Chelan News

The city of Port Townsend and the Port Townsend Main Street Program's Civic District Revitalization Project have been recognized for having an "Outstanding Partnership" in the downtown streetscape renovation.

Lake Chelan Community Hospital nurses adopted two miles of highway between Chelan and Manson, held a food drive and distributed food at the Chelan food bank, served lunch and offered free blood pressure screenings at the senior center and visited Manson and Chelan schools to teach second graders about summer safety and nutrition.

The Historic Downtown Chelan Association and the City of Chelan were recognized for an "Outstanding Partnership" at the Excellence on Main Awards Ceremony, May 23 in Chelan.

Java & Clay Cafe , a locally owned pottery painting studio and coffee lounge in Gig Harbor, and owners Randy and Kelly Blue have been recognized as a "Business Success Story" at Washington Main Street's Excellence on Main Awards Ceremony in Chelan on Wednesday.

Golfers battled wind and rain again today , with some tough going along the way.

The historic towns of Prosser and Walla Walla continue to revitalize their downtowns, and leaders in each community will receive Washington Main Street Program awards today in Chelan.

It cost the Lake Chelan School District at least a 14 months and $119,000 to fire the elementary school teacher accused of sexual misconduct with former students, and students as young as 10-years-old. Former Morgen Owings Elementary School teacher K.C. Craven accepted one year's salary, about $55,000, to withdraw his termination appeal during a ... (more)

This weekend anglers are getting an extra opportunity to fish for chinook on a 163-mile stretch of the Columbia River.

According to the Washington State Patrol an 8 year old female was struck by a car 3 miles west of Chelan, Friday morning.A Betsy Ontiveros, 8, of Manson was struck by a 1993 Nissan Sentra driven by A Lorenzo Valdovinos-Eslavaetsy, 32, of Manson.

The dream of a new library and civic center in the heart of Chelan took a half-million step closer to reality May 17 when the state Department of Commerce awarded a $490,000 federal grant to the city of Chelan to renovate the recently acquired former Mansonic Lodge.

Join King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot and a host of others in a musical wonderland this Saturday, May 19, when the Missoula Children's Theatre and more than 50 local students present an original musical adaptation of King Arthur's Quest.

The teacher already has been on paid leave since March of 2011 when parents accused him of touching their son inappropriately.

It's been a little more than a year since her husband, John, died in a rollover accident, and Gale Wilkison plans to honor his memory the best way she knows how - an old-fashioned American road trip, with some community service thrown in.

Mary Signorelli, a Lake Chelan Community Hospital commissioner and Chelan small business owner, will run for the Chelan County Commission.

This man was my Uncle and he was close to many family members. He has raised step-children, has a daughter of his own, an ex-wife who stood by him for 20 years even after he left her and re-married right up to the end.

The ordinance proposed for consideration identifies Collective Gardens as a permitted use within all zones in the City, so long as they are authorized by State Law and Federal Law.

To all our NCW kids who wish to attend a free 2 hour camp put on by the Seattle Seahawks here at Lake Chelan's High School football stadium .

The Chelan Ranger District received approval for a 60 acre prescribed burn in the Forest Mountain project area for April 25.

CHELAN -- Bruce Perret's April 23 suicide rocked many individuals who either saw some part of it, knew Perret, or deal with the ongoing grief associated with suicide.

It certainly is not a surprise, but on Monday fish biologists from Washington and Oregon said the spring chinook run in the Columbia River would not reach the preseason forecast of 314,200 fish.