•Lightning strikes over the weekend are blamed for half a dozen new fires now burning on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
•A Cashmere woman with a history of serious driving convictions now faces possible assault charges after allegedly driving away from a Chelan County traffic stop.
•The Wenatchee Valley Fire Department’s Malaga location is now fully-staffed after the temporary hiatus that came after a loss in funding from the shutdown of Alcoa’s aluminum smelter plant.