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Wenatchee

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

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

    Thousands of feverish souls, 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 south of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    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 places hu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    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 about how ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    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.

  • 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

    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

    March 16, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    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 >>

  • 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

    August 16, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    "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.

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • 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

    June 21, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    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 >>

  • 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

    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

    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

    January 27, 2010

    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 >>

  • News

    December 23, 2009

    Cold-Blooded Streak

    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 >>

  • 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 >>

  • 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

    July 28, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    '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 >>

  • Music

    July 15, 2009

    Rocket Queen: The Punk-Metal Equation

    The Ruby Doe and Red Fang do the math.

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2008

    Family, Hold Back!

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2008

    Last Night: Authority Zero and The Architects at El Corazon

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2007

    The Wine Hopper's Companion

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    Leavenworth Oktoberfest: Surprisingly Affordable

    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 >>

  • Music

    July 25, 2007

    Blaschke Moves From Pushing Sparkly Stones to Stone Fruit

    And she's paying rent.

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    National Politics, Media, Employment

    And she's paying rent.

  • 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.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    Health Care, The Economy, Boeing

    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.

  • Food

    September 22, 2004

    The Bad-News Beards

    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.

  • Arts

    February 6, 2002

    Outward bound

    Peace in the valley

  • Food

    July 18, 2001

    The Hot Sheet

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

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    News Clips— Pressing/Depressing

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

  • News

    June 20, 2001

    Camp "My Mom's a Dyke"

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

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Y1.999K

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

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Seattle: a leader in world trade

    Instant Nostalgia issue

  • News

    October 7, 1998

    The unwilling Humbert

    Just try talking to a kid

  • Arts

    April 22, 1998

    Breaking the code at the Times

    Just try talking to a kid

  • News

    February 4, 1998

    Bombings

    A McVeigh or a Jewell?

  • Arts

    January 21, 1998

    Clean Slade

    A McVeigh or a Jewell?

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