Rock Island News

A tip led to the confiscation of about $468,000 worth of marijuana from a grow between Rock Island and Rock Island Dam on July 1. Starting at 7 a.m., the Douglas County Sheriff's Office Special Response Team executed a series of search warrants that resulted in two arrests and seizure of 231 marijuana plants.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN STORY: Forty-seven guns recovered in drug bust Forty-seven guns recovered in drug bust EAST WENATCHEE - A total of 47 guns were confiscated during a drug operation Wednesday near Rock Island and in East Wenatchee, Douglas County Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal said.

Wenatchee Valley College earned a $2 million grant for a new program that helps migrant workers and their children be successful in college.

WENATCHEE Douglas County deputy Evan O'Malley carries guns away from a house Wednesday southeast of Rock Island.

An expansion of the Rock Island Golf Course is back on track after the owner secured permits and a land survey found no historical cultural sites.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Excavation resumes at the extension of the Rock Island Golf Course northeast of town.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Rafe Carroll of Wenatchee plays a fish during the 17th annual East Wenatchee Rotary Club Pikeminnow Derby last weekend.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Geese and their goslings roam the edge of a pond near Rock Island Golf Course in May.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN STORY: More rehab work approved for Rock Island Dam 13 PUD employees agree to resign for extra pay 13 PUD employees agree to resign for extra pay By Christine Pratt World staff writer Of the 13, eight of the resignations have already been approved, including three managers who each earn more than $100,000 per year.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Ronald Hendricks sits in his car after Monday night's graduation ceremony, proudly displaying the purple and gold tassel he received along with his high school diploma.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Chelan-Douglas Land Trust members Polly Feehan, East Wenatchee, and Mary Cook, Wenatchee, watch as Neal Hedges handles a Western Fence lizard he caught near the Horse Lake Ranch during a reptile inventory of the area.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Skeleton found by river Skeleton found by river TRINIDAD - Two East Wenatchee hikers on Thursday stumbled upon what may be a human skeleton thousands of years old.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Four injured when two cars collide Four injured when two cars collide By Dee Riggs World staff writer All were transported to Central Washington Hospital for neck and back pain, according to a State Patrol report.

A brush fire grew to about 200 acres overnight and prompted a middle-of-the-night evacuation advisory for half a dozen homes along Highway 97A about 10 miles north of Wenatchee.

WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Woman returns home to find bed cut in half Woman returns home to find bed cut in half By K.C. Mehaffey World staff writer ROCK ISLAND - A Rock Island woman told authorities she returned home early Thursday morning to find her log bed cut in half and her boyfriend holding a chain saw.

If you're thinking of heading up to Canada for a change of scenery this summer and you don't have a passport or enhanced driver's license, think again.

Tonasket WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Pilot Greg Crumpacker of Leavenworth talks about his harrowing airplane landing this morning off Columbia Siding Road near the Palisades Road off Highway 28.

LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Sharon Ware sits in her living room with her dog, Bailey, away from the remodeling going on around the rest of her house.

Sharon Ware recently purchased a house so she could live her life with more peace and security.

Cashmere WENATCHEE LEAVENWORTH CHELAN Rock Island man at Harborview after crash Rock Island man at Harborview after crash EAST WENATCHEE - A Rock Island man is in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle this morning after crashing into the pickup in front of him.