• Dressed in tiny uniforms and shiny badges, the new chiefs For A Day were appointed at noon today as part of the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival’s kickoff event.

• Wenatchee resident George Crater Jr. is guilty on all counts in the 2024 murder of his tenant in a suburban Phoenix vacation home. 

•  A fundraising dinner thrown by one local ski area to benefit another brought in more than $7,000 last week.