Lona Ohlson, 97, a ten year East Wenatchee, WA resident and former longtime Portland, OR resident, passed away at Central Washington Hospital on Saturday, January 21, 2012, following a brief illness. She was born on November 8, 1914, at Coulee City, WA to area pioneers, John B. and Edna (Lange) Peterson.

The events center debt plan proposed by the city of East Wenatchee and written by its treasurer Nick Gerde is competing with the plan by Douglas County to keep Town Toyota Center open and pay the defaulted debt. Although the plans make different assumptions about loan terms, either would be modified for prevailing bond markets. Waterville Mayor Royal Devaney said voters are on both sides of the ...

WENATCHEE — East Wenatchee Mayor Steve Lacy appears to be taking a step back from his Town Toyota Center bail-out proposal, saying he wants to first find out if it would cost his city more to hand over sales tax revenues for 15 years or to be sued by spurned investors. While he’s still promoting his proposal for a regional sales tax to government leaders around the region, he’s now saying that ...

Alice Beattiger, 87, of East Wenatchee, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012.

Elizabeth Mounter of Peshastin and Brandon Miller of East Wenatchee have announced their engagement.

Robert “Bob” Duncan McDougall, 87, of East Wenatchee, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in Mesa, Ariz.

EAST WENATCHEE — The Douglas County PUD will begin work this summer on a new 230 kilovolt transmission line needed to more reliably keep the lights on as the city grows. PUD spokeswoman Meaghan Vibbert said the $13 million line will stretch 13 miles from the utility’s Douglas Switchyard near Rocky Reach Dam up and across Badger Mountain and down to its Rapids Switchyard in Rock Island. Work ...

Michael Leonard Bravo DeCoteau, 29, of East Wenatchee, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012.

Jared and Jami Coello will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary this month.

EAST WENATCHEE — A 38-year-old East Wenatchee man accidentally shot himself in the upper leg about 9:15 a.m. Friday. The man, whose name was not available, suffered an injury that was not life-threatening, said Officer Christy Patterson with the East Wenatchee Police Department. The incident happened in the 1000 block of North Alvin Court.