TRINIDAD — Washington State Patrol cited an Ephrata man after a bundle of wood fence posts fell out of his trailer and hit another driver’s windshield Monday afternoon on Highway 28 along Trinidad Hill.
STEVENS PASS — Those driving over Stevens Pass ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday could see up to a foot of new snow accumulating in the mountains starting Tuesday.
EAST WENATCHEE — Police arrested a 13-year-old after he allegedly pulled a knife on an 11-year-old during an argument at the Eastmont Park pump track Sunday afternoon.
EAST WENATCHEE — Douglas County Fire District 2 Chief Dave Baker was put on non-disciplinary paid administrative leave two weeks ago, according to Commissioner Dave Fennell.
MALAGA — Danica Taylor stood there waving in a bright yellow Belle dress as SWAT trucks rolled down Tuscany Lane in Malaga. Their mission? Bring Danica much-needed joy during an otherwise challenging year.
BREWSTER — Brewster police say fires at two Brewster churches last Sunday were intentionally set.
BRIDGEPORT — The Douglas County Sheriff’s office arrested a Bridgeport man after a crash led to the death of a 17-year-old passenger Saturday evening in Bridgeport.
WINTHROP — Highway 20 through the Cascade Mountains is closed for the season.
WENATCHEE — Police arrested a Wenatchee man after the Jeep Cherokee he was driving with four passengers flipped at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday on South Mission Street.
SEATTLE — A Chelan County deputy appears to have saved a man’s life after he got off a plane at Sea-Tac Airport.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
One of the ways Jill Nielsen-Farrell has been inspired to build community is by working with the Compassion Prison Project, an organization that acknowledges the strong connection between childhood trauma and incarceration.
Rufus Woods
Publisher Emeritus
WENATCHEE — The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office has closed its Wenatchee office for the remainder of the week due to COVID-19 concerns.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
Cars line up along Southeast 1st Street by Ulysses S. Grant Elementary School Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, to pick up students after the morning session of the new hybrid schedule.
Ian Dunn
Education Reporter
WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee man suspected of raping a young girl is being held at the Chelan County jail on $500,000 bail.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Confluence Rotary Foundation has donated $5,000 to the North Central Washington Community Foundation’s Fire Relief Fund.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
PLAIN — After its executive director was arrested on suspicion of voyeurism, an official with the Tall Timber church camp outside Lake Wenatchee said the camp is taking steps to learn whether the behavior occurred on the campus and to increase prevention measures.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
SPOKANE — A Wenatchee man authorities believe is a “kingpin” of local drug activity has been indicted in the Spokane federal court for illegally possessing a firearm.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
Chelan County firefighters prepare to enter a home at 1623 Springwater Ave. in Wenatchee Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, as smoke pours out of a side door. Fire Chief Brian Brett said they arrived to find smoke coming from the building and found a cooking fire in the kitchen had extended to the cabinets and was in flames. He said occupants of the house weren't home at the time. Brett said they were able to contain the fire to the kitchen but were checking the ceiling area to make sure it hadn't spread.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — As if phone scams weren’t already brazen, authorities say a new fraudster has been impersonating a sergeant with the “Chelan Police Department.”
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
CHELAN — A Chelan resident pleaded guilty Monday to a hate crime for harassing his Latino neighbors in the Navarre Coulee area earlier this month.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
SEATTLE — Contending public officials in Seattle and elsewhere have failed to keep all citizens safe during ongoing racial injustice protests, a group of law enforcement unions announced Monday they’re pushing a statewide ballot initiative that would require Washington cities and counties to…
LEAVENWORTH — Three dams in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness have been listed as high hazard with as many as 177 residences potentially at risk if one of the dams failed.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
LEAVENWORTH — Rescuers helped two hikers down from the Snow Lakes trail early Sunday morning. The hikers reported seeing hallucinations and feeling hypothermic.
EAST WENATCHEE — A man died in an East Wenatchee house fire Friday morning on the 2500 block of Sunset Highway.
LAKE CHELAN — Rescuers airlifted a 28-year-old Ellensburg hunter who broke his ankle near the Devil’s Backbone northwest of Chelan on Thursday.
EAST WENATCHEE — With an aerial photo of the city and Eastmont High School’s logo, the East Wenatchee Police Department’s newest patrol car stands out.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
ROCK ISLAND — One man was hospitalized Wednesday evening after a propane leak caused an explosion in a travel trailer.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
Fire crews check out the damage from a car that careened into Dutch Bros Coffee building at 739 S. Mission St. Friday afternoon, Oct. 16, 2020, under the walk-up window.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
CASHMERE — A semi truck driver side-swiped part of the Cashmere City Hall building as he drove down Woodring Street, Thursday afternoon in Cashmere.
WENATCHEE — Forty-six-year-old Joseph Wiggins, a homeless Wenatchee man, told police he was trying to sleep on a porch near KFC when a person came up and pepper sprayed him early Monday morning in Wenatchee.
WENATCHEE — The National Weather Service has issued a high-wind warning starting Tuesday afternoon for much of North Central Washington.
WENATCHEE — Trail users of the Sage Hills and Horse Lake trails areas can expect closures along a stretch of the trail system while four transmission poles are being replaced.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
EPHRATA — Grant County Sheriff’s Office detectives recovered the body of 39-year-old Soap Lake man from a canal between Quincy and Ephrata.
RIVERSIDE — A Riverside man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly struck an Okanogan County Assessor’s Office employee’s vehicle with a baseball bat.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
Update, 10:30 a.m. Monday: The Wenatchee Fire Department labeled Saturday’s Travelodge fire to be undetermined but noted that the outdoor area which caught fire is frequented by smokers.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
A trucker locks up their brakes as vehicles stop along Highway 97A south of Entiat on Tuesday, for a herd of bighorn sheep crossing the road. The one photographed had turned back from a larger group that had just gotten across the roadway.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
CASHMERE — Cashmere residents are advised to be on the lookout for a cougar in the area.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
That the scene has become familiar makes it no less wrenching: A distraught couple searches through the ash, char, and melted metal of what was once their home. Only the concrete pad and the occasional fireplace remain.
CASHMERE — A stretch of Binder Road in Cashmere closed Monday due to a developing sinkhole near the road.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
WENATCHEE — A man was stabbed Sunday night on North Mission Street after a fight sparked by fireworks, police said.
OLYMPIA — A state law designed to make intersections safer for bicyclists goes into effect on Thursday.
Zach Johnson
Sports Reporter
SEATTLE — Jake and Jamie Hyland, a couple burned while escaping the Cold Springs Fire, are in serious, but stable condition at Harborview Medical Center, according to a hospital spokesperson.
Tony Buhr
Environment, county and health reporter
OMAK — Many of the roughly 78 homes destroyed by the Cold Springs Fire are along Highway 97 between Brewster and Malott.
EAST WENATCHEE — Unneeded prescription medications can be disposed of in a kiosk outside the Police Records window in City Hall.
OMAK — The Cold Springs Fire that started near Omak on Sept. 6 has destroyed approximately 78 homes and 60 outbuildings, according to a Wednesday morning report by the Northeast Washington Interagency Incident Management Team. The 188,852-acre fire is 70% contained.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
BRIDGEPORT — A week after it tore through 350 square miles of Douglas County, the Pearl Hill Fire is nearing full containment.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
LEAVENWORTH — A woman died Monday after she was hit by a train near the Chumstick Highway.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Sitting in his usual spot in Riverfront Park on Monday, Darrell Gann could hardly make out trees across the Columbia River. “This spot is beautiful on a sunny day,” he said.
Reilly Kneedler
World staff writer
