A round of lightning strikes produced by lines of thunderstorms over the Central Cascade Mountains have sparked several fires on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested after a driver reported someone pointed what appeared to be a rifle at her in Moses Lake. Deputies later found it was a replica weapon.
Lightning strikes associated with a system of fast-moving thunderstorms have sparked almost a half-dozen wildfires in Adams, Franklin, and Whitman Counties.
An off-duty firefighter helped rescue a paddleboarder from the Columbia River after she fell into the water without a life jacket near Walla Walla Point Park.