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A 28-year-old Quincy man will serve three months in jail after reaching a plea deal in what was originally a carjacking case. Pablo Jovanie Tapia pleaded guilty Monday to unlawful firearm possession and DUI in Chelan County Superior Court. Tapia's plea deal eliminates a charge of motor vehicle theft, plus...

After being closed to all vehicle and pedestrian traffic for almost a month, the Peshastin River Bridge is slated to reopen this Friday, July 12. The 97-year-old span that connects the small community of roughly 2,800 residents with U.S. Highway 2 was shut down on June 17 so contractor crews could make various repairs and upgrades.

An Air Quality Alert is now in place from the Washington Department of Ecology for all of Chelan County. The alert issued Tuesday also includes the Methow Valley down to Brewster in Okanogan County and will be in place until further notice. Ecology says smoke from the Pioneer Fire at...

There's resistance within the Chelan County Commission over a state requirement for businesses to separate garbage for organic material from other waste that typically goes to a land fill. Businesses generating at least four cubic yards of organic waste per week must arrange to have separate disposal of the waste...

To everyone who has read the high praise for Winton Manufacturing/compost and proposals for biochar and the expedited adherence to food waste disposal, here is a wake-up call. Your praise is to the most sued company in Washington. Cedar Grove. That is who owns Winton's composting facility. They have conditional use permits I am happy to supply that state in multiple lines, no smell guaranteed. The county was supposed to enforce this and has not. In fact, they slightly lowered taxes for us having to try to cope with the sour putrefaction of decomposing farm animals and spoiled fruit from every warehouse in the area. All of you have lied and gave praise to how great they are, and now our homes and land are going to be worth nothing. Our proposed plans for business will evaporate because no one will come. I can not believe that praise was given with absolutely no knowledge of what was actually happening or who the company's owner actually was. The county let a fox into the hen house because they thought it was cute. Foxes grow your praise, and the communal ignorance has damned us all in this area. Shame on you for not having done any due diligence. The shell game began with lobbying for Inslee's compost/ landfill prevention, which was supported by the sole business that can take on food waste at any price they see fit. You let in a monopoly with warm wishes. The fall guy whose name is on the permits for the whole facility has already been fired. I truly thought our local news would care about the area and its residents; you were only in it for headlines and gossip. This place next door is ruining our lives and investments in the dirt our family worked so hard to acquire and keep. The next headline should read Chelan County approves millions for 2.75 acres of view property its residents paid for, for a new coroner office. We're so proud! How dare you stand for those who hurt the residents who read this.

A July 9 hearing on new proposed fee schedule for the Community Development and Fire Prevention and Investigation departments has been continued to 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6. At the recent hearing, county staff gave an overview of how the proposed increases in fees were calculated based on the...

WENATCHEE — Citing an ongoing investigation, Chelan County prosecutors aren’t filing charges against the 16-year-old Quincy teenager arrested in connection with the Balsam Root Fire in Wenatchee. The fire was ignited by fireworks in the early morning after the Fourth of July in the Horse Lake Reserve and...

Chelan County – State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the Balsam Root Fire located in Chelan County, near the city of Wenatchee. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on July 5, 2024, at 5:30 a.m. at the request of Deputy Fire Chief Andy Davidson, Wenatchee Valley Fire Department.

The former Wenatchee charity and thrift store operator who lost a state lawsuit over sexually harassing dozens of women is appealing the $1.5 million decision against him. A Chelan County jury last month found Thelbert M. "Thad" Lawson and his wife Karen Jean Monroe civilly liable for patterns of sexually charged harassment and retaliation at Veterans Warehouse stores in Kennewick and Wenatchee.

WENATCHEE — Thelbert "Thad" Lawson, the veterans nonprofit administrator who lost a state lawsuit over repeated instances of sexual harassment, is appealing the $1.4 million verdict against him. Lawson, his wife Karen Jean Monroe and his nonprofit agency filed a notice of appeal today, asking to overturn the Chelan...

SUPERIOR COURT, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON IN RE THE ADOPTION OF: Unborn Baby Boy Noriega, AKA A.N. Minor Child. NO. 24-5-50008-04 NOTICE OF PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND HEARING THEREON YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that there has been filed in this court a Petition praying that the parent and child relationship between any paternal interest or alleged genetic parent and Unborn Baby Boy Noriega, a minor child, be terminated. The name and whereabouts of an alleged biological father are unknown. Unborn Baby Boy Noriega, with a conception date in October or November of 2023, was born 06/17/2024 and received the name A.N., at Confluence Health Hospital Central Campus, Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington, to Maribel Noriega (date of birth 05/16/1990). YOU ARE NOTIFIED that any non-consenting parent has a right to be represented by counsel in these proceedings and that counsel will be appointed for an indigent person who requests the same. Failure to respond to the termination action within thirty (30) days of service will result in the termination of his parent-child relationship with respect to the minor child. The first day of service is the first day of publication of this notice, as set forth in RCW 26.33.310(3)(b), and as approved by order of the CHELAN COUNTY Superior Court. YOU ARE ALSO NOTIFIED THAT FAILURE TO FILE A CLAIM OF PARENTAGE UNDER CHAPTER 26.26 RCW OR TO RESPOND TO THE PETITION WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE DATE OF SERVICE OF THE PETITION IS GROUNDS TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO THE MINOR CHILD. YOU ARE ALSO NOTIFIED that IF YOU ARE AN ALLEGED PARENT OF AN INDIAN CHILD, that if you acknowledge parentage of the minor child or if your parentage of the minor child is established prior to the termination of the parent-child relationship, that your parental rights may not be terminated unless you give valid consent to termination, or your parent- child relationship is terminated involuntarily pursuant to Chapter 26.33 or 13.34 RCW. YOU ARE ALSO NOTIFIED by publication at least once a week for three consecutive weeks with the first publication date at least thirty days before the hearing. YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT A HEARING ON THE PETITION FOR TERMINATION AS TO THE SAID MINOR CHILD IS SCHEDULED FOR 9:00 A.M. ON AUGUST 2, 2024, AT THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CHELAN COUNTY, LOCATED AT 401 WASHINGTON ST, FL 5, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON 98801. REMINDER: All documents you want the Court to consider must be timely filed with the Clerk before the hearing. The Court may not review or consider documents that were untimely filed. DATED June 19, 2024. Earl and Edwards PLLC Attorney for Petitioner By: /s/Michael G. Earl Michael G. Earl, WSBA #47330 File response or claim with: Clerk of Superior Court 350 Orondo Ave Suite 501 Wenatchee, WA 98801 509-667-6380 Copy to: Michael G. Earl 1334 S. Pioneer Way Moses Lake, WA 98837 509-765-1708 Published in the Lake Chelan Mirror on June 26, July 3, 10, 2024. #8030.