•Two people were injured and one person was killed in a house fire at 418 East Woodin Avenue in Chelan early this morning.
•A homeless Wenatchee man who pleaded guilty to setting fire to a drainage pipe back in February is again charged with arson, this time for allegedly starting a small fire near Hale Park on the Apple Capital Loop Trail.
•East Wenatchee police say they’ve arrested a 27-year-old Cashmere man for providing fentanyl that contributed to a woman’s death. 

•Police in Mattawa and Moses Lake are seeking public assistance in solving a homicide in a public park.
•A three-year-old rescue from the Wenatchee Valley Humane Society is the new narcotics-detecting dog for the Chelan County Regional Justice Center.
•The Level 1 evacuation notice on Holden Village was lifted on Tuesday after being in place since early July due to the Pomas Fire.

•A barn was destroyed by a fire Monday morning along Blewett Pass, though firefighters were able to prevent the blaze from spreading to nearby trees.
•Four people were injured in a four-vehicle wreck on Highway 2 yesterday afternoon in Tumwater Canyon.
•Today marks ten years since the Twisp River Fire, started by tree branches contacting a power line.

•Governor Bob Ferguson has authorized an investigation into the conduct of members on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, including its new vice-chair, former wildlife biologist John Lehmkuhl of Wenatchee.
•Three people were injured in a four-car DUI collision Friday afternoon on Highway 97 near Pateros.
•A new report from the Washington State Auditor finds that Moses Lake schools did not appropriately track their employees hours and productivity when paying them with federal Title I funding.

•The McNeil Canyon Road Realignment project in Douglas County is currently suspended, due to a union strike in several eastern Washington cities.
•The city of Chelan will receive $3 million in state funding secured by 12th district Representative Mike Steele to begin its East Chelan Water Reservoir Project.
•Lake Chelan Health is applying for commercial building permits to construct a new administrative building and ambulance garage on its campus.

Lighthouse Christian Ministries has shut down its homeless aid center at 410 South Columbia Street after a hearing officer allowed its conditional use permit to be revoked on Monday.
A driver who pleaded guilty to bumping police officers with his vehicle while fleeing a traffic stop is now wanted for sentencing.
And a 95-acre brush fire burned up a hillside north of Brewster on Wednesday.

An injured hiker was forced to spend Monday night at the base of Dragontail Peak above Colchuck Lake in the Enchantments before being rescued Tuesday morning.
A firefighter in training with the Wenatchee Valley Department has been charged with felony harassment and misdemeanor assault for allegedly making threats to a superior and to a fellow firefighter during a mental health crisis, and for fighting with team members when they came to his home to intervene.
And the Wenatchee Valley woke up to moderate air quality this morning as smoke from wildfires on the west side travels east.

Wenatchee Valley Firefighters were kept busy on Monday with not one, but two vehicle fires.
Wenatchee Valley College has received a warning from the body that oversees college accreditation, which warns WVC is out of compliance with standards around how it handles complaints and harassment amongst staff.
And a 18-year-old suspect has been arrested for allegedly sparking the Balsamroot Fire, a 305-acre wildland blaze that erupted outside Wenatchee on the Fourth of July, 2024.

A structure fire on Lake Wenatchee's north shore this morning spread into surrounding woods, leading to a Level 2 evacuation notice for homes in the area.
Travelers should expect single-lane closures and reduced speed limits this week on Highway 2 just west of Leavenworth during the Washington State Department of Transportation’s $2.3 million Slope Stabilization project.
And the Chelan School District is asking voters to approve a $73 million school bond that would build a new elementary school and modernize multiple facilities.

A probationary firefighter with the Wenatchee Valley Fire Department is accused of threatening a superior, and attacking fellow firefighters including a battalion commander who arrived at his home to defuse the situation.
Chelan and Douglas County came together yesterday for their second annual Purple Heart Day ceremony, recognizing those in the community who’ve received the military honor for suffering harm in the line of duty.
And the former director of the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust is suing the nonprofit over her firing last November.