OPINION
Plea deal leaves a hollow feeling
It was an unfulfilling conclusion to a horrific time in Wenatchee’s history when Christopher Scott Wilson entered a guilty plea Wednesday in the murder of 17-year-old Mackenzie Cowell. Cowell’s death was a cold slap in the collective faces of our community. That a young girl could be so brutally murdered in our town for no apparent reason was unthinkable. READ MORE »
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, May 29
Toastmasters
Chelan County PUD Auditorium, 327 N. Wenatchee Ave., 7 a.m.
Tuesday, May 29
The Half Pack at Heat Nightclub
Heat Nightclub, Mill Bay Casino, Manson, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, May 30
WVC Hepcats Swing Dance Classes
Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 31
BNI Better Business Boosters
Red Lion Hotel, 7:30 a.m.