ORONDO — Icy roads played a role in two collisions Monday morning outside Orondo.
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ORONDO — Icy roads played a role in two collisions Monday morning outside Orondo.
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SPOKANE — An Ephrata man arrested in a wide-ranging 2019 drug bust led by federal authorities was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison.
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PORTLAND — An escaped Okanogan County Jail inmate was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Portland along with a woman believed to have aided in the getaway.
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LEAVENWORTH — Detectives believe a man shot in the torso last month in Leavenworth was struck by an errant bullet that discharged after it fell from the roof of a moving car.
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OKANOGAN — The two escaped inmates from the Okanogan County Jail were still on the loose Friday afternoon.
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WENATCHEE — Reflecting on the pro-Trump mob that on Wednesday stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., and forced members of Congress to evacuate, Chelan County Sheriff Brian Burnett said the riot has brought trepidation.
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EAST WENATCHEE — The East Wenatchee Police Department has tapped a Yakima police officer to be its second in command.
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WENATCHEE — Two men suspected in a Wenatchee homicide pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
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OKANOGAN — An inmate who on Tuesday escaped the Okanogan County Jail left behind a note stating the jail wasn’t protecting prisoners from COVID-19. The county’s community health director disagrees.
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OKANOGAN — An inmate who escaped Tuesday morning from the Okanogan County Jail left a note saying the jail wasn’t doing enough to protect inmates from COVID-19.
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EAST WENATCHEE — Police asking for assistance locating a man suspected in an armed robbery on an East Wenatchee sidewalk Monday night.
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LEAVENWORTH — Authorities continue to investigate a Dec. 29 bomb threat that closed downtown Leavenworth for roughly six hours, but no arrests have been made.
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Shane Earl Hagen's arraignment date was changed after this story was published. The story has been updated.
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Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday: LEAVENWORTH — A bomb threat Tuesday forced authorities to evacuate downtown Leavenworth near Front Street and close Highway 2 traffic. The area was reopened by 2 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Chelan County Sheriff's Office.
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WENATCHEE — Two men have been arrested in connection to the shooting death of a 36-year-old Yakima man.
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MONITOR — The body of an unidentified man was found Sunday near the Wenatchee River County Park.
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EAST WENATCHEE — A 37-year-old man is suspected of selling drugs from his East Wenatchee home.
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EAST WENATCHEE — Jackie Webb and her husband Ray, both in their 80s, had a plan in place to support themselves through the remainder of their lives.
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LEAVENWORTH — Around $1,600 was allegedly stolen from the Wurlygigz shop in downtown Leavenworth Saturday night.
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WENATCHEE — Two sexual abuse survivors confronted their rapist Thursday in Chelan County Superior Court when Theron Jay Heideman was sentenced to 17 years in prison for child rape.
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OKANOGAN — Pointing to a woeful budget and racial discrimination, Okanogan County Prosecutor Arian Noma has filed his resignation.
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ELLENSBURG — A lawsuit claiming sexual abuse committed by four Catholic priests formerly of an Ellensburg church was dismissed Thursday.
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QUINCY — A Quincy man suspected of killing another man in August and hiding the body in his in bedroom pleaded guilty to murder on Monday.
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WENATCHEE — Prosecutors on Tuesday charged two Seattle men who led police on a roughly 60-mile chase from Wenatchee to Teanaway.
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OKANOGAN — Eleven inmates of the Okanogan County Jail and four staffers have tested positive for COVID-19.
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WATERVILLE — A 22-year-old Wenatchee man was sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting a man at a party in March.
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EAST WENATCHEE — Police arrested two people Saturday after pulling over a stolen vehicle.
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OROVILLE — Okanogan County authorities have recovered the body of a 28-year-old Tonasket man in Oroville.
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WENATCHEE — Two men suspected in a string of vehicle prowls were arrested after a 60-mile police pursuit from Wenatchee to Kittitas County.
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WENATCHEE — Trials in the superior courts of Chelan and Douglas counties have been delayed until at least next month as a pandemic precaution.
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BREWSTER — Brewster police are investigating two Sunday morning church fires.
EAST WENATCHEE — Authorities on Thursday tore down what they described as a drug house on Eastmont Avenue after complaints from residents and numerous 911 calls.
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WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee man suspected of raping a young girl is being held at the Chelan County jail on $500,000 bail.
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WENATCHEE — Two King County men are in custody after a pursuit that began in the Wenatchee Valley and ended near Quincy.
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PLAIN — After its executive director was arrested on suspicion of voyeurism, an official with the Tall Timber church camp outside Lake Wenatchee said the camp is taking steps to learn whether the behavior occurred on the campus and to increase prevention measures.
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SPOKANE — A Wenatchee man authorities believe is a “kingpin” of local drug activity has been indicted in the Spokane federal court for illegally possessing a firearm.
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WENATCHEE — As if phone scams weren’t already brazen, authorities say a new fraudster has been impersonating a sergeant with the “Chelan Police Department.”
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CHELAN — A Chelan resident pleaded guilty Monday to a hate crime for harassing his Latino neighbors in the Navarre Coulee area earlier this month.
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EAST WENATCHEE — With an aerial photo of the city and Eastmont High School’s logo, the East Wenatchee Police Department’s newest patrol car stands out.
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WENATCHEE — A 54-year-old Peshastin man faces at least 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three children between 2007 and 2015.
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ROCK ISLAND — One man was hospitalized Wednesday evening after a propane leak caused an explosion in a travel trailer.
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WENATCHEE — Animal Care and Control authorities are seeking information related to a Monday morning dog attack in the Wenatchee foothills.
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RIVERSIDE — A Riverside man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly struck an Okanogan County Assessor’s Office employee’s vehicle with a baseball bat.
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EAST WENATCHEE — A former Eastmont High School soccer coach has been arrested on suspicion of third-degree rape of a girl he coached.
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RIVERSIDE — The state Liquor and Cannabis Board issued an emergency suspension Wednesday for an Okanogan County marijuana producer after the company allegedly shipped cannabis out of state.
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LEAVENWORTH — A Lake Wenatchee church camp on Monday distanced itself from its director, who was recently accused of voyeurism and assault, and plans to investigate the incident.
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LEAVENWORTH — The director of a Leavenworth-area church camp was arrested this week on suspicion of voyeurism involving a girl showering.
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WENATCHEE — Two Wenatchee men arrested Tuesday are suspected of selling cocaine and prescription drugs.
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