NCWLIFE Evening News

• Clients of the Chelan-Douglas Health District have just 10 days left to submit a claim if they were affected by the 2021 data breach that made their medical and personal information public. • The Washington State Department of Transportation expects the North Cascades Highway to fully reopen to eastbound and westbound traffic by June 25th. • The Cashmere Public Library will close its current Woo...

• On Friday, officials at the Chelan-Douglas Health District confirmed a case of rodent-borne hantavirus had been confirmed in Chelan County. • Sheriff’s deputies are asking for the public’s help finding a Moses Lake, missing since late last week. • A Wenatchee man was arrested Sunday evening after police say he hit two men with a double-sided machete after an argument over rent money. 

•  A Sunday evening brushfire on the Douglas County side of the Apple Capital Loop Trail burned six acres, and forced Highway 28 traffic to divert into East Wenatchee. • Police say an East Wenatchee officer responding to a possible assault Saturday night got into a physical altercation with a suspect that led both of them to treatment at the hospital. • The Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Cen...

• hearing from drivers about the pain at the pump • a wrap on taste of pybus • a new water park coming to quincy 

• The new roundtrip flight between Pangborn Memorial Airport and Portland is supported by a combination of federal grant funding and local investment for the next two years. • A 38-year-old Anacortes woman was arrested on Wednesday in a suspected road rage incident on Icicle Road in Leavenworth. • The Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday to...

• Two unoccupied Wenatchee homes caught fire this morning after a tree fire spread to the structures. • The city of East Wenatchee and its police department are highlighting funding milestones that will allow the agency to hire three new entry-level police officers. •  Those looking to safely dispose of sensitive personal documents will have the opportunity to do so Friday at the East Wenatchee Fi...

• Pybus Public Market is currently preparing for the annual Taste of Pybus fundraiser that supports its foundation. • The Wenatchee City Council has scheduled a roundtable discussion on Thursday to discuss the banner application process that ended up excluding Pride banners that would normally be displayed in June. • A 23-year-old man was arrested in Moses Lake for allegedly hitting multiple parke...

• Construction of the Confluence Parkway project has reached a major milestone. Last week marked a full year since construction began. • A brush fire burning near Highway 24 in Grant County burned an estimated 2,200 to 2,500 acres Sunday night before crews gained control Monday morning.  • Candidates for public office in Chelan and Douglas counties filed for this year's elections with numerous rac...

• New research from Washington State University shows that renewable natural gas can be extracted from sewage, while also reducing the cost to treat the material. • A 78-year-old former resident of Grant County was sentenced Wednesday to two and a half years in federal custody for assuming the identity of a Vietnam veteran. • After a year’s hiatus, the Two Rivers Medieval Faire is back this weeken...

•  The Malaga man who allegedly fired a gunshot during a January home invasion was formally arraigned yesterday on a count of attempted murder. • U.S. Representative Kim Schrier was in Wenatchee this morning to highlight federal funding she helped secure for the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office. • Chelan County has paid $15,000 to a deputy with the sheriff's office, as part of a settlement over a pu...

• A wine production facility in Grant County went up in flames Tuesday, with an estimated 4.5 million gallons of wine inside.  • In a case that stems from a 2004 murder in Grant County, the Washington Supreme Court ruled today that criminals cannot seek to vacate their convictions until after they’re released from prison. • The state of Washington declared today its reliance on snowpack for its wa...

• A home caught fire this morning in Malaga, killing a dog and displacing a family of four.  • Elected commissioners of two NCW utilities are now serving on the board of Energy Northwest, the joint operating agency for Washington’s 28 public power districts and municipal electric services. • At Centennial Park today, a small group gathered to march and bring attention to the ongoing crisis of Miss...

• A three-vehicle collision on Highway 97 late Friday killed two motorists and a 20-year-old passenger, leaving the road impassable until early Saturday. • Authorities have charged a Malaga man with attempted murder and related charges, stemming from a January home invasion and robbery in Wenatchee. • The Colville Tribes have received a gift of just over 22 acres of land along the Methow River.

• The 53-year-old man found dead in his cell Sunday at the Chelan County Regional Justice Center has been identified. • U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum made a commitment yesterday to build a new, permanent access road in Stehekin during a Senate committee hearing. •  The annual delegation from Misawa, Japan has arrived in the Wenatchee Valley, just in time for the climax of the Apple Bl...

• A Monday shooting in the town of Brewster left one man wounded and four juvenile suspects in custody.  • Starting in October, air travelers can enjoy a new, nonstop flight out of Pangborn Memorial Airport to Portland. • The man who killed a Moses Lake mother of three will serve at least 20 years in prison for the crime.

• Two Wenatchee Valley men serving time in separate felonies have failed to overturn the conditions of their sentences. • A Wenatchee man who was among those arrested in the 2024 Net Nanny sting operation targeting people seeking to pay for underage sex has entered a guilty plea. • Candidates for public office will need to file with their county auditor’s office for this year’s primary and general...

• Music, culture, food and history all came together at the Wenatchee Convention Center Friday night, where hundreds gathered for a record-breaking game of Lotería. • East Wenatchee police say two men were stabbed last night in the 800 block of North Baker Avenue in the parking lot of an apartment complex. • Another Wenatchee Valley city will go without the banners that typically adorn the streets...

 Special edition of NCWLIFE Evening News on location kicking of apple blossom 2026

• Dressed in tiny uniforms and shiny badges, the new chiefs For A Day were appointed at noon today as part of the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival’s kickoff event. • Wenatchee resident George Crater Jr. is guilty on all counts in the 2024 murder of his tenant in a suburban Phoenix vacation home.  •  A fundraising dinner thrown by one local ski area to benefit another brought in more than $7...

•  Geothermal energy could soon be developed in North Central Washington. •  One of the member tribes of the Colville Reservation has won a Canadian court case reinforcing its heritage in British Columbia. • Wenatchee High School wants the community to come inside. The Wenatchee School District is currently proposing a $295 million bond that would build a new high school and address failing HVAC s...

• Two people are dead after a hit-and-run accident Sunday evening in Moses Lake evolved into a high-speed chase. • An East Wenatchee man who fired a handgun in the Wenatchee Valley Mall parking lot in September 2024 was sentenced in federal court last week to nearly 18 years in prison.  • A new monument outside the Chelan County courthouse ensures even visually-impaired Americans can remain connec...

• The national union representing U.S. Forest Service employees says the Trump Administration’s plan to reorganize the agency is an attempt to illegally carry out a reduction-in-force. • The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will soon begin conducting house inspections for disaster aid applicants in Chelan County, and throughout Washington. •  A man convicted of child rape in 2022 has fa...

•Five contestants over 55 years of age faced off last night in the 2nd annual Granny Apple Pageant, hosted by Colonial Vista Senior Living. •The murder trial of a Wenatchee man has entered its fourth week in Phoenix, Arizona, where George W. Crater Jr. is accused of fatally beating and torturing a tenant in his vacation home who fell behind on rent. •The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is asking f...

• A fire broke out this morning at the Pointe Pest Control building in Wenatchee, and first responders believe it was human-caused. • The U.S. Forest Service announced today it was issuing $248 million in Secure Rural Schools payments for 2025. • A Wenatchee man originally charged with multiple counts of child sexual abuse has now pleaded to reduced charges, after the Chelan County prosecutor’s of...

• President Donald Trump approved federal funding for several counties and tribal communities in Washington state following the disastrous December floods. • Detectives are investigating after a human body was found in Crab Creek in southwestern Grant County.  • The Washington Department of Transportation is considering improvements to a two-mile stretch of Highway 97A outside of Chelan for bike a...