CARES act

Former local Jason Carnell O'Daffer sentenced to prison for fraudulently obtaining CARES Act funds.

Back in July of 2022, 29-year-old Dondre C. Jackson was indicted for receiving $42,000 in CARES Act funds for a nonexistent catering business.

Twenty-nine-year-old Dondre Jackson was arrested Thursday after being indicted Tuesday as part of the U.S. Attorney’s Eastern Washington COVID-19 Strike Force.

The Cashmere-Dryden Airport has $22,000 from the American Rescue Plan that can be used to help make improvements at the facility. Advisory Board member Bill McGlynn says it's part of other grant money that get each year. "We used it for work on the runways and we still have some work to do on our taxiway ...

The Wenatchee City Council voted unanimously Thursday evening to officially amend a contract with the Department of Commerce for $519,750 in additional CARES Act funds. Governor Jay Inslee announced the added allocation in late August, and Thursday's vote makes the move official ...

The City of Wenatchee is working on what to do with some money that was leftover from CARES Act funding they were given to help during the pandemic. Mayor Frank Kuntz says they have roughly $230,000 though it could be more because the state is going to issue some assistance as well ...

Chelan County Commissioners amended their recent proclamation that stopped short-term rentals from housing non-essential personnel. Bob Bugert says they wanted to provide further clarification and refinement in that the proclamation only applied to unincorporated Chelan County, not the cities which set their own rules ...