Wenatchee

Leavenworth Oktoberfest: Surprisingly Affordable

The Wine Hopper's Companion

Surviving the Cut: That Starbucks Inside the Rest Room of Cambridge Starbucks

Last Night: Authority Zero and The Architects at El Corazon

Family, Hold Back!

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.

Blaschke Moves From Pushing Sparkly Stones to Stone Fruit

And she's paying rent.

National Politics, Media, Employment

And she's paying rent.

Health Care, The Economy, Boeing

And she's paying rent.

The Bad-News Beards

And she's paying rent.

Outward bound

Peace in the valley

News Clips— Pressing/Depressing

Peace in the valley

The Hot Sheet

What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

Camp "My Mom's a Dyke"

Seattle lesbians organize the Northwest's first queer-oriented summer camp for kids.

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Seattle lesbians organize the Northwest's first queer-oriented summer camp for kids.

Seattle: a leader in world trade

Instant Nostalgia issue

The unwilling Humbert

Just try talking to a kid

Breaking the code at the Times

Just try talking to a kid

Bombings

A McVeigh or a Jewell?

Clean Slade

A McVeigh or a Jewell?

Alternative Sports Roundup

There's more to summer than the Mariners, Sounders, and Storm. This past weekend, the U.S. track and field championships were held in Eugene, Oregon. Former UW pole vaulter Brad Walker won the event with a leap of 18 feet, 10 and one-quarter inches. He's the American record holder in the pole vault, ... More >>

Rocket Queen: The Punk-Metal Equation

The Ruby Doe and Red Fang do the math.

'Gunny' and the Desert Killings: I Did It

Today's SW story about the vigilante murders in Arizona focuses on Shawna Forde, the onetime Everett city council candidate, beauty school protest leader, and former Seattle prostitute - the "fat white woman" accused of masterminding the slayings of a Mexican man and his 9-year-old daughter in Ariva ... More >>

Ear Candy Announces The (F)UnOfficial Bumbershoot Kick Off Party

​Our buddy Travis Hay, who is probably the hardest working music blogger in Wenatchee, just announced a Bumbershoot Kick-Off Party that he's hosting on behalf of his Ear Candy blog. It's taking place September 4 at the High Dive (an appropriate choice) with Grynch, Born Anchors, the Redwood ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Papa John's Takes a Hit

Better ingredients, better pizza, missing owners...​Yesterday was a bad day for pizza delivery drivers because yesterday was the day that a whole bunch of them rolled out of bed, pulled on their snappy Papa John's hats, and showed up at work only to find the doors locked and the lights out. T ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Gavin Stanger Smuggles Entire Convenience Store Up Butt Before Going to Jail

A jailer was alerted to Stanger's contraband after seeing a plastic bag floating in the cell toilet.​No one wants to go to jail unprepared. Least of all 24-year-old Gavin Stanger of Wenatchee, who stuffed an entire 7-11's worth of contraband up his butt before entering Chelan County Regional J ... More >>

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 >>

Duff McKagan: If It's Rainy? Watch a Movie.

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​The rain and weather seems to be the topic of conversation everywhere I've been this past week. Heck, I even went east of the mountains last week and tried to chase th ... More >>

Sister Tries to Cut Brother's Throat in Butter Vs. Margarine Melee

​A 17-year-old Waterville girl was making mac and cheese when her brother asked her if she was using real butter. When she told the 21-year-old that no, she was using margarine, the two got into an enlightened debate over the relative merits of the churned stuff versus the chemical substitute. ... More >>

Mackenzie Cowell: Police Release Photos of Possible Murder Weapon

​A month ago, police investigating the murder of Wenatchee teen Mackenzie Cowell said they were "cautiously optimistic" about some new tips. The 17-year-old high school senior was found stabbed and strangled on the banks of the Columbia River in February. Despite hundreds of interviews and eve ... More >>

"Bad Luck Bandit" Runs Out of Gas 50 Feet From Crime Scene

​You know you're probably not on the tenure track for a life of crime when cops start referring to you as the "Bad Luck Bandit." That's the unfortunate nickname given to a 47-year-old Tacoma man after he ran out of gas only 50 feet from the scene of his last caper.

Racism, Reality, and "One in a Million"

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​My wife and I were having lunch at an outdoor cafe in Wenatchee about a month ago, when a dude in his late 20s recognized me from my Guns N' Roses days. He stopped to ... More >>

Three Washington State Patrol Employees Dead After House Fire

​UPDATE: Video from the scene shows the scorched frame of a house and not much else. Watch it, after the jump. Three Washington State Patrol employees have reportedly died after an early-morning house fire in Zillah. The Spokesman Review says that the victims have been "identified as 55-year- ... More >>

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 >>

Christopher Wilson Arrested for the Murder of Mackenzie Cowell

​UPDATE: Police say blood found in Wilson's apartment is a DNA match with Cowell. Back in February, 17-year-old Mackenzie Cowell was captured on surveillance tape getting into her car and leaving the Wenatchee beauty school where she was a student. It was the last time she'd ever be seen aliv ... More >>

John Chelminiak, Bellevue Councilmember and Bear Mauling Victim, Returns to Council

​Your average Bellevue councilmember may someday be remembered for helping to improve transit or approve a new shopping center. John Chelminiak is not an average councilmember. When he retires, there's little doubt that any talk of his legacy will begin with the story of how he once fought off ... More >>

Eastmont School District Cancels Wrestling Season After Athletes Get All Sorts of Nasty Mat Diseases

​High-school wrestling is super-gross. Ever see a dude with "cauliflower ear?" Yikes. And that's not even a disease. The mats that sweaty, pubescent boys roll around on are essentially large petri dishes, rife with bacteria, fungus, and viruses. Case in point: the Eastmont School District in W ... More >>

Jason Bush, Wenatchee White Supremacist, Offering No Defense in Arizona Homicides

Bush​Who would say this about Jason "Gunny" Bush, the Wenatchee white supremacist now on trial in Arizona in the Shawna Forde-led Minutemen murders: " . . . his character is evil, demented, and unconscionable . . . He will be found guilty of the senseless and demented murder of a 9-year-old gi ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Man Calls OnStar for Help on Transporting Dead Wife Across Canadian Border

​A loving couple, a tragic death, a 225-mile car ride, and a helpful call to an OnStar agent all played a role in this harrowing tale out of Pasco, Wash.

The Top Three Truck Stops of 2011

​It's holiday time! Which also means that for me, it's family time. Which also means that I'm often asked questions about my post-college plans like: "So, er, what's next?" As if I have the slightest idea. Usually I field these types of questions with vague mumblings about my ideal job, or abo ... More >>

ACLU Is Suing a Washington Library For (Not) Providing Online Porn

​You know what happens when you type the word "porn" into the computer search engine at the public library in Wenatchee? Absolutely nothing. Not a thing comes up. It is as if pornography didn't even exist -- which is just the way Dan Howard likes it. "We believe having pornography in public pl ... More >>

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 >>