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North Central Washington Libraries is celebrating at bounce-back year after a challenging 2020. Communications Manager Amanda Brack said that patrons checked out, downloaded and streamed more than 700,000 books, movies and other materials last year ...

Travel through Washington’s mountain passes should be improving with the opening of Stevens Pass and Tumwater Canyon, scheduled for 10 am Thursday. Wednesday's opening was delayed because of safety risks when heavy rain brought more avalanche danger at the Pass and new snow slides near Tumwater Canyon. T ...

Icicle Road near Leavenworth is barricaded at Lake Trailhead as crews are working to remove snow from last week's winter storm. The Forest Service says removal of snow and avalanche piles will continue through next Tuesday. The public is being asked to stay away from the area as the work is being done with heavy equipment in a small space, which is not safe for car traffic ...

8th District Representative Kim Schrier is flush with cash heading into what is likely to be a contentious reelection year. Schrier announced Wednesday that her reelection campaign raised more than $1 million in the last three months of 2021 ...

Cashmere could see as many as 27 new single-family homes after city approval this month to sell some of its last remaining land to a developer. The land is located on the Freedom Hills subdivision by Olive Street, and is less than a mile south of downtown Cashmere ...

Chelan County is compiling a list of private snow removal businesses for county citizens to access via the county website. "We're providing this list, but we're not providing recommendations," said Commissioner Bob Bugert. "It's a growing list and contact us if you have any additional businesses to add to it ...

Snoqualmie Pass is open, but traveling on I-90 continues to be challenging after three semis jackknifed within minutes of each other early Wednesday morning. The jackknifes all happened shortly after 4 am within a mile of each other on the eastbound side of I-90 between Elk Heights and Ellensburg ...

A man accused of robbing and then shooting another man in Moses Lake last Friday is in jail. According to our newspartner iFIBER ONE, police believe 31-year-old Dakota Johnson robbed the 28-year-old victim while the two were passengers in a car driven by the victim's ex-girlfriend ...

Chelan County commissioners are banning local income taxes in response to legislation that permits local income tax with the caveat that other local taxes would be reduced by an equal amount. Chelan County is among five counties, including Grant County, to ban the local income tax ...

Chelan County is moving onto its second round of lodging tax grant funding after awarding $223,000 in lodging tax funds in December earmarked for promotional and operational work. This round of lodging tax grant funding is intended to support capital projects that improve facilities related to tourism ...