• A towing company along Highway 97A in Entiat has suffered its third major fire in the last eight months.

• Colville Tribal Police and the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office collaborated last week in the recovery of two missing boaters lost on Twin Lakes. 

• After months of repairs, the scenic North Cascades Highway fully reopened Sunday in both directions.

• Chelan County prosecutors have charged the 13-year-old suspect in the May 30th homicide of a 42-year-old woman.

• The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help in identifying a body pulled from the Okanogan River earlier this week.

• It’s the end of an era for one of the major suppliers of fruit trees in the Wenatchee Valley.

• A thick cloud of smoke draped parts of southwest Wenatchee yesterday afternoon as a structure fire burned the first floor and the attic of a home in the 700 block of Circle Street.

• A large-scale paving project is scheduled to begin on Highway 2 next week, between Cashmere and Peshastin.

• Ladder 10, the new ladder truck for the Wenatchee Valley Fire Department, got pushed into its new home Wednesday at Station 10 on North Wenatchee Avenue.

• The crane at the Majestic Apartments is coming down next weekend. The city of Wenatchee says building contractor Exxel Pacific is bringing in an even bigger crane to safely dismantle and remove the existing tower crane that looms over the apartment complex.

• Chelan County’s government offices are in their third week working without computer networks thanks to a malware attack.

•  Governor Bob Ferguson says banning cellphones in K through 12 schools is a top priority of his next legislative session.

• Wenatchee police say they’ve apprehended a suspect in the May 30th homicide of a 42-year-old woman.

• One person was injured in a dramatic two-vehicle crash Monday afternoon at the intersection of Kittitas Street and Chelan Avenue. 

• After three days, the Chestnut Fire burning on Chelan Butte was fully contained Monday afternoon, after scorching more than 1,000 acres. 

• A fire that started Saturday morning in the Chelan Butte is now approximately 1,508 acres and 50% contained, according to Chelan Fire and Rescue.

• A Wenatchee man is jailed in Oregon after allegedly abducting his partner and forcing her to travel with him to the state capital of Salem.

• Douglas County announced today its workers successfully cleaned up an illegal tire dump, hauling away nearly 900 tires. 

•  This year’s  Moses Lake Airshow is scheduled for next weekend, June 12th and 13th.

• The Chelan County Coroner says an unidentified person found May 30th on the back porch of a South Wenatchee business died by homicide.

• The Chelan County PUD is offering assistance for customers who may need some extra help with their monthly utility bills.

• A water line failure at the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery has forced a scramble to preserve juvenile salmon, while also delaying the start of fishing season on the Icicle River.

• A motorist under the influence went off Highway 97A north of Entiat on Tuesday afternoon, and took out several feet of fencing along the roadside.

• First responders with Lake Chelan Health were recognized last week in a yearly awards presentation hosted by the Greater Wenatchee EMS Council.

• A dirt biker was rescued Saturday from the Devils Gulch Trail by the Chelan County Volunteer Search and Rescue after he suffered injuries to his leg.

• Lighthouse Christian Ministries has filed a new legal complaint against the City of Wenatchee after a federal judge dismissed several of the organization’s claims last month.

• A federal fugitive missing from custody for more than a month was caught last week in Omak.

•  A man was found dead Saturday in the Okanogan River near Oroville after a witness reported seeing him floating face down in the river last week.

• The Wenatchee Police Department is leading a homicide investigation into the death of one person, found over the weekend on the back porch of a South Wenatchee business.

• A man is facing attempted murder charges in an alleged pipe bomb attack, which led police to cordon off an entire city block in the town of Brewster.