city of wenatchee

The City of Wenatchee has hired a new Director of Public Works. On Thursday, the Wenatchee City Council unanimously approved Tom Wachholder to take over the position. City Administrator, Laura Gloria, says Wachholder is well known to Wenatchee and brings a wealth of assets to the job...

A temporary detour is now in place at a busy Wenatchee street after a traffic signal was knocked down over the weekend. The signal, located at the intersection of North Mission Street and 9th Street Northeast, was heavily damaged after being struck by a truck on Sunday...

The City of Wenatchee has a new Information-Technology Director. Elizabeth Rossiter was recently approved by Mayor Mike Poirier to head up the City's IT department. City Administrator, Laura Gloria, says Rossiter was chosen from a pool of 40 applicants for the position...

City staff estimates they retrieve five to six abandoned shopping carts each week and estimate they track down 270 per year.

Federal funding for the improvements east of Wenatchee Avenue was awarded in 2018, but the project stalled after BNSF objected to maintenance responsibilities.

The City of Wenatchee wants to acquaint residents with their incoming police chief. There are three finalists for the position - two internal candidates and one hopeful, Doug Shoemaker, who has no prior affiliation with the city or its law enforcement apparatus...

Now that spring is in full swing, the City of Wenatchee is reminding its residents about a recently-passed ordinance that prohibits RVs from parking on its streets. The new rule went into effect last year and is designed to cut down on a number of issues the City has been encountering with RVs in recent years...

The City of Wenatchee is hiring a three-person crew to address a variety of ad hoc maintenance tasks on a seasonal basis. The trio will work under the City's Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Department from April to September every year. ...

The $2 million renovation of the Wenatchee City pool is complete and a Re-opening ceremony is planned to celebrate the project.

The City of Wenatchee will no longer be offering electric scooter service to its residents and visitors. The Santa Monica, California-based e-Scooter company, Bird, served the Valley for the past two years but the City has decided not to renew its contract for service in 2024...