12+ hour, 39+ min ago   (494+ words) CHELAN — The Chelan City Council has awarded a $1.03 million construction contract for improvements to the Washington Booster Pump Station, a project city officials intentionally expanded beyond the minimum requirements of a development agreement to provide additional water capacity for future…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (812+ words) CHELAN — As Chelan officials got their first broad look at a transportation plan extending nearly a quarter-century into the future, residents brought the conversation back to problems they see on the ground today. Four residents who addressed the City Council…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (621+ words) CHELAN — The Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce is launching a $105,000 fall tourism campaign after local businesses reported sales declines of as much as 30% to 70% during a summer disrupted by wildfires and smoke. Chamber Executive Director Mike Steele outlined the campaign…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (481+ words) CHELAN — The Seven Acres Foundation has named longtime Chelan Valley resident and business leader Kyla Allen as executive director of the Lake Chelan Community Center. Allen succeeds Maribel Cruz and becomes the second executive director in the Community Center’s history....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (886+ words) CHELAN — Chelan business owners and representatives are asking the city to substantially increase its investment in tourism marketing, pointing to declining sales, a weakening shoulder season and a summer in which wildfire smoke exposed the vulnerability of the city’s visitor-dependent…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (488+ words) WENATCHEE — Our Valley Our Future will bring regional businesses, utilities and local governments together Sept. 17 for an Industrial Symbiosis Summit at Wenatchee Valley College, exploring opportunities to turn waste streams and unused resources into economic value. Industrial symbiosis links businesses…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (691+ words) WENATCHEE — Chelan County PUD is preparing to spend up to $3 million designing a modernization of its core business systems before commissioners are asked to decide whether to move forward with a potentially much larger implementation. PUD staff presented commissioners Aug....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (586+ words) WENATCHEE — Chelan County PUD officials estimate changes giving staff greater authority over contracting decisions have reduced the number of procurement matters requiring commission action by 60 to 70 percent, as commissioners moved Monday to eliminate remnants of the district’s previous approval process....