5 Things You May Not Know About Peshastin-Dryden, Washington
5 interesting facts about the Peshastin-Dryden area of North Central Washington:
1. Despite most state parks having been in the park system for many years, Peshastin Pinnacles State Park did not become a state park until 1991.
2. Peshastin/Dryden Elementary School is the only school, out of five, in the Cascade [...]
Fitch rates the Chelan PUD with a grade of AA. Here is a look at how financial institutions view one of our local public utility districts. It appears that not much is standing in the way of being upgraded to a rating of AA+ in the future.
Here is a diagram of the Washington State Ferry: Wenatchee.
The Wenatchee is what is known as a Jumbo Mark II-class vessel and was put into service by the Washington State Department of Transportation Washington Ferries division during the 1997/99 biennium. There were three virtually identical ferries put into service during that time and they [...]
We’ve added some photos of Peshastin Pinnacles State Park to our NCW State Park photo gallery. Peshastin Pinnacles is a small State Park, located between Leavenworth and Wenatchee, with great rock formations that attract rock climbers from miles around.
View more Peshastin Pinnacles photos.
View more photos of North Central Washington State Parks.
Galen Card, a 17 year old from Wenatchee, won the Youth Kata Grand Champion Award at the 16th annual Walla Walla Karate-do Invitation Tournament.
We’ve added some photos of Stratford, Washington to our North Central Washington Community Gallery. Stratford sits just off highway 28, a few miles west of Wilson Creek along the eastern side of Grant County. It’s a tiny community, and other than the post office is limited to farms and houses.
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Here are some more pictures from all the snow we had up in the mountains recently and a look at how it piled up and wreaked havoc on the lives of travelers.
Just west of Coles Corner
The high snow banks make the roadway pretty narrow
The trucks line up
A road not for [...]
For the second time in about a week, Stevens Pass is closing due to high avalanche dangers. At this point it looks to be set to reopen after about a 4-6 hour delay… sometime in the morning. Word has it that winds at the Ski Area are in the 100mph range and the [...]
Here are some more images from the closure of Snoqualmie Pass that happened last week. Traffic flow seems to have returned to normal this week. These pictures, like the last ones, are courtesy of the Washington State Department of Transportation.
My favorite part about this one is that it appears that everyone is stopped [...]
Not too long ago a gambling license issued to Cardroom, Inc. and doing business at the Porterhouse Restaurant was suspended for among other things, tax issues. This was covered in both the Online Casino Advisory and the Seattle P.I.
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