CHELAN — Chelan County crews removed the debris Wednesday along South Lakeshore Road and the road is back open.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WATERVILLE — A Rock Island man accused of murdering his wife has asked his case to be decided by a judge.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
NCW — Efforts to educate the public about the dangers of wildfires received close to $200,000 this month.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WATERVILLE — A drive through the Wenatchee Valley Mall will cost a 32-year-old Rock Island man almost $47,000.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
QUINCY — Authorities are investigating the death of a Quincy man who died at a hospital while in police custody after he led officers on a vehicle pursuit through the Quincy area.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
NCW — Chelan and Douglas counties received significant, but not abnormal rainfall this weekend after a thunderstorm swept through the area.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
This story was updated Friday with comments from Sheriff Brian Burnett.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Twenty-five years ago, Jason Barb sat beside Michael Lauderdale and some friends in a hot tub at a party.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with an armed robbery at Ernie’s Grocery in Wenatchee.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WATERVILLE — A Bridgeport man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for firing shots outside a Bridgeport bar in July.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — A 12-year-old boy was arrested Monday after threatening to shoot students at Orchard Middle School.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
VANCOUVER — Seven more experts soon will join forensic scientists at the Washington State Patrol’s crime laboratory here to help clear the state’s backlog of untested sexual assault kits. Two robots working 24 hours a day also will be part of that effort.
CHELAN — A rock slide struck a car and blocked Highway 97/A Friday morning for about an hour near Chelan.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — An Ephrata man pleaded guilty Wednesday to molesting a 7-year-old girl.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — A 31-year-old East Wenatchee man was arrested Thursday morning following a standoff and high-speed chase.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee School Board has agreed to hire a second school resource officer after Police Chief Steve Crown made a funding offer too good to pass up.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
EVERETT — Searchers located two men Wednesday who did not return on time from a hike in the North Cascades, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.
WENATCHEE — Chelan County’s jail selected a deputy this week to be its first canine handler.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
MALAGA — Authorities have arrested a 45-year-old man after his 29-year-old roommate was stabbed Tuesday night during an argument.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
SNOHOMISH — A Snohomish County lumber mill that was shut down in 2015, after nearly 75 years in business, caught fire early Wednesday morning.
WENATCHEE — A 25-year-old East Wenatchee man pleaded guilty Monday to robbery and an unrelated assault at the Chelan County jail.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — A 40-year-old Wenatchee resident is accused of raping a then 5-year-old boy in 2011.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
Update: Trooper John Bryant said the driver, 58-year-old Lisa Gladwell of Chelan, was traveling in a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
Update: The road has reopened.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
EAST WENATCHEE — Firefighters will take to the streets Saturday to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association — boot in hand.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
CASHMERE — A 41-year-old Spokane man is accused of raping a girl repeatedly over a three-year period.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
CHELAN — A 32-year-old Vancouver man is accused of repeatedly raping a young girl over two years.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Police on Tuesday arrested an East Wenatchee man suspected of selling methamphetamine and heroin.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Two brothers are charged with assault and robbery after they allegedly attacked a man with a tire iron and then stole his backpack.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — A 21-year-old Cashmere man was sentenced to a year in prison for his part in a March assault at Chelan County’s jail.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — A 55-year-old Chelan man was arrested Friday on suspicion of child molestation.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Chelan County prosecutors filed charges Monday against a Columbia Elementary School teacher accused of molesting a former student.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WATERVILLE — An East Wenatchee police officer is suing the department for age discrimination after he was passed over for a promotion last year.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Chelan County officials are continuing to investigate the flooding on Boodry Street.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Police on Wednesday arrested a Wenatchee School District teacher suspected of molesting two former students.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
OLYMPIA — The state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the state’s “three strikes, you’re out” law as constitutional even if a defendant’s prior strike was committed as a young adult.
SEATTLE — On a Thursday morning in June, an undercover Seattle police officer handed over $20 for a rock of crack cocaine in Prefontaine Park, across Third Avenue from the King County Courthouse. But instead of pocketing drugs, the officer was forced to retreat after the dealer told him he’d…
WENATCHEE — Chelan County officials are warning against a scam targeting residents selected for jury duty.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WATERVILLE — A Chelan County Sheriff’s Office sergeant whose wrongful termination lawsuit against the department was partially thrown out of federal court has refiled the suit in Douglas County Superior Court.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
PESHASTIN — A driver sustained minor injuries after their car left the road and landed partially in the Wenatchee River near Peshastin on Tuesday.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
The Wenatchee Police Department released surveillance video Tuesday of a bystander detaining a man at gunpoint after he assaulted a gas station clerk last week.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — With flood waters pouring into a small Wenatchee neighborhood Saturday evening, law enforcement officers helped evacuate residents to safety.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
Flooding from a Saturday thunderstorm destroyed many of Joe Ludeman's belongings on his property near Waterville.
Bridget Mire
World staff writer
When an emergency weather alert came over Keith Flowers’ TV on Saturday, he knew exactly where the danger would come from.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
A culvert that caused rock and debris to impact mobile homes on Boodry Street did what it was supposed to do, according to Chelan County officials.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WENATCHEE — The slow-moving, moisture-packed thunderstorm that deluged the region Saturday evening just missed setting an official rainfall record.
Nevonne McDaniels
Reporter
WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee attorney who in April struck a condominium with his car and then fled the scene reached a plea deal that reduced misdemeanor charges to a traffic infraction.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
UPDATED 9:44 a.m. Saturday:
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
Readers responded on The Wenatchee World’s Facebook page to a post on the 45th anniversary of the Apple Yard explosion. Here’s a link to Reporter Dee Riggs’ story on the 40th anniversary of the explosion of a railcar holding volatile material in the switching yard in South Wenatchee. Two die…
