Kyle Lamb
PowerHouse Ministries Receives $40,000 Grant to Maintain Day Shelter
PowerHouse Ministries will receive a grant for $40,000 over two years to help keep the lights on at its homeless day shelter in East Wenatchee.
The grant was approved by the Wenatchee City Council, who is in charge of distributing homeless tax funds generated in Wenatchee and East Wenatchee
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State Fire Marshall Asks for Precaution with Campfires
State offices are urging the public to be smart this spring and summer when it comes to building campfires.
According to the Washington State Fire Marshall's Office, more than 1,800 wildfires were reported in Washington last year, burning over 674,000 acres
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Three Jailed After Allegedly Shooting at Farm Workers, Getting into Police Pursuit
A group of farm workers are uninjured and three people are in jail after a shooting turned to a pursuit in southern Grant County Thursday morning.
Kyle Foreman with the Grant County Sheriff's Office said the three individuals drove up to a farm work bus next to an agricultural field near Royal City and stole backpacks from the bus
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Barricaded Okanogan Suspect Finally Arrested Thursday
The Okanogan County Sheriff's Office finally has a weapons violation suspect in custody after failing to bring him in during a standoff last week.
Forty-eight-year-old Jason Kortelever is accused of threatening a neighbor with a gun before barricading himself in his home May 24th
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Riverside Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Child Rape
A Riverside man that had been tried last year for raping a child, only for that trial to end in a hung jury, was convicted Thursday to 18 years in prison in the retrial.
Chelan County Superior Court Judge Travis Brandt sentenced 43-year-old Thunder R
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Dates, Times and Locations for High School Graduations Around North Central Washington
Starting Friday, graduations will celebrated across North Central Washington.
The Class of 2022 in most cases will be the first class in the last few years to have a 'normal' graduation after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Below are a dozen local graduations:
Eastmont High School - June 3rd from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Town Toyota Center (followed by diploma pickup)
Wenatchee High School - June 3rd from
Grant County Man Arrested Outside Jail After Being Released
A Grant County man was returned back to jail on new charges this week after being allegedly released and immediately committing another crime just outside.
Kyle Foreman with the Grant County Sheriff's Office said Eduardo Solares Rivera was able to unlock another inmate's car using a key fob he gained access to
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City of Wenatchee Determines Fee for Body Cam Requests
The City of Wenatchee can now start to charge fees for public records requests of police body cam footage after the ordinance got unanimous approval from the city council.
The council voted May 26th to add the fee into the city's code.
Records Supervisor Tammy Patterson said that in order to pass the ordinance a study had to be done to figure out how long it takes the city's records specialists to
Employment Data for Chelan and Douglas Counties Mostly Positive
Employment data for Chelan and Douglas counties shows that the local economy has moved beyond its pre-COVID pandemic benchmarks.
According to April data from the Washington Employment Security Department, the two-county region (known as the Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical area, or MSA) saw its year-over-year unemployment rate drop by over a full percentage point to 4
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Grant County Sheriff’s Office Asks for Patience with Farm Equipment on Road
The Grant County Sheriff's Office is asking for patience from drivers when encountering farm equipment rolling down the road.
Public Information Officer Kyle Foreman said living with the agricultural industry is part of living in the Columbia Basin, so please be mindful of farm workers
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