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WENATCHEE — Almost three months since seizing more than 60 animals as a part of an animal cruelty investigation, the Wenatchee Valley Humane Society has placed 53 of those animals into new homes.

The former owner, Maria Del Socorro Medrano, is currently charged with up to 61 counts of second-degree animal cruelty, a gross misdemeanor, across two cases in Chelan County District Court.

Fire Chief Andy Lee with Chelan County District 6 waits for water as a storage shed burns behind him at the west end of the Cashmere Airport Wednesday. Chief Lee said the fire started in the burn pile in the foreground and spread to the empty shed. Firefighters attempted to save building materials in a pile nearby.

BLEWETT PASS — Wisps of smoke stretch upwards from the forest floor about a mile or so off the north side of Blewett Pass after a recent prescribed burn by the U.S. Forest Service.

LOS ANGELES — Almost 40% of forest area burned by wildfire in the western United States and southwestern Canada in the last 40 years can be attributed to carbon emissions associated with the world’s 88 largest fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers, according to new research that see…

LEAVENWORTH — Four people required rescue this weekend after separate climbing and hiking trips didn’t go according to plan. Two hikers on Sunday were flown out of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and two climbers on Saturday were assisted down a cliff outside Leavenworth.

SEATTLE — Washington state lawmakers wrestled with and ultimately passed a bill recently that is intended to ease a persistent crisis — the state is failing to provide required mental health services for people detained in jail and awaiting trial.

When firefighters show up to a blaze or medical emergency across much of the United States, they most likely are volunteers. It’s also likely the department is understaffed, struggling to replace old equipment and facing uncertainty about its next generation of firefighters.

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