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1 week ago | 
wenatcheeworld.com | Oscar Rodriguez |Oscar Rodríguez |Óscar Rodríguez
Chelsea Ewer told The Wenatchee World she won't look to retain the Wenatchee City Council seat she was appointed to last year. Ewer said she loved the time she spent as a councilmember but decided to focus on her family and children, along with her employment at the Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce where she works as director of operations. She also said she'd be back in a couple of years. kAmtH6C H2D 2AA@:?E65 E@ E96 s:DEC:4E a A@D:E:@? :?
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1 week ago | 
wenatcheeworld.com | Oscar Rodriguez |Oscar Rodríguez |Óscar Rodríguez
A few people along the Stemilt Grand Parade route had already begun saving their spot early Saturday morning, skipping breakfast to get a spot early. Others opted instead to enjoy a egg and pancake breakfast with the Wenatchee Downtown Kiwanis. The annual Downtown Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast is a time-honored Apple Blossom tradition for more than 35 years. The Wenatchee Downtown Kiwanis raises money through the event and parade-goers get a hearty breakfast before the parade.
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2 weeks ago | 
wenatcheeworld.com | Oscar Rodriguez |Oscar Rodríguez |Óscar Rodríguez
The state Department of Labor & Industries April honored April 24 Washington workers who died due to work-related injuries or illnesses including two Wenatchee Valley residents: Robert "Mike" Spurrell and Dean G. Warren. Spurrell and Warren, along with others who died on the job, were honored at last week's event. Two Tumwater Fire Department members rung a bell as each name was read. kAmv@G] q@3 u6C8FD@? 2EE6?565 E96 J62C=J 6G6?E E@ @776C 9:D 4@?5@=6?46D E@ E96 72>:=:6D 2?5 @E96CD :?
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2 weeks ago | 
thenewstribune.com | Oscar Rodriguez |Oscar Rodríguez |Óscar Rodríguez
A Wenatchee police officer was suspended four days without pay earlier this year for violating several department policies after he pulled over his wife and then interfered in the investigation of a potential DUI. Officer Scott Moen was the subject of an internal investigation by the Wenatchee Police Department following the December 19 incident. A report summarizing the departmental policies Moen violated was filed Jan. 27.
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2 weeks ago | 
wenatcheeworld.com | Oscar Rodriguez |Oscar Rodríguez |Óscar Rodríguez
A Wenatchee police officer was suspended four days without pay earlier this year for violating several department policies after he pulled over his wife and then interfered in the investigation of a potential DUI. Officer Scott Moen was the subject of an internal investigation by the Wenatchee Police Department following the December 19 incident. A report summarizing the departmental policies Moen violated was filed Jan. 27.
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3 weeks ago | 
wenatcheeworld.com | Oscar Rodriguez |Oscar Rodríguez |Óscar Rodríguez
Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law April 22 prohibiting the use of certain exotic animals in traveling entertainment acts, more than a year after Wenatchee and East Wenatchee passed similar laws. Elephants, bears, nonhuman primates and all felines, except domesticated cats, are prohibited from use in traveling animal acts, like traveling circuses, according to Senate Bill 5065. kAm':@=2E:@?
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3 weeks ago | 
wenatcheeworld.com | Oscar Rodriguez |Oscar Rodríguez |Óscar Rodríguez
The question of a two-tenths addition to the city of Wenatchee's sales tax will appear on this year's August ballot. The funding is meant to address the city's ailing road quality. The Wenatchee City Council voted Thursday to place a ballot measure on the Aug. 5 primary election on whether to authorize a sales tax increase of two-tenths of a percent, or 0.2%, which would last through Jan. 1, 2026 if approved. kAmQ%9:D :D C62==J 8@@5 E92E H6VC6 8@:?8 E@ E2<6 E9:D 2?5 AFE :E @?
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3 weeks ago | 
wenatcheeworld.com | Oscar Rodriguez |Oscar Rodríguez |Óscar Rodríguez
Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a bill into law Tuesday prohibiting the use of certain exotic animals in traveling entertainment acts, more than a year after Wenatchee and East Wenatchee passed similar laws. Elephants, bears, nonhuman primates and all felines, except domesticated cats, are prohibited from use in traveling animal acts, like traveling circuses, according to Senate Bill 5065. Violation of the new law is punishable as a gross misdemeanor.
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3 weeks ago | 
wenatcheeworld.com | Oscar Rodriguez |Oscar Rodríguez |Óscar Rodríguez
Three residents and one local organization are being recognized by the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival as Apple Citizen of the Year, Wenatchee Applarians chancellor, Grand Marshal, and Leman Johnson Award winner. kAm%96 a_ad {6>2? y@9?D@? #64:A:6?E — 2? 2H2C5 C64@8?:K:?8 6I46==6?46 2?5 E96 G@=F?E66C DA:C:E 7@C E96 pAA=6 q=@DD@> u6DE:G2= — H6?E E@ z2C6? (256 H9@ 3682? H@C< H:E9 E96 76DE:G2= :? `hga 2D 2D (2D9:?8E@? $E2E6 pAA=6 q=@DD@> u6DE:G2= p5>:?:DEC2E@C]k^AmkAm$96 D6CG65 :?
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4 weeks ago | 
wenatcheeworld.com | Oscar Rodriguez |Oscar Rodríguez |Óscar Rodríguez
"Yee haw, what a celebration," said Wenatchee Mayor Mike Poirier in front of shovels in the dirt and two large excavators ready to begin construction on the Confluence Parkway project out near North Miller Street. A crowd of city staff, county commissioners, legislators and a U.S. Senator joined with Poirier for Thursday's groundbreaking event for the first phase of the Confluence Parkway project.
