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WENATCHEE — A motion to dismiss the case against the man involved in an armed standoff with authorities on Chumstick Highway was rejected Tuesday by a Chelan County judge. Trial
Commissioners carried out candidate interviews behind closed doors Monday morning in an abbreviated session and then adjourned for the week.
County Commissioners are responsible for appointing a replacement and have narrowed the field to five out of nine applicants.
WENATCHEE — A jury on Friday found James Lawrence Jackson-Smith guilty of first-degree assault with a deadly weapon and first-degree kidnapping, but acquitted him of first-degree attempted murder.
NCWLIFE Douglas Shae WENATCHEE — Chelan County Republican officials say they’ve made their choice for the three candidates to replace the COUNTY’S retiring prosecutor. Douglas Shae plans to step aside May 31, after nine years in the position. The county’s GOP central committee has nominated lawyers Allen Blackmon, Robert Sealby, and Ryan Valaas, to be considered by the county commissioners. Valaas and Blackmon are both deputy prosecutors in Shae’s office, with Valaas working in the felony division and Blackmon the chief juvenile court prosecutor; Sealby is in private practice....