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The 2025 Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival is officially underway after Thursday afternoon’s “Little Chief for a Day” event in Memorial Park.   Wenatchee Police Department, East Wenatchee Police Department, Chelan County Sheriff’s Office, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Washington State Patrol, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife each selected their own chronically or terminally ill chi

A juvenile suspect is in police custody after allegedly stealing a car in Snohomish County and driving it to Chelan County early Monday. The Chelan County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to reports of a vehicle that was stolen out of Monroe at around 5:15 a...

The Chelan County Sheriff's Office has announced the addition of one of its deputies to the East Cascade SWAT Team's Crisis Negotiation Team. In a Wednesday statement, Sheriff's officials said Deputy Zachary Brunner has been selected to be a part of the specialized unit that gathers intelligence and directly negotiates with subjects who are in crisis to bring high-risk situations to peaceful resol

A Chelan County man is in jail for sexual exploitation of a minor. According to Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison, the Colorado Springs Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children unit contacted the sheriff's office and said a woman told them about a man from Chelan County having sexually explicit conversations with her 14-year-old daughter since November 2024...

The Chelan County Sheriff's Office has issued an arrest warrant for a convicted sex offender whose whereabouts are currently unknown. Sheriff's officials say 40-year-old Joshua J. Clark failed to comply with the requirements of the state's sex offender registry program by not informing police about a change of residence...

Chelan County Sheriff's Office is looking for at least four suspects related to a string of gas station burglaries. According to Chief of Special Operations Ryan Moody, the most recent burglary occured at Bill's Gas in the Chelan area in the early morning hours of March 25...

Police arrested a man accused of running into three officers with a vehicle while fleeing from a traffic stop March 13. Authorities apprehended 23-year-old Romeo Padron and booked him in the Chelan County Jail Thursday. SWAT teams, Chelan and Douglas County sheriffs, and Wenatchee and East Wenatchee police officers shut down South Chelan Avenue after a Chelan County sheriff's deputy stopped and ar

A Chelan County man is dead following a base jumping accident near Rocky Reach Dam on Sunday morning. The Chelan County Sheriff's Office says it happened at around 8:45 a.m. just off U.S. Highway 97A when 47-year-old Elliot Barstow of Entiat was killed when his parachute didn't open. W...

It's been over two decades since the tiny town of Stehekin on the northern shores of Lake Chelan has had a police vehicle, but as of this week, that's changed. The Chelan County Sheriff's Office says it has ferried one of its vehicles to the remote town of barely 100 year-round residents, where it will serve the community into the foreseeable future...

A multi-agency search is underway after a small plane went missing near the Columbia River on Tuesday. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says the Cessna Skyhawk reportedly vanished at around 11 p.m. after taking off from McAllister Field in Yakima at about 3 p.m. b...