell of gloves she uses while learning to change diapers.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Rholand Bebee, 4, of Spokane, gets a mandolin lesson Friday from Kaiti Dewhirst, 13, of Gig Harbor, during the first day of the Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival in Cashmere.

Wenatchee WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Cashmere teacher to lead school after finalist declines Cashmere teacher to lead school after finalist declines By Rachel Schleif World staff writer CASHMERE - Vale Elementary teacher Rhett Morgan said he didn't want to leave his classroom, but when the district couldn't find a school principal who fit, he ...

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Crews control several lightning fires Crews control several lightning fires By Michelle McNiel and K.C. Mehaffey World staff writers EAST WENATCHEE - Firefighters today are mopping up the largest of more than a dozen wildfires sparked by lightning storms in recent days.

Cloudbursts packing rain, hail and at least two funnel clouds Friday evening hit parts of North Central Washington, washed out the AppleSox season opener and caused a mud slide near Stemilt Creek.

A van carrying 12 teenagers and an adult driver crashed on Blewett Pass in the Cascade Range in Washington state, injuring several people.

As often as weather and wind conditions permit over the next several years, state and federal land managers intend to start well-controlled fires in the forests west of Yakima.

Firefighters were busy chasing down reports of lightning strikes and possible fires Friday afternoon and evening.

Mayor Dennis Johnson has frozen hiring and travel as the city faces what he says could be a $1 million shortfall in sales tax revenue.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Two arrested after robbery in Walmart parking lot Two arrested after robbery in Walmart parking lot By K.C. Mehaffey World staff writer The Pasco men told police that at about 8:20 p.m., they were approached by a man with a very large gun, who pointed it at the driver's head and told the man in the front passenger seat ...

There was a limit of two fish per child. WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN 'I have fished but I don't touch them,' says Laine Machado, mother of Kaden, 5, and wife of Jesse, at left.

Gaelic football once had a bigger presence in Connecticut, when most of the Irish-American population here was either directly from Ireland or still had someone in the family who... Book celebrates the man who said yes to Woodstock LOS ANGELES - When your last name is Yasgur, you get used to people asking: "Yasgur? As in that Yasgur?" Dear Abby: ...

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN The Worm: Master Gardeners offer tips at Farmers Market The Worm: Master Gardeners offer tips at Farmers Market How do they grow that? Shoppers at the Farmers Market in Wenatchee are often in awe of the fruits and vegetables on sale.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN 'We have readers that read the lessons in church and when they read the lessons of Pentecost ... it's like a nightmare to try to pronounce those difficult words,' says the Rev.

'Make Your Day' makes teachers' day, but not some parents' WENATCHEE - "Make Your Day" doesn't work for everyone, which parents made blatantly clear at a three-hour workshop Thursday.