daroga state park

Firefighters from Orondo arrived at about 6:30 pm Friday to find a wildfire on the hillside above the park burning in grass, sage and poplar trees.

The Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) has re-opened the sports courts at six of its park locations. Spokesperson Rachel Hansen says the courts had been closed for several months so the PUD could make a number of repairs and improvements...

The sport courts at six Chelan County PUD parks will be temporarily closed for maintenance over the next three months. The closures are necessary so the PUD can perform resurfacing of the courts and convert several that have been designed for tennis into use for pickleball...

Okay, admittedly I'm not exactly sure why this is the case, but today (April 7) is International Beaver Day! It's a 24-hour cycle set aside specifically for the purpose of paying homage to Castor canadensis, the world's second-largest rodents (the capybara of South America are the largest btw ;-)...

Crews will start bringing out their equipment April 10th with construction expected to begin later that week. The grand opening is slated for late May.