WENATCHEE — The three-road intersection at Okanogan, Orondo and Methow may be getting a makeover.

Scott Bolander, Wenatchee, pulls weeds in the community garden he tends along Russell Street on Tuesday. He grows dahlias in six plots on city property. It's been a bad year for growing many things with the excessive heat and he says dahlias have suffered too. But that hasn't affected his enthusiasm for the flowers. "When the dahlia bug bites you, for most people, it's terminal," he says.

Rafael Avina, Chelan, laughs at the photographer when asked "How much for your hat?" at the Chelan Farmer's Market Thursday, July 8, 2021. "Not for sale," he replied. He said the 5-year-old hat is his "hook" for hat sales at his produce stand, pointing to a pile of hats for sale nearby. Avina says he's been selling vegetables and fruit that he grows on 30 acres near the Chelan Airport since 1992 when, giving away his wares to friends, he realized he could make a little money by charging for them instead. "My friends weren't happy," he said. You can find him at Manson's Farmers Market on Wednesdays and Saturdays too, he said.

Looking like a six-legged spider, a crew of Wenatchee AppleSox players hold a hose as their field is watered down before a baseball game Friday night with the Highline Bears.

The sidewalk along Badger Mountain Road leading from East Wenatchee to Fancher Heights has five areas that have buckled, closing it to the public.

Fireworks stand volunteer Michelle Lain, Wenatchee, picks out smoke balls and tanks to buy for her personal use at the opening of the fireworks stand in the parking lot of Grocery Outlet in East Wenatchee Thursday morning. At right is the stand operator Windy Farley, Wenatchee. Proceeds from their sales goes to the Wenatchee Eagles club. This stand will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. until July 4 when they will close at 9 p.m. Farley says she expects to sell out on Saturday, maybe even by Friday. They've sold everything in the last two years and inventory this year is at 80 percent of usual because COVID-19 problems in China disrupted getting supplies.

Gabriel Arellano of the Portland Pickles baseball team sprays ice water at teammate Jacob Jablonski before their baseball game Tuesday night in Wenatchee. The Pickles were in town to play the Wenatchee AppleSox on the hottest recorded day in Wenatchee history. The Sox continued their series with Portland on Wednesday and Thursday nights.

The old Washington State Department of Transportation buildings on North Wenatchee Avenue have started to come down with the help of Ascendent Demolition of Puyallup, working on Monday. The city of Wenatchee bought the buildings and 5.9 acres of property in 2019 for $4.3 million.

Molly Coonfield, 16, Wenatchee, right, trains with fellow teammates of Velocity Swimming on Friday at the Wenatchee City Pool. Velocity hosts the annual Starlight Invitational swim meet this weekend at the pool where 600 competitors from around the Pacific Northwest will race. Spectators will have to watch from behind fencing surrounding the pool because of COVID-19 restrictions. Last year's meet was canceled because of the pandemic.

Allison Syria, Wenatchee, looks over the 72 booths at the 2021 Wenatchee Valley Community Job Fair on Wednesday. She said she was looking for office employment. "I've gotten a few job prospects so far," she said. The Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Wenatchee Downtown Association to host the fair. For a detailed report on the local employment climate, see the July 1 Business World.

Two moose spotted behind the Lowe's Home Improvement store Tuesday morning were slowly pushed north along the railroad tracks by state Department of Fish and Wildlife officers and finally moved into the Horan Natural Area that has been closed until they either leave or settle in.

A water skier makes a turn on a ski course set up in Hammond Lake near the Rock Island Golf Course on Wednesday, with workers constructing houses in a new development in the foreground.

Braxton Frazier, 7, East Wenatchee, enjoys his first week out of school with his dad, Nick, fishing at Putters Lake near Rock Island on Wednesday. Mr. Frazier says his son recently took to fishing and they've been to this pond many times since.

In the first stage of what will likely be a 15-year project, the Wenatchee Rescue Mission (WRM) is beginning two years of landscape renovation funded by an $8,089 grant from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources Urban and Community Forestry Program.

Heading for home, Mustard is able to hold off Ketchup in a race between innings at the Wenatchee AppleSox baseball game with Walla Walla on Wednesday night. Because advertising boards that hid the AppleSox staff in years past have been taken down, the audience was able to watch the "behind the scenes" action through the fence in right field.

WENATCHEE — National Guard members were honored at an outdoor celebration dinner Thursday for their service administering more than 57,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses at the Town Toyota Center mass vaccination site.