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Several bills with a focus on citing alternative energy sources are in the House Energy and Local Government committee this session. 12th District Representative Keith Goehner is weighing in with an emphasis for county control. "What's at stake is literally thousands of acres, there's about 54,000 acres worth of applications for solar farms," said 12th District Representative Keith Goeh

Travel through downtown Manson is back to normal after a city block was closed during a fire Thursday afternoon. The Manson Volunteer Fire Association says crews from Manson and Chelan was sent to a 2nd alarm fire on Wapato Way, where they found dark smoke coming from the apartment above and behind the Sunset Bar & Grill. ...

A grocery industry group will pay an $18 million fine after a decision by the Washington State Supreme Court. The court issued its finding Thursday that the group, now known as Consumer Brands Association, broke state campaign finance laws in its fight against a food-labeling ballot initiative in 2013 The group spent more than $11 million against the initiative that would have required labeling of

The Chelan Douglas Health District will remain closed to the public through the rest of the week after shuttering its doors noon Thursday. The district says it is prioritizing keeping the testing site at the Town Toyota Center open and making sure enough staff is available to do things like answer phones ...

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is now using helicopters to track down and place collars on Big Horn Sheep in Chelan County. The collars serve a number of purposes, such as monitoring the sheep herds for outbreaks of pneumonia ...

State Senators Sam Hunt of Olympia and John Lovick of Mill Creek are the creators of Senate Bill 5616, which has already been introduced and aims to make pickleball Washington's official state sport. Governor Jay Inslee is throwing his support behind the legislation, calling pickleball the most rapidly growing sport in the world and a great way to stay healthy throughout one's life ...

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is focusing attention on the Stevens Pass Ski area after his office received over 80 complaints about the resort within the last two months. Ferguson calls that number significant, and is now asking anyone who has issues with the resort to file a complaint with his office ...

A Royal City man with a long history of violent crime has been sentenced to over 42 years in prison for a string of armed robberies as well as shooting a sheriff's deputy. According to our news partner iFIBER ONE, Jesus Torres robbed three stores in Grant and Douglas County in November of 2020 before getting into a chase with law enforcement and firing several shots during the pursuit, striking o

12th District Senator Brad Hawkins is taking Senate Bill 5868 which is legislation focused on affordable housing in Chelan County, particularly in Leavenworth, to a hearing Wednesday, January 26. The public hearing will be in the Housing and Local Government Senate committee. Hawk ...

Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce is opting to extend its search for an executive director after a candidate declined an offer due to logistical and financial concerns. " was relocating from another area and found, as all of us that live in this area to know, housing to be an issue and the cost of living is different than where they were coming from," said Jerri Barkley, interim exec