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The East Wenatchee City Council will hear two future proposals on a potential fireworks ban. The council ordered staff to begin working on two potential ordinances. One would ban the sale and use of all fireworks year-round, while the second proposal would ban the sale and use of fireworks around the 4th of July, but not New Year's, and would not include aerial fireworks in the ban ...

The City of East Wenatchee is now on to the design phase of it's project to set up a four-way traffic signal at the intersection of 3rd Street Southeast and Rock Island Road. Garren Melton with the city stated that back in December they received a grant from the Transportation Improvement Board for roughly $807,000 to go to improving the intersection ...

East Wenatchee will use taxpayer dollars to clean up homeless camps throughout the city. The city council Tuesday approved the mayor to sign a new agreement with Douglas County to have its Solid Waste crews clean up the camps and dispose of the garbage ...

The City of East Wenatchee is receiving a grant from the Office of Public Defense for $36,000 after unanimous approval by the city council. Finance Director Josh DeLay said the city receives the grant every two years, with East Wenatchee getting $40,000 last cycle and $20,000 the biennium before that ...

The City of East Wenatchee is continuing the slow process of annexing some unincorporated parts of Douglas County. Mayor Jerrilea Crawford said the city council recently voted to adopt new zoning designations for the areas that could potentially be annexed ...

The City of East Wenatchee has its 2022 budget in place, with expenditures expected to outpace revenue by about $2.6 million. Council members unanimously voted in favor of the budget November 16th. The city's overall 2022 budget is just over $29 million ...

The City of East Wenatchee has new, more effective rules on inattentive driving after a unanimous vote of approval from the city council Tuesday night. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Sean Lewis said during the meeting that the previous city code referenced penalties that Douglas County uses but the city cannot by law ...

The police departments of Wenatchee and East Wenatchee as well as the Chelan and Douglas County Sheriff's Offices are back on the same page in terms of a multi-jurisdictional SWAT team. Mayor Jerrilea Crawford brought the proposal before the East Wenatchee City Council Tuesday night after the agreement had been delayed six weeks ...

The City of East Wenatchee is reminding business and nonprofit owners that applications are being accepted for American Rescue Plan, or ARP funds. Councilmember Robert Tidd stated that a committee of four to five people meet at least once a month to review the applications ...

An agreement between the cities of Wenatchee and East Wenatchee to fund homeless and low income housing came within a hair of failing Tuesday night. While the agreement was easily approved by the Wenatchee City Council in late September, East Wenatchee Mayor Jerrilea Crawford needed to cast a tie-breaking vote in Tuesday's city council meeting to finalize the arrangement ...