The west facing hillside, at right, bordering the Broadview neighborhood is pretty much devoid of vegetation Wednesday, July 17, 2019, after 300 goats have eaten their way down the canyon in the last week. The goats, part of vegetation management to reduce potential wildfire fuel, will be moved out on Thursday, finished with their eating task.
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CHELAN — Whispering Ridge has moved a little less than three inches in the last year.
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MOSES LAKE — Fifteen people were arrested Tuesday in Central Washington during a large-scale drug bust involving 300 officers and led by federal law enforcement agencies.
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MATTAWA — A Grant County wildfire that threatened homes and farms near Mattawa is now 65 percent contained, authorities said.
EAST WENATCHEE — Detectives have completed an investigation into an apparent murder-suicide involving an East Wenatchee husband and wife last month.
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YAKIMA — Central Washington University’s aviation program has returned student training flights to Bowers Field in Ellensburg after a temporary move to Yakima.
NCW — Fisheries in the Upper Columbia River will open July 16 for summer chinook fishing.
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WENATCHEE — An 80-year-old Manson man was convicted at trial last week of child rape and molestation.
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LEAVENWORTH — Traffic through Leavenworth during the holiday weekends and warm summer months has turned into a slow-moving parking lot.
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WENATCHEE — Community development group Our Valley Our Future is looking for public feedback on projects that may be added to the organization’s 2020 action plan.
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WENATCHEE — Tremors from a trio of early morning earthquakes were felt in North Central Washington on Friday.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Embattled Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta is stepping down amid mounting criticism of a plea deal he struck with a convicted sex offender while Acosta was a federal prosecutor in Florida.
SPOKANE — the Spokane Police Department has become one of 16 agencies in the state to start providing data to the FBI as part of a nationwide effort to build a database tracking officers’ serious use of force.
SEATTLE — King County public-health officials announced two more confirmed measles cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 12 cases in Western Washington since an outbreak was declared in May.
KENNEWICK — A Franklin County sheriff's deputy is suing the county and his boss, Sheriff Jim Raymond, for discrimination, retaliation and civil rights violations.
YAKIMA — The Yakima Diocese has released a list of priests and deacons accused of sexually abusing minors.
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SEATTLE — Hate crimes rose 78 percent between 2013 and 2017 in Washington state, according to a new study that shows this state saw the nation’s ninth-largest rise in bias crime during that time period.
WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Valley College and Confluence Health will conduct emergency training from 8 a.m. to noon Friday at the Wenatchee college campus and Central Washington Hospital.
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The goats are being used to reduce fire fuels near the city's Broadview neighborhood.
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MANSON — Investigators believe a Manson brush fire started Saturday after an 18-year-old man used fireworks to blow up a mailbox.
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The man was floating on a tube with his adult son and a pig when the pig fell into the river midway between Monitor and the Sleepy Hollow Bridge.
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Update: The road is now clear.
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Update: The fire was extinguished at a little over 14 acres, Fire Chief Arnold Baker said.
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WENATCHEE — A woman was driving from Orondo to Wenatchee on Wednesday when she thought she might have hit something.
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WENATCHEE — The trip from Pangborn Memorial Airport to Chelan takes just 15 minutes. Leavenworth is 12 minutes away and Quincy only takes 10.
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CHELAN — Three people are safe after the car they were in landed in Lake Chelan Friday morning between Chelan and Manson.
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UPDATE, 4:30 p.m.: All streets have reopened.
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EAST WENATCHEE — The East Wenatchee police union has declined to endorse a plan from city officials to fix problems in the police department.
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Update, 11 a.m. Saturday: The fire is now 100 percent contained, and crews are finalizing mop-up.
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WENATCHEE — Armed with bright blue training pistols, Wenatchee Police practiced active shooter scenarios Wednesday at Wenatchee High School.
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WENATCHEE — Wenatchee police arrested a 25-year-old man suspected in multiple Waterville vehicle prowls.
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WENATCHEE — A sinkhole has closed part of South Wenatchee Avenue.
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WENATCHEE — Chelan County road crews will be doing work in Leavenworth and Chelan this week.
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NCW — Campfires, smoking and other activities are now prohibited on certain state lands in Eastern Washington.
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NCW — Bear hunting regulations in Eastern Washington have been changed to allow a two-bear limit.
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BRIDGEPORT — A 24-year-old man was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly firing several gunshots outside a bar in Bridgeport.
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WENATCHEE — Over the years, fire seasons have gotten longer and fires more severe.
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OLYMPIA — A range of new Washington state gun laws take effect in July, including key parts of Initiative 1639, the sweeping firearms measure approved last year that has sparked a charged debate over firearms, public safety and constitutional rights.
EAST WENATCHEE — On Feb. 18, 2017, East Wenatchee police officer Sgt. James Marshall responded to a call outside city limits.
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NCW — State, federal and county agencies are listing the fire danger in Chelan and Douglas counties as high.
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DOUGLAS COUNTY — Slow-moving thunderstorms may cause localized flooding in parts of Douglas County this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
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EAST WENATCHEE — On the heels of a report critical of the East Wenatchee Police Department, Chief Randy Harrison has called for an officers meeting to discuss the state of the department.
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EAST WENATCHEE — Officer Tye Sheats was fired Thursday from the East Wenatchee Police Department, according to his union representative.
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WENATCHEE — A new GPS tracking system is being added to Wenatchee School District’s bus fleet thanks, in part, to state funds designed to improve school transportation departments.
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Updated, 2:10 p.m. Thursday: LEAVENWORTH — Highway 2 is reopened.
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