CHELAN — The City of Chelan will begin paying for jail space based on the number of nights its inmates actually spend behind bars rather than a flat monthly fee under a new agreement approved by …

CHELAN — The City of Chelan will make up to $50,000 available for affordable housing projects this year through a new grant process approved by the City Council Aug. 25. The council adopted …

CHELAN — The City of Chelan has received $14.1 million in grant funding after spending approximately $190,000 on grant consulting services since 2023, a return city officials calculated at 74-to-1. …

CHELAN — Chelan business owners and representatives are asking the city to substantially increase its investment in tourism marketing, pointing to declining sales, a weakening shoulder season and a …

MANSON — The Chelanathon is expanding its lineup and adding a new initiative aimed at directing some of the economic activity generated by the September race toward Lake Chelan Valley businesses. …

CHELAN — The Seven Acres Foundation has named longtime Chelan Valley resident and business leader Kyla Allen as executive director of the Lake Chelan Community Center. Allen succeeds Maribel …

EAST WENATCHEE — Pangborn Memorial Airport is preparing to seek a new operator for its terminal café after the current tenant decided not to renew its lease, with the Chelan Douglas Regional Port …

LEAVENWORTH — The Leavenworth Women’s Exchange will resume its monthly luncheon meetings Wednesday, Sept. 9, at noon at Kristall’s Restaurant, 280 U.S. Highway 2. Retired Chelan County …

CASHMERE — The Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village will host its annual Pioneer Village Festival Oct. 3, with a pie contest, live music, vendors, demonstrations and other activities planned …

LEAVENWORTH — Rotary Club’s Great Bavarian Duck Race will launch thousands of rubber ducks on the Wenatchee River on Sept. 12, with cash prizes for the first three ducks over the finish line. …

CASHMERE — The bankruptcy of Blue Spirits Distilling is expected to leave an entire building vacant at the Cashmere Mill District by the end of the year, prompting the Chelan Douglas Regional Port …

WATERVILLE — Prize-winning produce lined the tables, livestock filled the barns and carnival lights cut through the night as the North Central Washington Fair brought four days of agriculture, …

LEAVENWORTH —- Summer is over for students of Cascade School District, who returned to the classrooms on Aug. 27. The start of the 2026-2027 school year is the beginning of several new …

CASHMERE — A proposed new contract for jail services could significantly reduce Cashmere's costs in years with few or short jail stays, but a handful of inmates spending months behind bars could …

CASHMERE — The Cashmere City Council tabled a proposed 10-year contract with Waste Management on Aug. 24 after council members pressed company representatives to explain a 10% initial rate increase …

CASHMERE — The Cashmere City Council has extended the city's moratorium on new mini-storage facilities through Dec. 31 as officials continue work on development regulations addressing the use. …

EAST WENATCHEE — “Our school is brighter with you here.” The message outside Lee Elementary School offered a welcome as students across the Eastmont School District returned for the …

WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee-based film company is developing a feature-length documentary about Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon’s historic nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean, with plans to take …

WENATCHEE — Dr. Nikolas Caoile will remain at the helm of the Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra through the 2034-35 season under a contract extension that will make him the longest-tenured …

CASHMERE — The 9/11 Spirit of America Memorial Foundation will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with its annual Remembrance Ceremony Sept. 11 at Cashmere Riverside …