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New RFID Sensors Installed in Chelan County Jail
New RFID Sensors Installed in Chelan County Jail
New RFID Sensors Installed in Chelan County Jail
Chelan County Jail continues to implement RFID medical sensors all single holding cells. Chelan County Commissioner Kevin Overbay said the county is implementing the sensors in 44 more cells after installing 24 during 2024. "What that does is basically provides our folks in the jail an opportunity to monitor vital signs of individuals in single cells, and generally the individuals in single c
Fire Ban in Rural Chelan County in Place
Fire Ban in Rural Chelan County in Place
Fire Ban in Rural Chelan County in Place
Residential campfires are now banned in unincorporated Chelan County. With unseasonably hot and windy conditions this weekend, the Chelan County fire marshal is banning all residential campfires in the county's unincorporated areas. The ban does not include propane-fueled campfire units, nor does it apply to commercially made barbecues and camp stoves...
Chelan PUD Eyes Energy Plan for Malaga Microsoft Campus
Chelan PUD Eyes Energy Plan for Malaga Microsoft Campus
Chelan PUD Eyes Energy Plan for Malaga Microsoft Campus
Chelan PUD is exploring ways to keep energy affordable to their customers despite increased load to Microsoft's new data center campus in Malaga. According to a release, PUD commissioners considered contract terms supplying power to the campus while protecting reliability and stable rates for existing customers...
Chelan County's Lodging and Tax Committee Has Open Seats
Chelan County's Lodging and Tax Committee Has Open Seats
Chelan County's Lodging and Tax Committee Has Open Seats
Chelan County is seeking people interested in filling a two-year term on the county's Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC). The LTAC is a voluntary board making recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on the allocation of tax dollars generated by overnight stays in the county's unincorporated areas...
Chelan County Purchases Malaga Waterfront Property
Chelan County Purchases Malaga Waterfront Property
Chelan County Purchases Malaga Waterfront Property
A waterfront park in Malaga is this much closer to becoming a reality. The Board of County Commissioners signed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire 27.51 along the Malaga waterfront for just over $2 million from KB Alloys Inc. Commissioners signed a purchase agreement at a regular board meeting two weeks ago...
Chelan County's Proposed Fire Hazard Restrictions
Chelan County's Proposed Fire Hazard Restrictions
Chelan County's Proposed Fire Hazard Restrictions
Chelan County is proposing changes to the two fire hazard zone restriction plan. The county maintains different restrictions in the lower and drier Valley Zone from the higher elevated and moister Mountain Zone. County Commissioner Shon Smith says that among the proposed revisions are changes to when the restrictions are implemented, camp fires and outdoor burning and vehicle access...
Find Out How You Can Keep Lake Chelan Pristine This Weekend
Find Out How You Can Keep Lake Chelan Pristine This Weekend
Find Out How You Can Keep Lake Chelan Pristine This Weekend
Voluntary boat inspections resume this Memorial Day Weekend at Lake Chelan for the third season. Chelan County Natural Resources says they hold the inspection program every year to keep aquatic invasive species (AIS), including milfoil and quagga and zebra mussels, and other non-native species from entering the Lake Chelan ecosystem...
Drought Continues To Spread Across Washington, Ecology Says
Drought Continues To Spread Across Washington, Ecology Says
Drought Continues To Spread Across Washington, Ecology Says
According to the state Department of Ecology, drought conditions continue in central Washington and may be developing in the northern and even western parts of the state.  And the recent Water Supply Availability Committee meeting indicated existing drought conditions are likely to persist through the summer, and in some areas, conditions may worsen. T...
Chelan County Sheriff's Office Tips to Stay Safe While Boating
Chelan County Sheriff's Office Tips to Stay Safe While Boating
Chelan County Sheriff's Office Tips to Stay Safe While Boating
This week is National Boating Week, and local authorities are advising the public of safe boating practices. Washington state ranks among the most deadly for boating accidents at third in the nation, with 44 percent of the recreational boating accidents resulting in fatal injuries...
Third Degree Rape Charges Dropped Against Registered Sex Offender
Third Degree Rape Charges Dropped Against Registered Sex Offender
Third Degree Rape Charges Dropped Against Registered Sex Offender
Police mishandled evidence in a case involving a registered sex offender in Chelan County, which leads to the dismissal of third-degree rape charges. That's the ruling from a Chelan County judge earlier this week, as Superior Court Judge Travis Brandt tossed the charges against 29-year-old Bernadino Dwite Hamilton...

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