We've all seen how busy our local waterway the Wenatchee River can get during the summer months, and unfortunately not everyone practices the "pack it in, pack it out" mentality. As the season winds down, [...]
In the early morning hours around 5am on August 14, 2015, a lightning strike started a wildfire high on Icicle Ridge outside of Leavenworth, WA. By 7am, US Forest Service fire crews were at the [...]
Photos provided by the awesome 2014 Media Team at Summer Meltdown Music Festival The highway winds through dense Cascadian forest. Nahko and Medicine for the People, the weekend's opening headliner blares on the stereo. We [...]
As recreation on Leavenworth's Wenatchee River grows in popularity, the need for skilled river rescue has grown as well. A coalition of local emergency agencies, including the Chelan County Sheriff's Department, Leavenworth Fire District, Cascade [...]
Now in it's second year, the Dirty Face Music & Arts Festival will be serving up another weekend of live music, performance arts, food from Smokin' Joe's BBQ, beer & wine, art booths and activities, [...]
Story & images provided by Leavenworth-local, Angie Peterson. A little over a year ago, a dear friend of mine, Ellie Pryor Booher, was killed in an avalanche in Canada, leaving behind her husband Chris and [...]
The section of land referred to as the Peshastin Mill Waterfront is located on the banks of the Wenatchee River between Leavenworth and Peshastin, WA. These 14 acres contain 0.85 miles of riverfront which today [...]
After only a few switchbacks, I give up on trying to keep up with the pack of riders in the lead and fall behind. I round a corner and see Coach Christina Munly kindly waiting [...]
The 13th Annual Wenatchee River Bluegrass Festival will take place in Cashmere, WA at the Chelan County Expo Center starting Friday June 19th and ending Sunday June 21st. This festival is all about Bluegrass music, [...]
Join us June 13th, 2015 for the sixteenth annual Rockfest Climbing Festival in Leavenworth, WA. Presented by the American Alpine Club and co-hosted by Leavenworth Mountain Sports and the Northwest Mountain School, Rockfest is Washington's [...]
