Posts Tagged ‘Sleepy Hollow Fire’
Wenatchee’s Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Risk Planning Getting National Attention
Steve King, Economic Development Director at the City of Wenatchee, joins Dan Langager in the KOHO studio to talk about how the city is working to improve defensible spaces and the Wildlan-Urban Interface in the wake of 2015’s Sleepy Hollow Fire, which claimed 30 homes and several warehouses. King was in Washington D.C. August 3…
Read MoreCity Finalizing Plans for Major N. Wenatchee Ave. Development
Wenatchee Mayor Frank Kuntz joins Chris Hansen in the KOHO studio to talk about major redevelopment plans for North Wenatchee – McKittrick St., the old WSDOT facility on the Ave., properties being vacating by Stemilt and Northwest Wholesale following the Sleepy Hollow Fire, stormwater work and more.
Read MoreCity of Wenatchee Update – Executive Services Director Allison Williams
Allison Williams, Executive Services Director for the City of Wenatchee, joins Chris Hansen in the KOHO studio to talk about a joint meeting of the Wenatchee and East Wenatchee city councils and planning commissions last week, how the two cities will co-lead projects under Our Valley Our Future and grant funding for the city from CPAW…
Read MoreCity of Wenatchee Update
Allison Williams, Executive Services Director for the City of Wenatchee, swings by the KOHO studio to talk about the citizen committee formed to tackle the city’s declining streets, an update on the annexation of Olds Station three months in and policy discussions on the urban growth area and a wildfire recovery grant following the Sleepy…
Read MoreCity of Wenatchee Finalizing Draft Development Plan for North Avenue
With the Washington State Department of Transportation vacating their defunct buildings on North Wenatchee Avenue in the next two years and fruit warehouses lost in the Sleepy Hollow Fire, the city of Wenatchee could have upwards of 50 acres in the heart of city for brand new development. The city’s Economic Development Director Steve King…
Read MoreWenatchee Ag Supplier Fined for Chemical Leak Following Fire
A Wenatchee agricultural supplier and a global environmental response company have agreed to pay almost $40,000 to settle hazardous waste violations associated with mishandling wastewater containing the fumigant methyl bromide. Following the Sleepy Hollow Fire one year ago, emergency response contractor NRC Environmental Services, Inc. was hired by Northwest Wholesale Inc. to manage cleanup after…
Read MoreSuspect Arrested in Connection with Sleepy Hollow Fire
Yesterday afternoon Chelan County Sheriff’s Office detectives booked 37-year-old Jeremy J. Kendall into the Chelan County Jail for Arson in the First Degree related to the Sleepy Hollow Fire near Wenatchee last June. The fire burned 28 homes, several commercial buildings and almost 3,000 acres of foothills. The Sheriff’s Office said the investigation continues.
Read MoreMore Details Emerge on Cause of Sleepy Hollow Fire
Fire investigators analyzing the cause of the Sleepy Hollow Fire from last June got a big break in the case Wednesday when an East Wenatchee man confessed to starting that fire with a lighter. 37-year-old Jeremy J. Kendall of East Wenatchee had not been identified as a suspect until he came to talk with police,…
Read MoreWenatchee One of Three Cities Receiving Wildfire Risk Assistance
Allison Williams, Executive Services Director for the city of Wenatchee, joins Clint to talk about the Community Planning Assistance for Wildfire program, an initiative to improve land use planning and reduce wildfire risk in western-state cities. More information on the CPAW program here.
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