Local Features
Submitted Photo. Wedding picture of Bride Murielle and Groom Ralph.
While Chelan County residents try and keep warm and safe throughout a turbulent January, imagine for a moment a beautiful bride adorned in white, blue, and gold fabric, with her hair wrapped within a shiny gold head wrap. She stands with her new husband, Ralph Mengara, with a smile as warm as the...
The Alpine Lakes Backpack Food Program bridges the gap between time in and out of school, providing meals for students outside of school. The Leavenworth Church of the Nazarene provides all of the volunteer labor involved in purchasing, storing, packing and delivering weekend food bags to the...
Residents have been routinely greeted with gifts this holiday season. Although that in itself is not newsworthy, the fact that any presents have been delivered is astounding given the extenuating circumstances that have been placed on United States Postal Service workers.
When contacting the...
Caleb Heimlich, Chairman, WA State Republican Party, will be the guest speaker at the 2022 kickoff of the Chelan Douglas Republican Women’s Club. The luncheon event will be held on Monday, January 10 at the Wenatchee Red Lion Hotel (1225 N. Wenatchee Ave.).
Reservations are required and “yes” men...
The Bavarian Village of Leavenworth, Wash., aka “Christmastown” has just released a new Christmas carol of its own. “Merry Christmas from Leavenworth” features local Leavenworth musicians performing an original new tune in various iconic locations around Leavenworth.
The video project from the...
Sixt Magazine recently listed Leavenworth as the 8th most festive Christmas-themed town in the nation, and listed the Nutcracker Museum as one of the key highlights of the trip. Of course, the museum holds many wide-eyed and uniformed nutcracker toy soldiers, and that may be how Arlene Wagner's...
A colorful new exhibit draws visitors to the Greater Leavenworth Museum as soon as they step through the entrance. The exhibit features nine story baskets, eight of which were created by artist Julie Edwards, who is a member of the Colville Tribe and a descendant of the p’squosa (Wenatchi), Nez...
Mt. Stuart and Multicare Medical would like to welcome it’s two newest employees, Ben Gilkison DPT and Heather Butler PTA to their Leavenworth Clinic. Ben comes to us from a bustling Gig Harbor Clinic after graduating from USP in 2017, with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree.
He treats a wide...
Leavenworth resident Laurel Schaefer-Bozoukoff and Miss America 1972 will be returning with her husband, Michael Bozoukoff, attending Miss America’s 100th Anniversary and being honored for her 50th Anniversary, 1971- 2021.
The events will occur at the Mohegan Sun Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut,...
Leavenworth Rotary Club members volunteer to set up Village of Lights decorations in the Festhalle area.
Front row: (left to right) Royal Lady Penny Carpenter, Village of Lights Ambassadors Diana Zunini and Mahala Martin.
Back row: (left to right) Doug Walter, Mike Worden, and Pamela Brulotte
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