tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-307192372009-02-21T02:37:26.760-08:00North Central Washington BlogThe official blog for the <a href="http://ncwportal.com/">North Central Washington Portal</a> website.ncwportalnoreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-3618936368851671012008-07-16T12:42:00.000-07:002008-07-16T12:55:06.011-07:00Badger Mountain FireA few photos taken during the Badger Mountain fire.ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-61357759968542973582007-06-14T11:48:00.000-07:002007-07-05T11:40:59.827-07:00Pro Wrestling Beyond - School's Out SlaughterPlease visit PWB Ringside for the School's Out Slaughter review.ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-88632275798207808262007-06-03T09:38:00.000-07:002007-06-03T10:22:58.128-07:00Apple Valley PackersWenatchee's Apple Valley Packers playing a doubleheader at Recreation Park. The Packers are part of the senior American Legion's Central Washington League.ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-61391240204696478702007-05-27T16:24:00.000-07:002007-05-27T16:38:51.017-07:00PWB School's Out Slaughter, June 9th6:00pm on Saturday, June 9th at at the Wenatchee Convention Center located at 121 North Wenatchee Avenue in Wenatchee, Washington.ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-10724119459060219962007-05-24T12:34:00.000-07:002007-05-24T13:36:21.640-07:00East Wenatchee Controlled House FireOn Tuesday, May 22nd, the Wenatchee Fire Department and Douglas County Fire District 2 had a controlled burn using an old house next to the New Life Center Church on the corner of 5th and Colorado in East Wenatchee. Apparently the fire got a little out of control when winds unexpectedly picked up. The Wenatchee World featured an article about the incident.Here are a few photos and some video ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-91080730994758713672007-04-18T11:36:00.000-07:002007-04-18T12:33:47.422-07:00Cable, Satellite and now Joost?With no major networks broadcasting locally, most North Central Washington residents rely on cable or satellite for their daily dose of TV. With the Internet becoming more of a necessity than a luxury, most of us pay a monthly phone, TV, and now Internet bill. VOIP phone services like Vonage are allowing some to forgo the monthly phone bill in favor of a lower monthly bill for a service that ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-66148690282232863532007-04-12T19:31:00.000-07:002007-07-05T11:42:55.118-07:00Pro Wrestling Beyond - Slam FestPlease visit PWB Ringside for the Slam Fest review.ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-64848083100930244732007-04-05T11:05:00.000-07:002007-04-05T11:03:29.549-07:00The Source of the Contamination Found (I Hope)I am currently working on building a new business and website directory for the website. One of the features of the new directory is thumbnail sized images of all the websites listed in the directory. The directory currently has over 1,100 website listings and doing this manually was out of the question. So I found a great program that automatically fetches thumbnail images for me. I feed it a ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-19632473586421384082007-04-01T10:26:00.000-07:002007-04-01T11:30:51.342-07:00Craigslist comes to WenatcheeWenatchee joins Craigslist and it seems to be taking off pretty fast. I have glanced through Craigslist before but since it has never had a local page, I never really explored the website very much. For those who have never heard of Craigslist, it's a very popular community based classifieds website, and it's completely free!It features everything a regular classifieds would feature and a few youncwportalnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-73540283565712649982007-03-23T16:48:00.000-07:002007-03-23T17:09:14.855-07:00Saturday April 7th, Slam Fest!Pro Wrestling Beyond presents Slam Fest, Saturday April 7th at theWenatchee Community Centerncwportalnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-80227232749164438112007-03-05T19:18:00.000-08:002007-03-05T19:55:18.630-08:00Apple Capital Designs, First ImpressionsThe following article from the Wenatchee World, Possible ‘Apple Capital’ designs displayed, lets us see what the new designs to represent Wenatchee look like.My first thought, I need to learn how to make signs, seems to be a profitable business!Seriously though, my first suggestion would be to not add the population to the sign. Considering that the population is growing wildly out of control, ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-91819823168112893422007-03-01T08:21:00.000-08:002007-03-01T09:40:21.612-08:00MarchLittle happened on this website last month, I have been deep in development of a new custom directory that will allow anyone to modify or edit the content, similar to the way Wikipedia works. It will allow businesses and websites to add information, descriptions, maps, and photos. The new directory also will allow businesses without websites to create a custom page for their business.Since I am ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-15682746438207172662007-02-07T13:45:00.000-08:002007-07-05T11:44:07.631-07:00Pro Wrestling Beyond - Out ColdPlease visit PWB Ringside for the Out Cold review.ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-68303408607318536902007-01-18T15:37:00.000-08:002007-01-18T15:42:20.676-08:00Wenatchee Windstorm VideoA video posted on YouTube by "hallmat" of the January 7th Wenatchee windstorm,ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-76898085127056436252007-01-16T09:19:00.000-08:002007-01-16T09:39:37.999-08:00Pro Wrestling Beyond presents Out Cold, Feb 3Back at the Wenatchee Convention Center. For more information, visit the Pro Wrestling Beyond website.ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-11537669337244771532007-01-15T20:42:00.000-08:002007-01-16T00:10:58.788-08:00Create Your Own Free Customized MapsI just finished a new mapping feature for the services page. The new service allows you to pick a location on a map, adjust the map to your liking, and then write a description for your custom map. Once you have finished creating your custom map, you simply click the "View Your Map" button.The maps are by Google and feature high-resolution satellite images of many areas of North Central ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-2614919522513710302007-01-12T15:24:00.000-08:002007-01-12T15:37:32.858-08:00Click Image for Full-SizeA long overdue feature has just been added to the website. All large photos in the community and directory (Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan) sections have been reduced in size to fit into a standard window. All images that have been reduced in size now have the following message below them, "click image for full-size". Simply click any of these images to view it in it's original larger format. ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-5196676438249281432007-01-10T07:57:00.000-08:002007-01-10T07:56:45.847-08:00New Look for the Wenatchee WorldAccording to the following article, the Wenatchee World is going to get a new look,Wenatchee World Selects Saxotech for Print, Online PublishingHere are a few examples of websites using the Saxotech website template,South Bend TribuneAspen Times NewsBurlington Free PressTuscaloosa NewsHere is another article about Saxotech.ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-82674884757351640202007-01-09T08:40:00.000-08:002007-01-10T13:15:38.204-08:00More Wenatchee Valley and Lake Chelan Windstorm PhotosThe more I travel around the area, the more I see the true extent of the damage. It's everywhere. Fences, trees, telephone poles, signs, roofs, and more. This storm devastated neighborhood after neighborhood. Many, last I heard, still have no power.An incredible gallery of photos over at the Webshots website from Gene's BMX.Go Lake Chelan has lots of information and photos with more photos comingncwportalnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-37593763917822354702007-01-08T08:15:00.000-08:002007-01-08T13:19:24.893-08:00After the Wind Storm, Photos and VideoHere are some photos and video of the aftermath of yesterday's windstorm,A Video from the Wenatchee WorldPhotos from Go Lake ChelanLake Street in ChelanLakeshore RV Park in ChelanWater on Lake ChelanWapato Lake and some moreMemorial Park in WenatcheeFrom KPQPhoto 1Photo 2Photo 3Photo 4Video of tree falling in Wenatchee Cemetery (scroll down page) from King 5If anybody knows of any other websites ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-2715383926436482972007-01-08T08:05:00.000-08:002007-01-08T13:19:54.864-08:00Another Wind Storm Coming!The windstorm is over for North Central Washington, but will there be another one?The National Weather Service reports the following,WenatcheeTuesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain then chance of snow. Snow accumulation 1 inch. Probability of measurable precipitation 50 percent. West wind 25 gusting to 43 mph. Low 25.Moses LakeTuesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain then chance of snowncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-9092488734627295412007-01-07T14:27:00.000-08:002007-01-08T13:20:11.921-08:00Insane Wind StormIf we make it through this storm, post your photos, videos or links to your photos in the forum.No registration is required for the forums.ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-66489038134036216822007-01-06T14:55:00.000-08:002007-01-06T15:20:51.817-08:00Websites Missing, Need HelpThe following is a list of websites that I am currently unable to reach. If anybody has any information about these websites, please let me know.Crossland Law Office of Cashmere,http://crosslandlaw.lawoffice.com/Action Mortgage Company of Moses Lakehttp://jaysmith-actionmortgage.com/Chelan County Fire District 7http://www.chelan7.org/Lee Theater of Ephratahttp://www.fairchildcinemas.com/ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-43968767180494241872007-01-05T17:26:00.000-08:002007-01-05T17:33:18.879-08:00Photos on King 5I submitted the photo I posted yesterday of a Douglas County sunset to the King 5 websites pix section. They were nice enough to add it here to their Weather pix section. Thanks King 5!Here are a few of the other photos I found of North Central Washington that have been submitted to their pix section,Frozen Rope in Plain by Mark SastenSleigh Ride in Leavenworth by Mark SastenLake Osoyoos after ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30719237.post-85804231694150777292007-01-04T07:29:00.000-08:002007-01-04T08:54:07.760-08:00Coming Up in 2007I don't have a time line or a particular order, but here are a few of things coming to the North Central Washington Portal website in the first part of 2007.Photos from last Summer of Douglas County, including many cemeteries, the courthouse, and Saint Andrews. Photos from Grant County, including Potholes State Park, Warden, and a few other places. I also have a small collection of old panoramic ncwportalnoreply@blogger.com0