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Suburban crashes into tanning salon
WENATCHEE — A Chevrolet Suburban crashed through plate-glass windows at the Golden Goddess this morning. The vehicle hit the store at 1004 Springwater Ave. at about 9 a.m. today.
Firefighters practice steep-angle rescue
WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Fire Department personnel practiced new techniques to bring a litter up from the shore of the Columbia River Thursday. The simulation’s scenario was that two jet boats collided, the survivors made it to shore and needed help up from the river’s edge.
40-year-old star needs some maintenance once in a while
Silhouetted by the sun behind him, Gary Shemorry of Graybeal Signs of Wenatchee works on the 70-foot-tall, 40-year-old star-shaped part of a sign in front of the Sav-Mart store in Wenatchee on Thursday. Shemorry was performing a general checkup on the sign, which included fixing a neon bulb and adjusting a flasher.
Annual donkey basketball fundraiser benefits March of Dimes
Members of Wenatchee High School’s FFA and Future Business Leaders of America clubs gritted their teeth and made ... donkeys of themselves during Monday night’s annual donkey basketball fundraiser for the March of Dimes. Taking on a team of Chelan County firefighters for the championship, members of the FBLA team rode to victory in the bone-jarring event in the WHS gymnasium.
Springtime romp
Wenatchee Valley Humane Society officer Kerry Bayliss tries to herd an alpaca back into its pen Sunday at a house on Nester Court in East Wenatchee. It was one of three alpacas that got loose. Bayliss, with the help of a passerby, was able to get the animals back into their pen.
Rain, lower temperatures likely through the weekend
Rain is possible in the Wenatchee Valley today and each day through Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. There is a 20 percent chance of rain today and a expected high temperature of 51, according to the weather service.
Ice warriors
Stasha Reed, Wenatchee, tries to get her skates under her as her teammate from Wenatchee Banshees 2 battles with Wenatchee Banshees 1. The teams competed in the sixth annual Kiss My Ice women’s hockey tournament at the Town Toyota Center over the weekend.
Taking a polar plunge
More than 50 participants hit the cold Columbia River during the ninth-annual Polar Plunge at Walla Walla Point Park in Wenatchee Saturday. The fundraiser for local Special Olympics athletes raised more than $8,000.
Colonial Vista residents move with the music
WENATCHEE — On Friday, the Orchard Middle School Mariachi band played at Colonial Vista. Peggy Yount, Colonial Vista Assisted Living resident, danced in a hallway while the 35-member band played nearby.
Wintertime fun at Badger Mountain
A skier gets ready to take one of his last runs from the top of the Badger Mountain Ski Area near Waterville on Saturday afternoon as the clouds break.
