Lake Wenatchee Info

The road over Beaver Hill between Plain and the Chumstick will be closed on September 28th for repairs.  The closure is expected to last for three weeks.  For more info see this post from Chelan County Public Works.

County Commissioners hold community meetings in their districts twice a year, usually in late September and early October.   As part of this Commissioner Shon Smith, District 2, will hold a meeting at Leavenworth City Hall. 700 US Hwy 2, from 6PM to 8PM to 8PM on September 30^th.

Joining commissioner  Smith will be department directors from Community Development, Public Works, Economic Services, Natural Resources, the County Administrator’s Office and the Chelan County […]

A pair of known serial apple robbers have been identified as likely culprits in the recent North Shore apple caper. If you see the suspects do not approach, do not attempt to save the apples…   Suspects have completely cleaned out a number of historic apple trees along North Shore.

To the person(s) who decided to steal the apples at 16376 North Shore Drive:

Harvesting apples on private property is theft. There are two apple trees by North Shore Drive. The apples were not ready to be harvested; both trees were stripped of all fruit sometime Friday/Saturday (9/18 – 919)  probably early Saturday morning. Hope you enjoy them …

The anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 will be observed on Patriot Day this Friday at the 9/11 Spirit of America Memorial in Cashmere, WA.

If you have not attended any of the previous ceremonies, consider the important milestone of this 25th anniversary of the attacks that killed 2,977 people. The FBI reports more than 9,000 people have since died from medical illnesses and complications related to the 9/11 attacks.

The foundation that maintains the monument in Cashmere also hosts the […]

Chumstick Highway at Beaver Hill near Plain will be closed for about three weeks beginning Sept. 28 so a Chelan County Public Works contractor can build a retaining wall at the site of a landslide that occurred this past winter.

This will be done under a full road closure, meaning motorists will not be able to get through the work zone. Detour routes are on either side of the closure.

The work was originally […]

 The Squirrel Tree is hosting an All-Day Benevolent Event on Sept. 15 for Cascade Medical Foundation. A portion of every meal purchased from 8 am to 9 pm Tuesday, Sept. 15, will help purchase equipment for Cascade Medical’s endoscopy suite. Spend the day dining for a cause!

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The big social event of the year at Lake Wenatchee will be this weekend-  the Lake Wenatchee Fire & Rescue Auxiliary annual yard sale at the fire station in Plain.   This is truly an extraordinary event that takes an enormous amount of work to produce but also pays an enormous dividend to the support it provides our local fire and rescue providers.  Lots of great inventory to buy from and lots […]

The absence of any breeze has left the smoke covering the lake again this morning. Some breeze did show yesterday that cleaned things out for a while but there didn’t seem to be much air activity-  a few helicopters but no fixed wing that we saw. This photo was looking toward the state park at 7:20 AM today, Wednesday, 8-26-26……………..

The Little Giant Fire North and Northeast of Lake Wenatchee continues to grow to the South/Southeast and continues putting up impressive plumes of smoke today. The picture below shows it’s current state-  the South (right) end of the smoke plumes being just South of Maverick Saddle.   Photo: 1:30 PM, 8-22-26……………