East Wenatchee News

WENATCHEE &#8212 When the first fireworks exploded, people began to gasp and clap.

EAST WENATCHEE &#8212 The three commissioners on the Douglas County PUD board unanimously agreed Monday to increase their monthly salary from $1,300 to $1,800, but they'll have to be first re-elected to receive ...

A 31-year-old East Wenatchee man who was arrested at his home June 16 has been charged with rape.

COLES CORNER &#8212 Three people were injured in a two-car collision Monday night on Highway 2, two miles west of Merritt and about 22 miles west of Leavenworth.

Firefighters wait for the Chelan County PUD to turn off power to lines near a truck fire Monday morning off Squilchuck Road near Pitcher Canyon Road.

Ron Evensen of Ballard Ambulance carries Luis Fernandez, 5, away from his home at 563 Eastmont Ave.

Here is a list of what's open and what's closed Friday for the Fourth of July holiday.

Camp Invention:The Camp Invention program, open to children entering first through sixth grades, fosters creativity, teamwork, inventive-thinking skills and science literacy.

Supply and demand: In March, a man knocked on an East Wenatchee door and asked for an old car battery.

A 43-year-old former East Wenatchee resident has been charged for the third time with first-degree attempted murder in the stabbing and throat-slashing of a 6-year-old boy.

The state Department of Ecology has begun work to cover up toxic hot spots that could be dangerous to children at four central Washington schools.

Gabe Martinez, 20, son of Cheryl Martinez, gathers a bundle of tumbleweeds from his yard in East Wenatchee on Friday afternoon and takes them down the street to a vacant lot.

EAST WENATCHEE &#8212 The Douglas County Assessor mailed new tax assessments for property in most of East Wenatchee and Rock Island, and some residents are not happy.

Elaine Focht, 63, continues to work even after the end of her last day of teaching Tuesday.

Eastmont School District, located in East Wenatchee, Washington, had one of the oldest school bus fleets in the State.

Tiny's Organic employee Erik Olson, left, and Erin McPherson pull a covering off radish plants last Tuesday, getting them ready for harvest the next day.

Eastmont High School graduates celebrate at the end of the commencement Friday night.

Tiny's Organic &#8212 a growing operation Founded: 1990s in wholesale of stone fruit and evolved into farmers markets and CSA sales.

Blacky the cat sits about 50 feet high in the tree he's been stuck in for five days.

Toni Peterson, left, and Susan Rankin, both employees of the Housing Authority, get ready to tie balloons on a railing at the new Bello Rio housing complex for low-income farmworkers.