Newly released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors, with some plans overbilling the government more than $1,000 per patient a year on average.
EAST WENATCHEE — A fire on a double-wide mobile home and neighboring garage left the structure nearly destroyed Wednesday morning in the 1300 block of South Union Avenue.
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
COLORADO SPRINGS — A 22-year-old gunman opened fire at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs on Saturday night, killing five people and injuring 18 others before he was stopped by “heroic” patrons at Club Q.
The sprawling, five-year-long litigation over the U.S. opioid crisis appears to be entering its final phase with finalized agreements by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and AbbVie Inc.
The annual traffic backups as Thanksgiving travelers crisscross the state on Interstate 90 are not high on a list of treasured holiday traditions.
SEATTLE — A 15-year-old boy was charged Tuesday in connection with three armed robberies committed in under an hour last week at South King County gas stations, and sheriff’s detectives suspect he was involved in more than 30 others during the first two weeks of November, prosecutors say.
A 40-year-old North Idaho man accused of killing a 70-year-old man in 2021 pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday in Bonner County District Court.
DENVER — The suspect accused of opening fire in a Colorado Springs nightclub changed their name in 2016 to protect themself from their birth father and that man’s “criminal history,” according to court records obtained by The Denver Post.
SEATTLE — Starbucks will close its Seattle store at Broadway East and Denny Way next month, the company told workers Monday night. The closure of the Capitol Hill store will take effect Dec. 11, according to the company.
A grim and familiar pattern has followed the parade of mass shootings across America. In their aftermath, the nation’s attention focuses on the direct victims of the attacks, the dead and injured, their families and friends, and the witnesses.
COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — On a recent rainy afternoon in this small town just outside Glacier National Park, Lisa Beaty and Kim Hilton were preparing to sell most of their belongings before moving out of their three-bedroom, two-bathroom rental home.
When Jessica Godwin went to open yet another rapid test, she asked herself the question many other Seattleites had asked near-daily in mid-October: Is it COVID-19 that’s making me feel crappy, or is it the wildfire smoke hanging around for weeks?
PATEROS — Douglas County PUD is launching the process for bedrock and soil drilling work at the end of November to identify potential soil failure, related to earthquakes and seepage, at the Wells Dam.
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — Chelan County prosecutors filed nine charges against a Bible study leader accused of sexually assaulting two men at his home.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Allen Blackmon has been tapped to succeed a resigning judge on the Chelan County District Court bench.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WATERVILLE — An East Wenatchee man convicted at trial last month of breaking a bouncer’s nose was sentenced Tuesday to nearly five years in prison.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Chelan County Mountain Rescue was awarded a $7,200 grant Saturday by Gesa Credit Union.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Valley Fire Department tackled a fire at the SpringHill Suites Marriott Hotel that temporarily caused hotel guests to evacuate their rooms Monday around 10:30 p.m. The hotel fire in the 1700 block of N. Wenatchee Avenue was one of four fires WVFD responded to overnight …
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — The investigation into a fatal police shooting by Wenatchee police officers in June has been forwarded to the Chelan County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
EAST WENATCHEE — Wenatchee Valley Fire Department crews attacked fires at three residences overnight Sunday, including rescuing a trapped occupant from an East Wenatchee apartment fire.
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
EAST WENATCHEE — Like its sister motion in Chelan County, an effort to suppress breathalyzer tests in Douglas County District Court was denied Thursday.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
QUINCY — A 33-year-old Wenatchee man died Wednesday in a head-on collision outside Quincy.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
BLEWETT — A semi truck hauling an empty trailer northbound on Blewett Pass became fully engulfed in flames Thursday around 6:30 p.m., resulting in an almost four-hour road closure on Highway 97.
Kalie Worthen
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — A motion to suppress breathalyzer tests in more than 30 drunken driving cases was denied Tuesday by Chelan County District Court judges.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — A Bible study leader is accused of sexually assaulting two young adult men at his home in Sunnyslope.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — Jon Volyn is ahead of Allen Blackmon in the race for Chelan County District Court Judge, Position 1.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
BRIDGEPORT — A Bridgeport man convicted of damaging a store during a 2019 burglary must be resentenced after an appellate court found prosecutors didn’t prove property damages fit the charge.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
SPOKANE — One of the men arrested on suspicion of vandalizing Gonzaga property with white supremacist graffiti on Saturday is a known affiliate of the racist Patriot Front group.
YAKIMA — Sunnyside Police Chief Albert Escalera has been fired and a commander on the force has been placed on leave pending an internal investigation, City Manager Elizabeth Alba said in a Monday news release.
WENATCHEE — A 74-year-old woman died Friday at Central Washington Hospital due to her injuries from an Oct. 29 traffic collision.
Gabriel Garcia
World staff writer
PLAIN — Snow has fallen on the Lake Wenatchee fires that smothered Chelan County for most of October.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
Crews pave 9th Street in East Wenatchee Wednesday as part of a $1.8 million project to install regulated traffic lights at the intersection of 9th Street and Valley Mall Parkway. Widened sidewalks to access the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail are also included in the work.
Don Seabrook
Photo Editor
MANSON — Four people were injured Sunday evening after a wine barrel train rolled during a Manson Halloween celebration.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
HYAK — A Wenatchee man was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide Sunday after a fatal crash on Snoqualmie Pass.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WATERVILLE — A Waterville town councilman is accused of fleeing from a Douglas County deputy and then lying to the deputy during a follow-up investigation.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE— The Wenatchee City Council is expected Thursday to consider approving what would be the city's second park for people living in RVs on Wenatchee Valley streets.
Gabriel Garcia
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — All fire restrictions in Chelan County are set to expire this Friday after an unusually dry October that made restrictions last longer than usual.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee man suspected of killing a rival gang member in his sleep entered not guilty pleas Monday in Chelan County Superior Court.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
BOISE — The man who shot and killed two people at the Boise Towne Square mall a year ago and injured others before killing himself while surrounded by police was prohibited by federal laws from possessing a firearm.
WATERVILLE — A former Rock Island man won’t serve jail time after he was convicted of conspiring to manufacture a hallucinogen he says was intended for religious ceremonies.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
BLEWETT PASS — Motorists going over Blewett Pass next week may encounter delays to their usual trip as work begins to remove several trees.
Oscar Rodriguez
World staff writer
LEAVENWORTH — Authorities killed a mother black bear Saturday after it mauled a woman in Leavenworth.
Mitchell Roland
World staff writer
WATERVILLE — A motion to suppress evidence in the trial of a Rock Island man accused of killing his wife in 2018 may be heard by the state Supreme Court.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
WENATCHEE — The state Department of Natural Resources is planning an 11-acre prescribed burn soon outside Wenatchee as wildfire smoke lingers and officials extend burn bans.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
As local authorities field hundreds of reports of domestic violence incidents each month, federal authorities are bringing some backups: They're targeting illegal weapons, which often turn up in those cases.
SKYKOMISH — A 24-year-old Everett woman was killed Saturday evening during what investigators believe was a road rage-related shooting on Highway 2.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
LEAVENWORTH — Chelan County Fire Marshal Steve Rinaldi has a plan: Water tanks at a dozen sites throughout the county to save time and property during wildfires.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
ORONDO — A GoFundMe account is available to support the family of a Wenatchee man who died Wednesday after hitting a concrete slab that fell from a truck on Highway 97.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
A new unauthorized biography has many people talking again about the suicide of Anthony Bourdain in June 2018. As is often the case with people who die by suicide, much of the chatter includes questions such as: How did they do it? Who was the last person they talked to? What was different a…
WENATCHEE — An East Wenatchee man who called in a bomb threat in June to the Chelan County courthouse has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison.
Pete O'Cain
Reporter
The Wenatchee World maps holiday light displays across the valley every year. Add your house's display to the map here.
