chelan county

Dog rescues from ice-filled swimming pool after neighbor hears the dog in distress. The dog would have likely drowned if the situation was not reported.

Chelan County is looking for volunteers to serve on a new steering committee that will assist in updating its Hazard Mitigation and Community Wildfire Protection Plans. Lisa Dowling, a specialist with Chelan County Natural Resources says the plans are used to identify natural hazards and the risks they pose to the county...

Deputy Garrett Churchill runs the sheriff's office marine patrol program, and he’s been named Marine Law Enforcement Officer of the Year.

Juvenile Chinook salmon traveling downstream had a survival rate of almost 94 percent while almost 100 percent of adult fish traveling back upstream survived.

Prosecutors have filed 13 felony charges against Abraham Escalera of Chelan, including child rape and sexual exploitation of a minor.

The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) has awarded $4.7 million for maintenance projects in 25 counties. The grant program was created by the Washington Legislature earlier this year to help local parks across the state with much-needed repairs...

Two more roads in Chelan County will soon be closing for the winter season. Mountain Home Road in Leavenworth and Oklahoma Gulch Road near Entiat are both unimproved roads which are not maintained for snow removal or surface repairs during the colder months...

The crash took place on Wenatchee Heights Road when deputies say Diego Hernandez Ordonez lost control of his vehicle and hit an oncoming vehicle.

It's called Chelan County Living, which includes sections focused on outdoor recreation, local wildlife and wildfires among other things.

Chelan County is hosting a public summit on its plan to build a forest products campus. The facility will be designed to harvest timber from forestlands in the county to produce lumber products for market. Commissioner Shon Smith says this will not only improve forest health but also help in mitigating the risk of wildfires...