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Chelan County

  • News

    January 19, 2005

    Dinocracy Delayed

    The Republican challenge of Gov. Christine Gregoire is already bogging down in court, so she's likely to hold office for months, at least.

  • News

    May 18, 2005

    The Monkey Wrench Trial

    Dino Rossi's challenge of the 2004 election is on shaky legal ground. But if he prevails, watch litigation become an option in close races everywhere.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    A Job Opening For Local Out Of Work Reporters

    The City of Seattle may have a $43 million projected deficit this year. But it's good to know that the most important services are still being kept in the budget. Which is why, after glancing through the media job site Journalismjobs.com it was a relief to see the position for the City Council's com ... More >>

  • News

    October 1, 2008

    You Would Smoke, Too, if It Happened to You

    Timothy Garon lost out on a potential liver transplant, in part because he was using pot to ease hepatitis symptoms. Now his son is being charged for growing the weed.

  • News

    October 18, 2006

    Jack-Pot

    Federal law lets the cops pocket anything seized in a drug bust—cars, boats, cash—and use it to fund the war on drugs. But when Jane Gerth found a half-million dollars in the Okanogan woods, the rules got more complicated.

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    Borders et al. v. King County et al.

    A transcript of the decision by Chelan County Superior Court Judge John Bridges, June 6, 2005.

  • News

    May 25, 2005

    Election 2004, BlogWash, Media, University of Washington

    A transcript of the decision by Chelan County Superior Court Judge John Bridges, June 6, 2005.

  • News

    May 4, 2005

    The Chelan Centrist

    In the legal challenge of Gov. Christine Gregoire's election, the judge favors a 'middle course' advocated by Sam Reed, the secretary of state.

  • News

    January 26, 2005

    Wenatchee Watch

    Republican Dino Rossi loses the opening round and precious time in litigation challenging the election of Gov. Christine Gregoire.

  • News

    January 12, 2005

    The Do-Over Campaign

    The Republicans are executing postelection strategy perfectly, and the Democrats and Gov. Christine Gregoire are failing to respond.

  • Arts

    March 6, 2002

    Outward bound

    Midnight cowboy

  • News

    April 21, 1999

    SEVEN WAYS to DIE OUTDOORS

    Before you trek off in search of spiritual enlightenment, be warned: It's a jungle out there.

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Minuteman Suspected of 4th Slaying

    ​The accusations continue to pile up against Jason Bush (left), the Wenatchee white supremacist accused of accompanying Everett Minutemen leader Shawna Forde in the Arizona desert robbery and shootout that left a Mexican man and his 9-year-old daughter dead last month. Authorities now count fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Minuteman Forde: Lethal Injection if Convicted

    ​Arizona prosecutors say they will indeed seek the death penalty against onetime Seattle prostitute Shawna Forde, along with Wenatchee white supremacist Gunny Bush and a third man, in the desert slayings of an alleged Mexican drug dealer and his child. The Arizona Star also reports that accuse ... More >>

  • News

    September 9, 2009

    Death's Door: Unlocked and Loaded

    A Seattle music luminary was shot and killed after attempting to enter the wrong motel room. His alleged murderer claims it was self-defense.

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Shawna Forde, Pals Ready to Give Each Other Up?

    Shawna Forde stands accused of a double-murder in Arizona.​So much for honor among thieves, and accused murders: Shawna Forde, the Everett Minutemen leader facing double murder charges in Arizona, is pointing the finger at her two co-defendants, who are pointing back at her and each other. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Minutemen Murders: Shawna Forde's Sideman Jason Bush a Serial Killer? Linked to Six Slayings/Attempts

    Jason Bush, prefers the name "Gunny"​Investigators in Washington and Arizona probing the Shawna Forde Minutemen murders now appear to have uncovered a serial-killer's trail of bodies leading from Chelan County to the Mexican border. Court documents show that Jason "Gunny" Bush, Forde's alleged ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2009

    Cold-Blooded Streak

    Jason Bush, prefers the name "Gunny"​Investigators in Washington and Arizona probing the Shawna Forde Minutemen murders now appear to have uncovered a serial-killer's trail of bodies leading from Chelan County to the Mexican border. Court documents show that Jason "Gunny" Bush, Forde's alleged ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Mackenzie Cowell's Murder Prompting Panic in Small Town

    Mackenzie Cowell's murder has so far yielded no leads, no suspects.​Mackenzie Cowell was a bright, beautiful girl. A 17-year-old senior on the dance team at Wenatchee High when she disappeared. Cowell was last seen alive last Tuesday leaving the cosmetology school where she took classes. Her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Mackenzie Cowell, Murdered Wenatchee Teen, Was Strangled and Stabbed in the Neck

    Police are still unsure about who killed Cowell.​Roughly a month after her body was found lying on Columbia River bank, police say they have a cause of death in the murder of 17-year-old Mackenzie Cowell. According to a death certificate obtained by The Wenatchee World, the teen was strangled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    13-Year-Old Charged With Rape of 8-Year-Old Girl

    Cops were called after the girls injuries were found during a trip to the hospital.​At first the little girl told her mom that a fall on bars at school was the cause for injuries that required a hospital visit. But after talking with Wenatchee cops, the eight-year-old changed her story: her 13 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Mackenzie Cowell Investigators "Cautiously Optimistic" About New Tips

    ​Mackenzie Cowell was last seen alive on an afternoon in February. The 17-year-old high school senior from Wenatchee was caught on surveillance tape getting into her car as she left a class at her cosmetology school. Now, months after a homeowner found Cowell's body lying on the banks of the C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Shawna Forde/Gunny Bush Mexican Border Murder Trials Delayed in Arizona Until 2011

    Forde​The two Washington white supremacists charged in the double murder of a Latino father and daughter in Arizona won't be going to court this year after all. The trial of Jason Bush of Wenatchee has now been moved to next March while his co-defendant, former Seattle prostitute and Everett c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Jason Bush, Wenatchee White Supremacist, Guilty in AZ Murders, Gets Death (Update)

    Bush​UPDATE, April 7: Jason Bush and Shawna Forde, together again. The Wenatchee white supremacist joined the ex-Seattle prostitute on Arizona's death row yesterday after a jury decided he, like she, should die for the slayings of a man and his daughter in a 2009 robbery-turned-bloodbath, repo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Century-Old Morphine Stolen from Cashmere Museum Wasn't the First Stupid Break-In

    ​Cashmere Museum Manager Frey Harvey sounds more annoyed than shocked when he talks about the burglar who broke into a World War I-era doctor's display to steal a 100-year-old bottle of morphine on Friday. That's because it's the third seemingly pointless break-in the museum complex has endure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Shawna Forde Accomplice, Albert Gaxiola, Final Defendant to be Convicted in AZ Double Murder

    Gaxiola, Bush, Forde​The reputed lover of former Seattle prostitute and Minuteman leader Shawna Forde is now scheduled to join her and Wenatchee white supremicist Jason Bush on Arizona's death row for the 2009 slayings of a man and his daughter in a robbery-turned-bloodbath. Albert Gaxiola, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Nigger Creek, Washington--The Racially-Insensitive Fishing Spot Rick Perry Missed Out On

    ​All that hunting Rick Perry was doing at Niggerhead Rock, Texas he could have been fishing in Nigger Creek, Washington.

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    There's Gold In Them There Wenatchee Hills! -- Maybe Billions Worth

    ​Thousands of feverish souls, with picks and sluices and dredges in hand, are making their way to the hills near Wenatchee where the promise of gold beckons, glittering deep within rocky veins. All right, we're kidding. But maybe not for long. A Canadian company says the foothills four miles s ... More >>

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