city of wenatchee

It'll be another year without the sale or use of fireworks for most places in North Central Washington. 2023 marked the first year of a total ban on fireworks in the City of East Wenatchee, and Mayor Jerrilea Crawford says much of it was spent trying to inform residents about the prohibition...

The City of Wenatchee has hired a new Director of Public Works. On Thursday, the Wenatchee City Council unanimously approved Tom Wachholder to take over the position. City Administrator, Laura Gloria, says Wachholder is well known to Wenatchee and brings a wealth of assets to the job...

A temporary detour is now in place at a busy Wenatchee street after a traffic signal was knocked down over the weekend. The signal, located at the intersection of North Mission Street and 9th Street Northeast, was heavily damaged after being struck by a truck on Sunday...

The City of Wenatchee has a new Information-Technology Director. Elizabeth Rossiter was recently approved by Mayor Mike Poirier to head up the City's IT department. City Administrator, Laura Gloria, says Rossiter was chosen from a pool of 40 applicants for the position...

City staff estimates they retrieve five to six abandoned shopping carts each week and estimate they track down 270 per year.

Federal funding for the improvements east of Wenatchee Avenue was awarded in 2018, but the project stalled after BNSF objected to maintenance responsibilities.

The City of Wenatchee wants to acquaint residents with their incoming police chief. There are three finalists for the position - two internal candidates and one hopeful, Doug Shoemaker, who has no prior affiliation with the city or its law enforcement apparatus...

Now that spring is in full swing, the City of Wenatchee is reminding its residents about a recently-passed ordinance that prohibits RVs from parking on its streets. The new rule went into effect last year and is designed to cut down on a number of issues the City has been encountering with RVs in recent years...

The City of Wenatchee is hiring a three-person crew to address a variety of ad hoc maintenance tasks on a seasonal basis. The trio will work under the City's Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Department from April to September every year. ...

The City of Wenatchee has a program to identify and remove trip hazards on sidewalks. Over $600k will be spent on the mitigation efforts by the end of 2024