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9 hrs ago | Wenatchee World

Tackling a big clog: Trout Unlimited uses grant money to create kids' fishing pond

Bob Stroup, a member of Trout Unlimited, ties a rope to a log in preparation for floating it and another log out of an old borrow pit that he and other club members hope to make into a fishing pond for kids and ...

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Science, Ecology, Entiat, WA

Mon Oct 13, 2008

Wenatchee World

2. Searchers looking for overdue hiker

Searchers this morning began looking for a 29-year-old Leavenworth man who had been expected to return no later than Sunday from a solo hike in the Lake Wenatchee area.

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Related Topix: Wenatchee, WA, Chelan County, WA, Glacier, WA

Sat Oct 11, 2008

Wenatchee World

Climbers make it down

Some climbers plan to spend a night nestled against Snow Creek Wall, an 800-foot-high granite rock face roughly six miles south of Leavenworth.

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Related Topix: Chelan County, WA, Tukwila, WA, Seattle Metro

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Wenatchee World

Leavenworth bank robbed

Law officers are looking for a lone gunman who robbed the Cashmere Valley Bank in Leavenworth of an undisclosed amount of money this afternoon.

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Related Topix: Chelan County, WA

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Wenatchee World

Leavenworth hiker found in good health

A 29-year-old Leavenworth man was found in good health Tuesday by searchers who set out to find him after the man's father reported him missing Monday night.

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Related Topix: Chelan County, WA, Wenatchee, WA

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Wenatchee World

3. Climbers stuck on rock face

Two climbers who spent Sunday night in harnesses on an 800-foot rock face told rescuers this morning they were uninjured, said Lt.

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Related Topix: Chelan County, WA, Seattle Metro

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Run Oregon Blog - Running and Racing ...

Upcoming races for weekend of October 4-5

It's a good thing this weather is holding on, because there are so many great races to choose from this weekend.

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Related Topix: Longview, WA, Portland Metro

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Wenatchee World

'Moderate' air quality warning issued

EAST WENATCHEE &#8212 The Chelan-Douglas Health District issued an air quality alert today for the Wenatchee area.

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Related Topix: Wenatchee, WA, Chelan, WA, East Wenatchee, WA, Okanogan, WA, Entiat, WA

Wed Oct 01, 2008

Wenatchee World

CDC: All children should now get flu shot

Washington state ordered some 80,000 additional doses of influenza vaccine this fall to prepare for a new federal recommendation that all children ages 6 months through 18 years get an annual flu shot.

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Related Topix: East Wenatchee, WA, Dryden, WA, Cashmere, WA, Entiat, WA, Mansfield, WA

Culinary Fool

Leavenworth: Munchen Haus

First, for those of you outside of Washington state, the name Leavenworth may make you think of a high security federal prison but that's not what comes to mind for Washington staters.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Prison

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Gift Shop - $75000

Leavenworth Nature Gift Shop Profitable -$75K incl inventory Buy now for peak season sales.

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Sat Sep 27, 2008

Wenatchee World

Fall arrives with frost in some parts of NCW

Most Wenatchee Valley gardeners skirted the season's first killing frost this morning.

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Related Topix: Okanogan County, WA, Omak, WA, Waterville, WA, Wenatchee, WA, Winthrop, WA

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Yakima Herald-Republic

Fewer huckleberries equal more bears

A shortage of huckleberries in the mountains could mean an abundance of bears roaming down low.

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Related Topix: Tumwater, WA, Wenatchee, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Winthrop, WA, Chelan, WA

Wed Sep 24, 2008

Wenatchee World

New rate estimates available for Chelan PUD customers

Chelan County PUD customers can get estimates about how proposed changes to electricity, water and sewer rates will affect them.

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Related Topix: Chelan County, WA, Chelan, WA

Mon Sep 22, 2008

Wenatchee World

ARCHIVE: Waterville ordered to revamp organic materials disposal

WATERVILLE &#8212 Waterville will not be thumbing its nose at the state Department of Ecology this fall.

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Related Topix: Cashmere, WA, Bridgeport, WA, Sunnyslope, WA, Entiat, WA, Mansfield, WA

Sat Sep 20, 2008

Wenatchee World

Salmon Fest's education and fun continue Sunday in Leavenworth

For three years now, Mary Avalos has brought her children to the Wenatchee River Salmon Festival.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Coulee Dam, WA, Grand Coulee, WA

Fri Sep 19, 2008

Wenatchee World

Oregon fire sending smoke north

The Jack Creek Fire near Leavenworth and a 2,300-acre fire on the Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon are contributing to smoky skies in the Wenatchee Valley today, said Jim Duck, dispatch coordinator for the ...

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Related Topix: Chelan, WA, Fire, Wenatchee, WA

Wed Sep 17, 2008

Wenatchee World

Jack Creek Fire flares up in hot and dry conditions

Hot, dry weather has caused the Jack Creek Fire, southwest of Leavenworth, to flare up.

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Related Topix: Weather, Spokane, WA

Mon Sep 15, 2008

Wenatchee World

Missing climbers located, not injured

Two men climbing Mount Stuart, who had not been heard from since Friday, made their way to a trailhead uninjured after being spotted by Chelan County Sheriff's Office rescuers.

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Related Topix: Chelan County, WA, Kittitas County, WA, Wenatchee, WA

Sat Sep 13, 2008

KOMOradio

High gasoline prices kill hawk migration research

A banding program to monitor migration of hawks and other raptors has fallen prey to high gasoline prices.

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Related Topix: Okanogan County, WA, Entiat, WA, Wenatchee, WA

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