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Chelan, Douglas PUDs dispute Browns Canyon Fire was caused by power line
WENATCHEE — Both the Chelan County PUD and Douglas County PUD are disputing that the Browns Canyon Fire was started by a downed power line.
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Food distributions scheduled in Chelan, Douglas counties
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. ...
10. Former patient sues Chelan hospital, saying nurse fondled her, made advances
WENATCHEE — Lake Chelan Community Hospital is being sued by a woman who says a nurse there fondled her.
Investigators determine vehicle caused Badger Mountain fire
EAST WENATCHEE — The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is looking for any information on vehicles that may have been driving in the area where the Badger Mountain Fire started last week.
Alcoa, PUD tie knot through 2028
Alcoa and Chelan County PUD sign a power agreement Monday that will supply the Wenatchee Works smelter with low-cost PUD power from 2011 to 2028.
State wins breath-test round 2
WENATCHEE — A Chelan County judge has denied a motion to throw out breath-test evidence in dozens of drunken driving cases.
1. State team takes over Douglas County fires
A helicopter drops water Thursday near a hand crew at the north end of the Badger Mountain Fire.
Animal cruelty charges for suspected cockfighter
WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee man suspected of throwing dead roosters into his neighbor's yard is facing felony animal cruelty charges for cockfighting.
Eight homes evacuated near Tonasket
Douglas County Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal took a series of aerial photographs Wednesday during a flight using the Chelan County Sheriff's Department helicopter.
Badger Mountain fire: 'Zero percent containment level'
A view of the Badger Mountain fire this afternoon taken during an aerial surveillance trip over the blaze by fire officials to determine whether any structures could be threatened by the fire.
Millions of dollars in funding at stake over county's handling of West Monitor Bridge
State bridge inspectors say the West Monitor Bridge is in imminent danger of falling down, but Chelan County commissioners — after hiring a private engineering firm to do its own inspection — decided ...
Badger Mountain fire not contained
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 ...
Chelan County's all-time drunkest driver?
A Wenatchee man charged with driving under the influence registered a blood-alcohol level of .46 percent, nearly six times the legal limit of .08 percent, after being stopped for driving erratically on Highway ...
California fires blamed for haze over Wenatchee
WENATCHEE — Smoke from fires in northern California is keeping Wenatchee skies hazy and prompting an air quality advisory.
Celebrate independence, but keep safety in mind, say officials
WENATCHEE — Just in time for Independence Day, vendors are selling fireworks around the area out of tents, trailers or booths this week.
Handcuffed woman jumps from bridge near Wenatchee
A handcuffed woman who had been arrested on drug charges and then pressed into working as an informant jumped from a bridge into the Wenatchee River and hasn't been seen since.
Washington residents respond to Clausing's death
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.
Truck crash causes power outage
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.
Chelan PUD to swap Miner's Ridge land for forest access
WENATCHEE — Chelan County PUD commissioners Monday agreed to give the U.S. Forest Service nearly 372 acres of Cascade Mountain wilderness in exchange for permanent access to a key mountain snow-measurement ...
Chelan PUD to city: Give our parks some space
WENATCHEE — Chelan County PUD commissioners plan to send the city of Wenatchee a polite letter with a firm bottom line: Back away from our parks.