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They say Rivercom dispatch center received a text message advising there was a pipe bomb in a backpack placed in the bathroom by the suspect.

The grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce is meant to help the center develop uses for industrial waste.

Agriculture waste may not be pleasant but some entities have found a purpose and are being rewarded for their ideas.

The river sits in the Glacier Peak Wilderness area and is in no danger of human caused pollution or other impacts.

Sheriff Mike Morrison says deputies worked together to track evidence from car prowls near Leavenworth and far northwest Chelan County to two suspects.

The festival is meant to celebrate the return of salmon into the river system to spawn after years in the Pacific Ocean.

A week ago, the fire covered just under 5,000 acres but is now estimated to be 5,908 acres , growing by a few acres each day.

It's been a busy week for fire crews in the Leavenworth area where Chelan County Fire District No. 3 has responded to three separate house fires in the last four days. The first occurred Sunday at just after 7 a.m. on Eagle Creek Road where a carport and shed were heavily damaged and a vehicle and several pieces of recreational equipment were lost. ...

Employees at the Chelan County Regional Justice Center are mourning the loss of one of their corrections deputies. Twenty-three-year-old Jesus Olivera was killed in motorcycle accident near Leavenworth last weekend. Jail director Chris Sharp says Olivera, who had just celebrated his one-year anniversary at the justice center, will be remembered fondly...

Chelan County is in the process of trying to mitigate several issues that are being caused by overcrowding in The Enchantments area near Leavenworth. The trail system has been a hotspot with locals for many decades but has recently exploded in popularity due to the rise of social media...