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The Chelan-Douglas Health District (CDHD) will soon be ending COVID vaccinations at Town Toyota Center. CDHD Administrator, Luke Davies, says the move is expected by August and is being done to align the district’s services where they are needed more critically. “...

Chelan County has made some additions to its system for rating wildfire hazard. Chelan County Commissioner Kevin Overbay says the new inclusions will improve communication with other agencies that also evaluate wildfire conditions in the county...

Wenatchee Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services department report that they noticed a broken window coming into work the next morning

The Weather Service also reported flooding in the Chelan area from storms as well as portions of Okanogan County.

Kay McKellar of Chelan County Fire District 1 and Douglas County Fire District 2 says the public needs to be careful with fireworks and exercise more caution.

A 29-year-old man is dead from a two car crash on SR 173 north of Bridgeport early July 4th. Alejandro Martinez Rincon of Brewster was traveling southbound just before 1:30 am in a 1995 Honda Civic when she lost control and hit an embankment before landing in the northbound lane...

The was reported by the Mt. Tolman Fire Center shortly after 4 pm and was contained by midnight.

No one has been arrested yet, and there were no injuries from the single gunshot.

Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan Counties are considering a four county diversion center as an alternative to incarceration for substance abuse, treatment for mental illness, and homelessness. Funding for the diversion center would come from federal, state, and local sources, including an increased sales tax request...

DNR continued its annual prepositioning of additional aircraft, equipment and firefighters across Washington state in anticipation of wildfire season, despite current light fire activity. Although Eastern Washington has experienced a cooler and wetter spring than typically seen, the outlook for July indicates a persistent drought for the entire area...