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The weather has cooled off, the smoke is gone, and many people have forgotten about the White River and Bolt Creek Fires in the Cascades west of the Wenatchee Valley. Even though activity on the blazes has greatly diminished, both are still burning and continue causing several concerns...

I FIBER ONE reports that an investigation shows the woman was smoking in her bedroom when the oxygen tube running from there to a condenser in the living room caught fire.

Times appear to be getting leaner financially for Chelan County. On Monday, the county’s board of commissioners adopted its preliminary operating budget for 2023. For the third straight year, the package includes the use of money from the county’s reserve fund to pencil out, as well as a 1% overall increase in property tax collections, including new construction. A major...

Prescribed burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is now underway. Burning operations began Tuesday and will continue throughout the month of November. Spokesperson, Robin DeMario, says all the burns are similar in nature. “Most of the operations are burning of what we call hand piles. Thes...

The Activities of the U.S. Forest Service inside Chelan County are under a spotlight after the county was overrun recently by smoke and haze from wildfires on U.S. Forest land.  Air quality reached unhealthy to hazardous levels on a regular basis for more than a month straight leading into mid-October.  ...

Troopers say a 2009 Chevy Trail Blazer driven by 70-year-old Edgar Idler of Auburn was following too closely when it rear-ended a 2019 Tesla TS3 driven by 41-year-old Casey Huard of Moxee on westbound I-82 at about 6:40pm.

The public is also being asked to avoid any areas where smoke can be smelled or seen.

The Manson Chamber of Commerce reported the wine barrel train giving rides in downtown Manson had three of its seven barrels over turned, which injured three children and one adult.

Chelan County has a plan in place to auction off pieces of land it owns that have been identified as surplus property.   County commissioners signed a resolution Monday authorizing the public auction or transfer of 35 pieces of land.   Che...

Deputies say a gold Ford Explorer driven by 57-year-old Richard Harding of Ellensburg was driving eastbound on Vantage Road when it crossed the center line and hit a 1979 Ford pickup driven by a 16-year-old girl from Ellensburg head-on.