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![Wenatchee Valley Museum to Host Art-Centric Summer Workshops](http://townsquare.media/site/1134/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-07-26T124356.2671.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Wenatchee Valley Museum to Host Art-Centric Summer Workshops
Discover your artistic side at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center with exciting workshops in pet portraits, Japanese calligraphy, papercraft and stencil painting!
![Albertsons Kroger Merger Paused; East Wenatchee Safeway Sale](http://townsquare.media/site/1134/files/2024/07/attachment-East-Wenatchee-Safeway-store-Google-Earth.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Albertsons Kroger Merger Paused; East Wenatchee Safeway Sale
The East Wenatchee Safeway was on a list of 600 stores Albertsons and Kroger released in April that would be sold to C & S Wholesale Grocers as part of a $25 billion merger
The divestiture was announced to help secure regulatory approval from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the proposed merger that if approved, would be the largest in the history of the grocery industry.
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![Eminent Domain Approved For Confluence Parkway Phase 1](http://townsquare.media/site/1134/files/2024/07/attachment-Confluence-Parkway-Phase-1-City-of-Wenatchee.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Eminent Domain Approved For Confluence Parkway Phase 1
The process allows the city to condemn private property and tear down buildings that are in the way of the project.
![Grant County Sheriff's Office Getting Closer To Being Fully Staff](http://townsquare.media/site/1134/files/2024/07/attachment-GrantCountySODeputyVehicleActionPlaySet.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Grant County Sheriff's Office Getting Closer To Being Fully Staff
The Grant County Sheriff's Office is getting closer to being fully staffed once again, after years of being underserved.
The sheriff's office saw a major reduction in new hires and a marked departure of employees during the COVID pandemic, and has also dealt with budget shortfalls, inflation, and attrition over the past decade...
![Nat. Guard Helicopter Helping With Wildfires Not From Pangborn](http://townsquare.media/site/1134/files/2024/07/attachment-UH-60-Blackhawk-Helicopter-Image-from-Army-National-Guard.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Nat. Guard Helicopter Helping With Wildfires Not From Pangborn
The Pangborn National Guard base is getting three versions of the same helicopter being used to battle the fires this summer.
![Overnight Fire Destroys Home, Spreads To Hills Near Cashmere](http://townsquare.media/site/1134/files/2024/07/attachment-Reported-location-of-3-alarm-at-9-45pm-7-25-24-Google-Maps.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Overnight Fire Destroys Home, Spreads To Hills Near Cashmere
The fire is reported to have destroyed a home and spread into the adjacent hillside.
![Rep. Newhouse on Harris' Ascent, Policy Goals](http://townsquare.media/site/1134/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-07-11T130941.706.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Rep. Newhouse on Harris' Ascent, Policy Goals
Congressman Dan Newhouse addresses Kamala Harris' rapid ascent to presumptive Democratic nominee.
![East Wenatchee Using List Of Similar Cities For Union Contracts](http://townsquare.media/site/1134/files/2019/08/East-Wenatchee-Sign-082919-e1567120856349.jpg?w=980&q=75)
East Wenatchee Using List Of Similar Cities For Union Contracts
The updated list of comparable cities and counties comes as East Wenatchee will be going through contract negotiations with labor unions.
![Stehekin LEVEL 2 Evacuation Order Not Impacting Chelan, Manson](http://townsquare.media/site/1134/files/2024/07/attachment-Lake-Chelan-open.jpeg?w=980&q=75)
Stehekin LEVEL 2 Evacuation Order Not Impacting Chelan, Manson
The orderly evacuation of tourism related visitors in Stehekin on Lake Chelan was initiated Thursday morning after a LEVEL 2 evacuation order was implemented by the Chelan County Sheriff's Office as of 8am.
The 30-thousand plus acre Pioneer fire is threatening the remote community at the head of the lake and all visitors, hikers and campers are being ferried out to reduce congestion for firefighti
![Okanogan County Man Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder In Death Of Girlfriend](http://townsquare.media/site/1134/files/2024/07/attachment-RasmussenMugShot.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Okanogan County Man Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder In Death Of Girlfriend
An Okanogan County man has been convicted of First-Degree Murder in the death of his girlfriend.
ON Wednesday, a jury found 70-year-old Roy Parker Rasmussen guilty of killing 46-year-old Siri Carina Zosel in Oroville in April, 2022.
Police found Rasmussen at the same residence with Zosel's dead body after responding to a domestic violence call...