Douglas, WA sits on US Highway 2 just east of Waterville on the main route between Coulee City and the Columbia River. Another one of the “blink and you’ll miss it” towns of Eastern Washington, Douglas actually has an interesting history. The main buildings of the area are familiar to anyone who has [...]
Three pigs from a farm in the East Wenatchee area have been rescued from a bad situation. They were found wallowing in muck that included feces and the carcasses of other dead pigs. They have been removed from the situation and taken to a rescue shelter, here is the story here.
Here is a nice article from a recent edition of The Oregonian newspaper about our local rock climbing destination, Peshastin Pinnacles State Park. It compares it somewhat to a much larger Central Oregon climbing destination. It is sometimes nice to see how our local area is represented outside of this area.
One of the more unique and seldom seen dams in North Central Washington is the Chelan Dam. The Chelan Dam backs up water into the Chelan River, which is only about a mile long before it reaches the dam, and Lake Chelan itself. For the majority of the year the Dam does not [...]
A Wenatchee man, Shane Flemens, is in custody in Kodiak, Alaska regarding a stabbing incident on a fishing boat. Alaska State Troopers claim the incident was unprovoked. Follow the story here.
Jeremy Cantrell, former head coach of the Wenatchee Applesox, has a new coaching job. It was recently announced that he has been hired to be the head baseball coach at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. Cantrell was a 2000 graduate of Bethany College and has coached in a number of places.
Here is a great article from Mother Earth News about the fruit picking lifestyle. A couple decides to try their hand at picking fruit for a season, see how it worked out for them.
In the continuing effort to document the North Central Washington area, the Apple Blossom Festival Photo Gallery is back online and has been updated with photos from 2008 as well. You can check out pictures of the Apple Blossom Festival right here along with photos of North Central Washington communities as well.
Just an update on the community photo gallery, we’ve recently added more photos from Bridgeport, WA. Bridgeport is home to the Chief Joseph Dam and sits on the Columbia River just east of where the the Okanogan River flows into it. Bridgeport State Park is also nearby as well.
See photos from other North [...]
After our recent gallery problem, we have added the photo gallery of North Central Washington fire departments to our list of images that we’ve restored to the website. Thanks for looking and enjoy!
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2008 Relay For Life here. |
