Chelan News

Wilmington, Del. - Produce for Better Health Foundation has named Chelan Fresh Marketing, of Chelan, Wash., Rainier Fruit Company, of Selah, Wash., and Welch's, of Concord, Mass.,the newest Fruits & Veggies-More Matters Role Models.

Have you ever played ring toss and won a bottle of wine? Or do you want a chance to win an entire week at a beautifully appointed condo at Lake Chelan Shores? Then you want to attend the Sno-Valley Senior Centera s annual benefit auction.

Work history: Retired; founded Wenatchee Office Supply in 1978 and ran it for about 20 years; active duty in Army for two years; Army Reserves for 28 years; worked for Crown Zellerbach for eight years; was finance commissioner for the city of Wenatchee for six years; commercial banker for two years; regional emergency response coordinator ...

Health-care officials say their caseloads of people with flu-like symptoms is up dramatically, and they suspect that is because of the H1N1 virus.

Twelve hundred doses of vaccinations for the H1N1 flu should be arriving in Wenatchee by early next week and will be distributed to health care providers caring for children.

That spectacular plume of smoke from a controlled burn near Beehive Reservoir may be the largest seen from Wenatchee this fall.

A Manson teenager was injured when his car collided with a tractor-trailer on U.S. Highway 97 about six miles south of Pateros on Sept.

Absolutely certain she had flunked the state bar exam, my sweetie moped around the house in Seattle, reliving question-by-question where she supposedly dropped the ball.

A Brewster man complained of back pain after a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 97.

The City of Leavenworth and Amtrak announced today that the eagerly awaited restoration of rail passenger service to the popular Bavarian village, a destination community in the Cascade Mountains, will begin on Friday, September 25, 2009.

Former Maple Valley Fire and Life Safety Chief Tim Lemon has reportedly been offered a job by Chelan County Fire District No.

A party boat on Lake Chelan has been ordered to stop doing business while the state investigates whether it has been operating without a charter license.

Board members for Lake Chelan Community Hospital reprimanded CEO Dave Bernier for sexual harassment and voted to fire him at the same meeting.

CHELAN a ' A four-vehicle pile up closed the Knapp Tunnel for more an hour about seven miles south of here Sept.

In Washington's newest AVA, Lake Chelan, wineries are building on the advantages of growing grapes next to the large lake and of the established tourist industry that affords visitors a chance to taste, dine and stay awhile.

LINK Transit begins a no-fare shuttle service from Chelan Falls today, Sept. 11, to help people impacted by closure of the Beebe bridge.

Douglas PUD proposes electricity rate hikes EAST WENATCHEE - Douglas County PUD will ask commissioners to raise power and fiber-optics rates by 6 percent next year and another 6 percent in 2011.

The Beebe bridge is scheduled to reopen to foot traffic Sept. 8, but could remain closed to vehicles for several more weeks after being damaged in a fatal truck crash.

A person firing rounds at the Wenatchee Gun Club up No. 2 Canyon Road Sunday morning accidently started a fire by using a tracer round instead of a regular bullet.

The body of a man recovered around 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Sept. 5, in the Columbia River is presumed to be the passenger in a tractor-trailer crash Aug.