Leavenworth News

Commodity food distributions are scheduled for the coming week in Chelan and Douglas counties at: 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday, Leavenworth Senior Center 9:30 a.m. Monday, Rock Island Center Park 2:30 to 4 p.m. ...

WENATCHEE &#8212 The suspected proprietors of the one and only methamphetamine lab busted so far this year in Chelan County pleaded not guilty in Superior Court this week.

An orange promotional sign at the Leavenworth post office is shown in this photo prior to being removed on July 1. The city asked the post office to take it down but the post office said it is exempt from the ...

State bridge inspectors say the West Monitor Bridge is in imminent danger of falling down, but Chelan County commissioners &#8212 after hiring a private engineering firm to do its own inspection &#8212 decided ...

Steve Smith, left, and Tim Timpe, both of Leavenworth, Wash., and the Chelan County Fire Department, look over the amount of possible fuel for the wildfire at their post on the Badger Mountain Road in East ...

WENATCHEE &#8212 A legal snafu led to an abrupt guilty plea from a Leavenworth woman to six counts of animal cruelty Wednesday.

Steve Smith, left, has his picture taken by fellow firefighter Tim Timpe, both of Leavenworth and the Chelan County Fire Department, while they wait at their post for the fire to get to them on the hairpin ...

The speed limit through the work zone is 35 mph. A temporary traffic signal controls the intersection.

WENATCHEE &#8212 Black bears in Chelan and Okanogan counties appear to be staying in lower elevations and raiding more garbage cans and bird feeders than usual this spring and summer, state officials say.

OKANOGAN &#8212 Firefighters on Wednesday knocked down a wildfire that spread to 1,500 acres north of Okanogan on Tuesday night, but another lightning-caused blaze south of town has grown.

Not long after word reached Washington that one of the victims in Sunday's helicopter crash was a resident, people who knew Tom Clausing reached out to share their thoughts.

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.

CHELAN &#8212 Property owners who attended a Tuesday forum in Chelan about possible tax reforms heard some suggestions from their state legislators.

Nora Schott of Leavenworth watches a rehearsal of the Upper Valley Connection Icicle Players Theater Camp production of "The Wizard of Oz" on Tuesday at Cascade High School.

Amanda Gibbs of Leavenworth works on a mural at Aspen Suites Condominiums at Icicle Village Resort in Leavenworth on Monday afternoon as guests Betty and Ernie Wanzer of Allyn, Wash., stop to watch.

Chester is a snuggly 5-year-old basset hound, say officials at the Wenatchee Valley Humane Society.

ActiveGirl participants stay in comfy rooms and use the hot tub at the Mountain Springs Pines Lodge near Leavenworth.

T.R. Revere, right, owner of Uncle Uli's restaurant, 902 Front St. in Leavenworth, settles the dust with water Monday.

WENATCHEE &#8212 Link Transit recorded an increase of riders in May, making it the fifth straight month of bus ridership gains.

CASHMERE &#8212 A Leavenworth woman may have suffered chemical burns to her face, eyes and body when the car she was in flipped on its top following a highway collision this afternoon near Cashmere.