Cascade's Taliyah Riddick Waters putting finishing touch on brilliant softball career

File photo Cascade senior pitcher Taliyah Riddick Waters has compiled an impressive record in her four years with the Kodiaks. She is headed to Mississippi Valley State on a softball scholarship. In the sport of fastpitch softball, having a dominating pitcher can carry you a long way. The Cascade High School softball program has been blessed with a number of fine hurlers, which has propelled them to great heights over the last 10 years. Wednesday, May 15, 2013 More...

Pride Committee is back to clean things up in town

The Leavenworth Pride Committee is back and ready for action. The committee was first formed back in 2009, under former mayor Rob Eaton. The task of the committee was to make sure the town looked its best. But, for whatever reason, the committee fizzled out near the end of that year. Wednesday, May 15, 2013 More...

Maifest comes to Leavenworth every year, rain or shine or hail

For more than 40 years, the Maifest has entertained the multitudes in Leavenworth. And since the event takes place the second weekend of May every year, the unpredictable spring weather has always been kind of a mixed bag. Wednesday, May 8, 2013 More...

For Ethel Gehring, being a mother was hard work, but it was worth it.

As Ethel Gehring celebrates Mother's Day with her children, the Leavenworth native can look with pride at her life. She might be slowing down a bit these days, but her mind is still sharp as ever Wednesday, May 8, 2013 More...

Lake Wenatchee State Park still cleaning up hundreds of fallen trees

Last Friday, some of the campgrounds opened at Lake Wenatchee State Park, the first time since the devastating winter storm last December. That storm bought down hundreds of trees all over the 469 acre park. Crews have been working since that storm to clean up the damage. Wednesday, May 15, 2013 More...

Local student project helps raise awareness on arctic preservation

On Earth Day, April 21, Cascade High School freshman Joseph Winters gathered some 75 people together to form a heart. Then, he took an aerial photograph of the group, with "I" and "arctic" added in front of and behind the heart, thus forming I (heart) arctic. Wednesday, May 15, 2013 More...