Conconully News

Posted: Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 4:08 p.m. PDT CONCONULLY - If bulls seem to be a bit skittish these days, it's probably because the Cowboy Caviar Fete is set to roll June 27.

We get old. Our knees get creaky. Hiking is no longer easy. Was it ever, or was that a youthful illusion? Never mind.

If you felt a bit uneasy May 25 it may have been due to a micro earthquake near here.

A Wenatchee man told a federal biologist last weekend that he nearly hit one of two wolves crossing Highway 153 near Carlton on Saturday.

Man killed while working on vehicle A Conconully man died Sunday morning after a vehicle that he was working on came off its jack and crushed him, his grandmother said Thursday.

A Wenatchee man told a federal biologist last weekend that he nearly hit one of two wolves crossing Highway 153 near Carlton on Saturday.

A Conconully man died Sunday morning after a vehicle that he was working on came off its jack and crushed him, his grandmother said Thursday.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN A young fisherman tries his luck on Lake Chelan last August.

LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Summer is a great time to visit Fish Lake in Chelan County. Trout are plentiful and the temperatures are cooler than in the Wenatchee Valley.

Posted: Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 11:33 a.m. PDT Easter egg hunts set for Okanogan, Ferry counties By Dee Camp Chronicle staff OKANOGAN - Kids all over Okanogan and Ferry counties will stay busy this weekend tracking down Easter eggs.

April 6, 2009 WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN No bidders for many state timber sales No bidders for many state timber sales By K.C. Mehaffey World staff writer CONCONULLY - There were no bids March 24 on the Southwest Salmon timber sale, a state Department of Natural Resources offer of 3.183 million board feet of timber southwest of Conconully.

The Chelan County PUD will not get a new trial in the Gordon Graham whistleblower case.

A scratch-off-the-amount fund-raiser to buy playground equipment for East Omak Elementary School will end Friday, March 27.

Hodge, a Canada lynx, brought his wildlife biologists a gift this winter: a year's worth of data telling them exactly where he's been since last winter.

By Dee Camp Chronicle staff OKANOGAN - Firefighters are girding for a potentially bad fire season after getting the first batch of water predictions for 2009.

The record storms that pounded the state earlier this winter haven't meant there will be more precious water in dry summer months.

By Al Camp Chronicle staff Lots of gas and poopers passed through Conconully during the 26th annual Outhouse Races on Jan.

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking for a man who may have information relating to an incident involving a trophy-class mule deer killed and left to waste Nov.

By Matt Crownover Chronicle staff Conconully Outhouse Races, in their 26th year, will be Jan.

Timothy Sommer, 23, Brianna Helsel, 20, both of Anacortes. Joshua Petker, 26, of Conconully, Wash., Courtney Mirante, 22, of Burlington.