NCWLIFE Evening News

• 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...

• Opponents of Washington’s new millionaire tax have launched a court challenge to overturn it, and a Chelan County couple are among the plaintiffs. • An unidentified person is dead following a Monday rollover collision that ejected both occupants from the vehicle.  • A Bridgeport woman convicted of stabbing a convenience-store clerk in the face received a nine-month sentence yesterday in Douglas...

• t’ll be at least another 200 days before the W.T. Clark Pipeline Bridge reopens to foot and bicycle traffic. • The driver in the November auto crash that killed two East Wenatchee boys must stand trial for vehicular homicide this summer. • The U.S. Department of Energy has  withdrawn its court effort to enforce rescind a policy that would have capped reimbursement for Washington’s state energy p...

• Five Grant County men were among seven arrested on April 1st when they allegedly sought to patronize sex workers in an Adams County sting operation. • Fifteen pieces of art created by North Central Washington students will be shown in Olympia this month after being named “Best of Show” in a local contest. • A Chelan man is suspected of attempting to break into an apartment and assaulting a deput...

•  Residents in parts of North Central Washington should prepare to see smoke this week and possibly throughout the month as the U.S. Forest Service and partner agencies carry out prescribed burns. •  Chelan County sheriff's deputies say a man was rescued from Roses Lake north of Manson after his kayak overturned this morning. • Arbor Day doesn’t take place until the end of this month, but in the...

•Another round of youthful, would-be legislators can now apply for seats on the Wenatchee Junior City Counci l . •Campaign fundraising North Central Washington's state and local campaigns has taken off, with early numbers showing both tight races and major gaps. •Mosquito populations are rising in the Northwest, as is the threat of diseases they carry. 

• This morning, Lee Elementary School students and staff organized a parking lot parade to support the school’s principal, Jamea Connor, in her fight against breast cancer. • Okanogan County has a new sheriff. Jodie Barcus took the oath of office yesterday, becoming the first woman sheriff to preside over law enforcement in that county. • The foothills trails around Wenatchee have reopened for the...

• Tony Lee Harriman, an 84-year-old retired Air Force veteran, is riding his recumbent bike from coast to coast, to encourage support for homeless veterans. • The active-duty Army specialist accused of gunning down two women and wounding three other people has pleaded not-guilty a second time, this time in military court. •  Testimony began this week in Phoenix, Arizona, in the murder trial of a W...

• Chelan County sheriff’s deputies say an attempt to stop a speeding minivan outside Malaga turned into a high-speed chase Tuesday, in which the driver crashed into a ditch with two passengers on board. • Yesterday, the Eastmont School District lost its second portable classroom in the last three years to fire, and investigators say an air conditioning unit may be to blame. • Winter hibernation is...

• A former custodian at Sterling Junior High in East Wenatchee will serve a year in jail for sexually abusing a 15-year-old student. •A Bridgeport woman who stabbed a convenience-store clerk in the face last fall was convicted by a jury last week of second-degree assault. • The 2026 Rails & Ales festival and rail jam competition helped usher out the winter on March 11th

• In Chelan County Superior Court yesterday, the driver in a 2025 crash that killed two youth passengers appeared on charges of vehicular homicide. • A Brewster physician must spend a year in federal prison and pay more than $400,000 dollars for providing patients with recalled and potentially unsafe medical devices. • An East Wenatchee man has been subpoenaed to give testimony in an Arizona court...

• The state’s Department of Labor & Industries is looking into two job site accidents in Chelan County, one of which killed a contract utility worker at Lake Chelan. • Douglas County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a case of drive-by gunfire in the area of Bridgeport. •  Next week, bike advocates and traffic engineers from around the state will gather for the Washington Bike Walk Roll Sum...

• In Phoenix, Arizona, trial is set to commence next week for a Wenatchee man charged with murder. • An East Wenatchee man who previously pleaded guilty to domestic violence was arrested for allegedly breaking into a home to confront his prior victim. • The Chelan city council is losing one member due to health reasons.

•   Traffic crossing the George Sellar Bridge between Wenatchee and East Wenatchee was held up for public safety reasons today, after a person climbed to the peak of the bridge carrying a bicycle, and then tied the bike to the American flag. • Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been spotted at airports around the country, but will not be coming to East Wenatchee’s air travel hub. • An...

• A Moses Lake man was sentenced last week to 35 years in federal prison for sexually abusing children and creating videos of the abuse. • In May 2025, Paityn, Evelyn and Olivia Decker were reported missing after their father, Travis Decker, failed to return them from a scheduled visitation. • The Behavioral Health Unit of the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office has secured nearly $55,000 in grant fund...

• The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of its animal partners. The agency announced yesterday that K-9 Elsa had passed away after a sudden medical emergency. • The Grant County Health District announced yesterday that it was notified of two confirmed measles cases in children this week. •Wenatchee High School’s Mock Trial Team is heading to Tacoma this weekend for its a...

• The Women’s Service League of NCW is giving away over 1,000 prom dresses to high school girls this Saturday and Sunday. • We’ve reported on the weekend death of Kasey Jo Emery of Chelan, who died Saturday after the SUV she was a passenger in struck the rear of an ambulance on Highway 97A. •The Small Business Administration opened a temporary office in Leavenworth last week, aimed at helping resi...

• East Wenatchee City Hall was briefly closed Monday night after a suspicious briefcase prompted a bomb squad investigation. • Okanogan County has begun the search for a new sheriff, after the resignation two weeks ago of Sheriff Paul Budrow. • Each year, the Cascadia Conservation District hosts its “Picture Chelan County” photo contest, with winning work selected to grace the nonprofit’s annual c...

• A 24-year-old Chelan woman is dead after the SUV she was riding in slammed into an ambulance Saturday, and the driver now faces a charge of vehicular homicide. • A residential structure fire in the town of Bridgeport last week brought aid from surrounding fire agencies. • The Chelan County Commissioners will hold a joint community meeting at the end of the month to provide updates on their distr...