Posts Tagged ‘Eightmile Dam’
Following Eight Mile Lake Dam Repairs, Excavator Now Stuck In Alpine Lakes Wilderness
In trying to figure out a solution that deals with multiple agencies, sometimes the best scenario is no action at all. Marcus Bellissimo explains.
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Major Repairs Made To Eightmile Lake Dam’s Spillway, No Evacuation Orders In Place
Repairs have been made to the Eightmile Lake Dam. A new water level monitoring system has been installed as well. Marcus Bellissimo has this update. Photos: Chelan County Emergency Management
Read MoreChelan County Sheriff’s Office Issues Evacuation Alerts To Homes Below Eightmile Dam
Rising flood waters are threatening a nearly century old dam above Leavenworth and downstream residents are being told to be prepared to evacuate. The Eightmile Lake Dam was built in the 1920’s out of earth, rock and mortar. It’s located in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of the Cascade Range above Icicle Creek. High water is…
Read MoreGoehner Running For State Rep. Seat, County Monitoring Eightmile Dam
Chelan County Commissioner Keith Goehner joins Dan Langager on the KOHO Morning Show to talk about his candidacy for the 12th District’s State Representative seat, being vacated by Cary Condotta. Goehner talks about issues with Eightmile Lake Dam and the role of the county’s Emergency Management division, county code on zoning of cryptocurrency miners and…
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Eightmile Lake Dam Facing Potential Failure, County Holding Meeting Tonight
The 100-year-old Eightmile Lake Dam in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness is deteriorating. There were already plans to rehab the rock and earthen dam, but issues have been exacerbated by the Jack Creek Fire, which significantly burned forest land above the lake in August 2017. Chelan County Emergency Management has notified about 30 homeowners along Icicle…
Read MoreChelan County Commission Update – Keith Goehner
Chelan County Commissioner Keith Goehner joins Dan Langager on the KOHO Morning Show to talk about the latest with water projects across the county – from Eighmile Dam, to Mission Creek, to Lake Wenatchee, a new drug court program and a new Facilities Director and interim Community Development Director.
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Icicle Irrigation District Declares Emergency For Eightmile Dam
Aging pipes, crumbling supports, fresh burn scars – all concerns for Eightmile Dam located in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, federal forest land in Chelan County. The Icicle-Peshastin Irrigation District issued an emergency declaration March 13 due spring snow-melt possibly over-topping the dam, caused by burn scars from last summer’s Jack Creek Fire. Dan Langager has…
Read MoreChelan County Commission Update – Keith Goehner
Chelan County Commissioner Keith Goehner joins Dan Langager on the KOHO Morning Show to talk about his recent trip to the other Washington to meet with federal officials about forest health and water issues in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, as well as the National Association of Counties Conference. Goehner also talks about flooding issues in…
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