•Police investigating an SUV found in the Columbia River have recovered the body of an Entiat man missing since last week.
•The Washington State Patrol is using the DUI arrest of a Cashmere motorist to make a point about driving under the influence.
•The Wenatchee School District is preparing to lose more than $2 million dollars in federal funds as it eyes the 2026-2027 budget.

•A pair of auto crashes Saturday morning on Highway 97 and Highway 97A proved fatal for two people and injured six others.
•The Wenatchee Valley’s largest healthcare provider has agreed to repay more than $1.8 million dollars to patients whose medical costs should have been covered by charity care.
•East Wenatchee police say a man undergoing a mental health crisis fled from them on Friday and took refuge in the Columbia River.

•Authorities have confirmed the name of the 18-year-old driver in the deadly crash two weeks ago that has now killed two East Wenatchee juveniles.
•The teacher strike in Moses Lake extended to its fifth day today as the teachers’ union and the Moses Lake School District continue contract negotiations.
•An East Wenatchee man is charged with using a juvenile courier to deliver an illegal purchase of Xanax, which may have contributed to the death of its buyer.

•The Wenatchee Police Department has temporarily turned off its Flock Safety cameras, after a Skagit County judge ruled that pictures and information gathered by the license plate readers qualify as public record.
•Chelan County authorities today said they’re seeking an Entiat man who’s been missing since Tuesday.
•Wildfire smoke filled Wenatchee High School this fall, forcing teachers to move students between classrooms, as the aging HVAC system failed to purify the air.

•Three people with ties to the Wenatchee Valley are charged with acting as drug couriers to bring fentanyl and other illicit substances into the area.
•The vote scheduled for next week by the Port of Chelan County to create the proposed Malaga Tax Increment Area has been postponed, following several public meetings where residents and public officials voiced opposition to the project.
•President Trump’s Department of Justice is suing the state of Washington over its refusal to turn over personal data contained in the state’s voter records.

•An Ellensburg physician is accused of breaking federal law by falsifying medical exams for commercial drivers license applicants.
•The Wenatchee Valley Fire Department is worried the proposed tax-increment finance district in Malaga will cut too deeply into its future revenues, and force unwanted tax increases for fire service.
•Travelers on Thursday will have to avoid Blewett Pass if they need to move across the Wenatchee Mountains.

•Police say a Wenatchee motorist sped away from a traffic stop early Sunday and crashed his vehicle into an embankment, injuring a passenger.
•Sheriff’s deputies in Douglas county say three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, forced their way into an East Wenatchee home early Saturday in a domestic violence incident.
•Students and teachers in the Moses Lake School District did not return to class today after the district and teachers union failed to reach a contract agreement last week.

•Three Wenatchee Valley residents were hospitalized Tuesday after a three-vehicle accident on snowy Highway 2.
•With the holidays approaching, Wenatchee Valley Fire Marshal Kurt Blanchard is reminding residents to stay alert, as colder weather and increased holiday activity raise the risk of fires in the home.
•Chelan Valley Hope has launched its annual coat drive and is seeking donations.

•Two of the youth victims in Friday night’s deadly street-racing crash in the north end of Wenatchee have been identified.
•A deputy’s efforts to stop a possibly impaired driver led to a police chase Sunday night in Chelan.
•State inspectors from the Department of Labor and Industries made unannounced visits to nearly 350 work sites across the state, and four 41 unlicensed contractors on the job, including in Chelan County.

•A 20-year-old man from Lacey accused of shooting and killing two teenage boys in that city was arrested last week in Wenatchee.
•One young occupant in a speeding car is dead and two others seriously injured after a head-on two-vehicle crash Friday evening.
•An Oregon firefighter on the Lower Sugarloaf Fire in September has now been charged with involvement in three vehicle thefts, including the stolen Jeep in which he traveled to Wenatchee.