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Bridgeport: Quiet town in the shadow of a dam
BRIDGEPORT — Shady Bridgeport Park is an inviting retreat from the August sun as I ride into the quiet agricultural town below Chief Joseph Dam. I park the motorcycle and ... FULL STORY
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Dave gigger
Some people tack up posters for their lost dog, others to advertise a yard sale, but a series of signs by Mike Cooney are on a campaign for rock stars. ... FULL STORY
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Grant will help district seek sage grouse solutions
WATERVILLE — Do sage grouse always fly into barbed-wire fences, or is is just the ones on hillsides? Is there some way to prevent a fence post from being used ... FULL STORY
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Foothills parking lot construction continues
While a trail user walks by Wednesday, Selland Construction Inc. workers continue building a parking lot off Day Drive in the Wenatchee foothills. The lot will provide four parking places ... FULL STORY
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Flame on
Todd Davis of the city of Wenatchee’s street department watches Wednesday as co-worker Troy Owens heats asphalt to finish a new wheelchair access ramp to the crosswalk at Kittitas Street ... FULL STORY
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Catching breakfast
An osprey carries away a fish from along the Columbia River over East Wenatchee on Wednesday morning. FULL STORY
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The high life
LEAVENWORTH — Commercial construction of a treehouse is much like any other construction project. Except that it’s “up a tree.” Those three words had to be added to every aspect ... FULL STORY
HEADLINES
New school tests, similar puzzles
WENATCHEE — The test changed, but the results look the same: Some gains here, some ...
Tonasket woman fined for use of burn barrel
TONASKET — The state Department of Ecology has fined a Tonasket woman $6,500 for the ...
Woman dies after motorcycle hits guardrail
OKANOGAN — A 62-year-old Canadian woman was killed Wednesday in a motorcycle accident on Highway ...
Homeowner scares off burglars
WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee man interrupted a burglary at his home late Wednesday morning but ...
Talking It Over: Dr. Woods discovers a cure for leg cramps
Organ Recitals are pretty common among my generation. We all have our aches and pains, ...
Whooping cough has Grant County on high alert
MOSES LAKE — The third case of whooping cough in nine days has been reported ...
SPORTS
Farrar victorious in Spain
LORCA, Spain — Take that Cavendish. Wenatchee’s Tyler Farrar captured the fifth stage of the ...
Prep football preview: Cashmere Bulldogs
Offense: Tyler McNair was an impressive dual-threat quarterback a year ago, rushing for 692 yards ...
Prep football preview: Cascade Kodiaks
Offense: Dan Betz, the Kodiaks’ starting running back last season, will move to quarterback this ...
FEATURED
Waterville lands a role in movie
WATERVILLE — When Rhonda Conley of Bend, Ore., was preparing to direct a movie set ...
Exercise helps — even if fat runs in the family
LOS ANGELES — Even people with a strong genetic predisposition to obesity can offset their ...
A fight to the depth: It’s sponge v. seaweed
MIAMI — A turf war is going under the warm waters off the Florida Keys, ...
A cool downtown spot
Fountain's water flows like mercury.
Slick Marketing: Growers go goofy
Stemilt jokes around with viral videos.
COMMUNITY
Peace of My Mind: A bit of whimsy amid all the anxiety might give your soul a little smile
At first glance, whimsy sounds like an old-fashioned, perhaps even out-of-date word. But it’s one ...
Old news
100 years ago — 1910: T. Gagnon has installed a display of his photographs in ...
Faces
Pictures of faces I've taken over the past 2 years
New team members and a new day!
This week, we welcome Shelby Dronen to Mission:Improv, and we change our weekly workshops to ...
