Stories for December 11, 2009
Local headlines
Leavenworth
Leavenworth New budget in black, barely
Burn ban continues for Chelan and Douglas counties
OLYMPIA — A ban on the unnecessary use of uncertified wood stoves, inserts and fireplaces ...
Leavenworth council blames consultants after firing administrator
LEAVENWORTH — The Leavenworth City Council vowed last week to chastise the Bellevue consulting firm ...
Planning for hospital emergency room expansion just starting
WENATCHEE — A bill in the U.S. Senate would help several health care facilities fund ...
Parents of girl struck by car are hopeful
SEATTLE — The father of Jennifer Curtin, the East Wenatchee girl struck by a car ...
Uninsured numbers would swell under Gregoire’s budget
WENATCHEE — The ranks of the uninsured would swell dramatically under the proposed state budget ...
Girl hit by car still in critical condition
SEATTLE — A teenage girl who was hit by a car Wednesday evening is still ...
President could sign off on millions for NCW
WENATCHEE — A bill that includes more than $4.5 million in funding for a new ...
Old news
100 years ago — 1909 Music from Wenatchee Presbyterian Church’s newly installed pipe organ was ...
Double celebration at Pangborn
EAST WENATCHEE — An open house to celebrate Horizon Air’s 25th anniversary of service to ...
Bird hunter wounds himself in the face
MOSES LAKE — Grant County Undersheriff John Turley said a 43-year-old Moses Lake pheasant hunter ...
Temperature warming slightly
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley set a record low temperature on Thursday before the region ...
Financial aid, all-day kindergarten would disappear under all-cuts budget
OLYMPIA — Gov. Chris Gregoire’s all-cuts budget proposed Wednesday would devastate every level of education ...
Pezoldt to head Link’s electric bus program
WENATCHEE — Chelan County’s former stormwater program manager starts work Monday as the head of ...
Governor’s budget would cut county fairs, watershed planning
WENATCHEE — Eliminating watershed planning and cutting funds to agricultural fairs in half have local ...
Arena, recession sock it to city budget
WENATCHEE — The City Council on Thursday approved a $53.3 million budget for 2010 with ...
Gusto for art and historical preservation
WENATCHEE — Kris Bassett remembers looking on nervously as the huge crane eased its fragile ...
Local sports
Wenatchee girls beat Eastmont in Showcase
The Eastmont Wildcats have known for a long time how hard it is to guard ...
Friday’s prep scores
Check here throughout the night for updated scores from NCW prep basketball games.
Obituaries
Marvin E. Speer Jr.
Marvin E. Speer Jr. Marvin E. Speer Jr., 98, of Leavenworth, died Wednesday, Dec. 9, ...
Aileen Hansen
Aileen Hansen Aileen Hansen, 90, of Kirkland, died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009.
Lifestyle
Quincy church answers graffiti with signs of love
QUINCY — Church members here sent a blunt, no-nonsense message to paint-wielding gang members who ...
New holiday books abound for kids
Hyper young Santa waiters, spinning dreidels and the special sounds of Kwanzaa await parents looking ...
Waxing scientific After 140 years, company has candle-making art down pat
MEDINA, Ohio — Making fine candles is a delicate balance of science and art. The ...
Articles of faith
East Wenatchee Pre-school Christmas program planned for Tuesday
Family notebook
Wenatchee YWCA offers training help for young baby sitters
Unexpected benefits of day care may outweigh hiring a nanny
My wife and I are expecting our first and we’re on the fence about whether ...
Uninsured numbers would swell under Gregoire’s budget
WENATCHEE — The ranks of the uninsured would swell dramatically under the proposed state budget ...
Planning for hospital emergency room expansion just starting
WENATCHEE — A bill in the U.S. Senate would help several health care facilities fund ...
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