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Wenatchee, WA (Washington) - The photo is looking north-northwest. The Sellar Bridge spans the Columbia connecting Wenatchee and East Wenatchee. The smaller bridge, the walking bridge, was the first highway bridge built on the Columbia River, which opened to traffic in 1908. It is now a foot bridge and part of the Apple Capital Recreational Loop Trail. This foot bridge also contains a large irrigation main that supplies water to East Wenatchee. |  | Advertisements: |
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07/10/11 We have seen this situation before, and commented on it, but such community-minded generosity never ceases to amaze and inspire us. The story was released Friday that the estate of Herschel and Elizabeth Sparks will contribute $3.3 million to Central Washington Hospital and $1.3 million to Wenatchee Valley College. The gifts will immediately go to work, one furnishing the new Center for Music ...
07/03/11 The Okanogan-Wenatchee and Colville National Forests, in a joint effort, are revising their forest plans.
07/03/11 KLAMATH FALLS, OR - The Klamath Falls Gems today announced the resignation of Head Coach Brian Embery, effective immediately. Embery will return to his Auburn, Washington home to attend to family and personal issues that demand his attention.
07/02/11 Milton Russel Carpenter, 82, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2011, in Tyler, TX, after a recurring battle with cancer. He was born in Azwell, WA on July 29, 1928, to Harry S. and Mary N. Carpenter.
07/02/11 Phyllis Weagant, 88, died peacefully, surrounded in the love of her family and friends, in her Port Orchard home on June, 25, 2011. She passed away after a 15 month battle with cancer.
07/01/11 Lloyd Horton Wilbanks passed away June 25, 2011, at the age of 93. He was born February 12, 1918, in Wenatchee, WA to Hoyt and Emily Wilbanks. His Wenatchee pioneer roots go back to his grandparents, the Hortons. (Lowell Horton helped establish irrigation in the Wenatchee Valley).
06/28/11 KHQ.COM - On Sunday the body of a missing woman from Omak, Washington was discovered on the west end of the Odabashian Bridge.
06/28/11 The cost of visiting a state park will go up this Friday, just in time for the Fourth of July weekend. The state Legislature this year decided to offset steep budget cuts for parks by requiring people who visit them, as well as other state-managed lands, to purchase a Discover Pass.
06/23/11 The City Council declared a initiative legally flawed and will ask a court to block the measure from the ballot.
06/22/11 A Celebration of Life will be held to honor the life of Rhea Christine Miles on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. at the Beehive Grange Hall #385, located at 4593 Squilchuck Road, Wenatchee, WA 98801.
06/22/11 Karen Ann (Hawkins) Brown, 58, a 30 year Wenatchee resident and longtime Teacher, went home to her Lord and Savior on June 20, 2011, in Wenatchee. Karen was born on October 8, 1952, in Seattle, WA to Robert Burgess Hawkins and Ann Pickerel (Fraser) Hawkins.
06/22/11 Jack C. Ruth passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011, at the age of 88. He was born in Leavenworth, WA. He joined the Navy during World War II. After the Navy, he became an independent log truck driver and worked for the local lumber companies. He was an independent trucker for 60 years. He married June Stanphill, a Peshastin orchardist, in 1959.
06/22/11 Robert M. Church, Jr., a longtime Wenatchee resident, passed away on June 15, 2011, at the age of 86 years old. Bob was born June 10, 1925, at Boise, ID, the son of R. M. and Lavine Church. The family moved to the Wenatchee Valley in 1929. Bob attended Wenatchee schools and was a member of the last mid-year class.
06/21/11 It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our mother, Helen Veronica Repass. Mother passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, with the love of her family holding her hands. Helen was born on February 13, 1921, in Napoleon, ND to Elizabeth and Louis Werlinger. She was raised in Linton, ND until she graduated from high school in 1939.
06/14/11 WENATCHEE, Wash. - Memorial services have been arranged for Battalion Chief Garet Rasmussen, of Chelan County Fire District 1, who died on June 12th while on duty.
06/09/11 Debbie Rae Vines, 52, a lifelong Wenatchee Valley resident, passed away at her home in East Wenatchee on Sunday, June 5, 2011, following an extended battle with cancer. She was born on August 6, 1958, in Wenatchee, the daughter of Bob and Berny (Reister) Searles.
06/04/11 Interlocks truly help A recent guest commentary in The Wenatchee World suggested that an alcohol ignition interlock was to blame for a January collision that killed an East Wenatchee man. The commentary omitted two very pertinent facts.
06/04/11 Associated Press - June 4, 2011 3:55 PM ET WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) - An East Wenatchee man who stopped to help a driver has died from injuries suffered during an assault.
06/04/11 CHELAN FALLS - Two drivers died June 3 in a vehicle crash 3.3 miles southeast of Chelan on U.S. Highway 97. Dead are Jerald C. Petersen, 69, Winthrop, and Betty J. Decker, 72, Manson, the Washington State Patrol said.
06/03/11 The Washington State Redistricting Commission begins touring Eastern Washington next week with public forums in Pasco and Yakima. |
