NCWLIFE Evening News

• The Washington State Legislature adjourned Thursday, concluding its regular session with a collection of bills that will impact North Central Washington, including the much-discussed "millionaire's tax.” • The Wenatchee School District plans to cut $2.5 million from its budget for the 2026-2027 school year — less than half of the amount that was originally expected. • At Wenatchee High School, s...

•  A former Chelan County Community Development employee is suing the county, alleging the department was a "hostile work environment" where she endured "on-the-job sexual assault." • Multiple people were injured in a three-car crash yesterday afternoon near Leavenworth.  • Local utility districts struggled with wind-related power outages that began early this morning.

• Three Wenatchee Valley fifth graders got a big surprise today as the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival announced its 2026 Junior Royalty Court at Mission View Elementary • The Stehekin Valley is once again at risk for flooding as it braces for more rain and snowmelt this week. • The former Moses Lake physician accused of wounding a U.S. Marshal in a Florida shootout has now been formally c...

• The Wenatchee Valley Humane Society is launching a partnership with East Wenatchee to trap and neuter feral cats that are living in the community. • Rescue workers teamed up to help a 42-year-old dirt biker who collapsed on a Saturday excursion up Tripp Canyon outside Cashmere. • Governor Bob Ferguson has signed the first tranche of bills to pass the Washington Legislature during this session, w...

• Columbia Valley Community Health has opened its new Youth Behavioral Health clinic in Wenatchee, designed to meet the needs of teens and young adults ages 13 to 25. • Two homes were struck by gunfire in the Bridgeport Bar area early Sunday morning, in what authorities believe is gang-related activity. •A 55-year-old Moses Lake man must serve 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to me...

• A former Moses Lake physician was wounded and is now in custody after a police shootout in Florida, where he was arrested for an alleged sexual assault. • The National Park Service says it’s making federal funds available to partially rebuild the crucial road serving Stehekin. • Several Washington state legislators voted in favor of a war powers resolution meant to halt President Donald Trump’s...

• The Washington Supreme Court says the Grant County Jail has broad immunity in a lawsuit brought by the survivors of an inmate who died from a heroin overdose. • he Wenatchee man arrested early Tuesday for an alleged knife attack on his girlfriend is now facing three felony charges, and Douglas County sheriff’s deputies say the assault was captured on home security video. • Chelan County is movin...

• The Common Ground Community Housing Trust is accepting applications for its affordable homes on Ninth Street in Wenatchee. • The Washington state Legislature has passed a bill to ban law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings. • The killer of a young mother in Moses Lake has entered a plea in her death.

•An East Wenatchee man is jailed after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend in the neck early this morning. The assault was reported just after 2 a.m. •The state of Washington and the federal government are expecting to pay roughly $180,000 dollars for temporary repairs on Beaver Hill, a steep and winding road grade just outside the town of Plain. •The Washington Legislature is sprinting toward a Mar...

• About 70 people gathered at Memorial Park in Wenatchee on Sunday to protest recent U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran, joining anti-war demonstrations held across the country. • The early access lottery is open for the North Cascades National Park.  • There’s a new sheriff in town. Tyler Caille, the Douglas County undersheriff for the last seven years,  was sworn in this morning by County...

• A Moses Lake man accused of murder in the death of his grandfather in 2024 has entered a guilty plea. • The veteran fire chief for the city of Manson and its surroundings has announced his retirement. • On Saturday, the Chuck Wagon Ministries food pantry will begin operations at the King’s Harvest Church of Christ in Wenatchee.

•An elderly Grant County man who plotted from prison to have his ex-wife and daughter killed cannot be released on medical grounds, despite documented health problems. •A Wenatchee 16-year-old was struck and injured by another teen Tuesday in the parking lot of Winco Foods, and now that driver is facing hit-and-run charges. •The Chopaka Lake and Cold Spring Campgrounds in Okanogan County are at ri...

•A Manson business owner and his son no longer face federal charges for illegally importing emissions devices. •A Wenatchee Valley mental health counselor was sentenced Monday to one month in jail after inappropriately messaging or touching two of his clients — ages 14 and 18 — told police that he had inappropriately messaged them or touched them. •Central Washington lawmakers are working to put t...

•Progress is underway on Moses Lake’s new hospital building. Samaritan Healthcare says the new hospital location will be open for patient visits two weeks from now. •An 18-year-old suspect in a shooting last month in downtown Chelan has entered a guilty plea, but not to the shooting itself. •Firefighters were called this morning to a commercial structure fire at cryptocurrency mining operation nea...

•The Wenatchee Valley Fire Department responded to emergency calls over the weekend to three different residential fires around the city, two of them in the Sunnyslope neighborhood. •Two different open letters submitted by Confluence Health physicians and former leaders continue to raise concerns about the health system's planned cancer center. •The Wenatchee Jazz Workshop has become a musical tra...

•Grant County authorities have released the names of the five sheriff’s deputies who fatally shot a Moses Lake man on Monday evening. •Douglas County PUD commissioners declared a maintenance emergency at their Renewable Hydrogen Production Facility at Baker Flats on Tuesday, and authorized General Manager Gary Ivory to negotiate new contracts for its hydrogen electrolyzer system. •A Wenatchee man...

•A former Sterling Junior High custodian accused of sexually abusing a student pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of third-degree rape. •On Monday, a segment of 8th Street Southeast in East Wenatchee will be closed from South Mary to South Nile Avenue. •The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that Amazon must stand trial in a civil case accusing the online retailer of contributing to...

•Authorities have identified the man shot and killed by Grant County sheriff’s deputies on Monday. •Douglas County has a new sheriff, effective March 1st. •The city of Wenatchee has officially launched its new utility billing payment website.

•One man is dead after a police-involved shooting northeast of Moses Lake. •The Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center’s application to renovate and expand its facility is under review by the city. •Washington is looking for federal help in its cleanup from December’s atmospheric river event.

•A Wenatchee mother and her 9-year-old son were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, and by this afternoon, they had been removed from the United States. •Young would-be surgeons suited up Saturday and started exploring in the Matters of the Heart event, held at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center. •Commissioners for the Grant County PUD could decide the fate of t...

•An apartment complex caught fire Thursday afternoon in Wenatchee, burning one unit in a duplex and displacing a family of three. The Wenatchee Valley Fire Department responded to a call at 3:33 p.m. •The city of East Wenatchee will close a portion of Fifth Street Northeast next week to begin infrastructure projects in the area. •The Building Better Tomorrows Foundation is sponsoring an Instrument...

•Congressman Dan Newhouse was one of six Republicans voting yesterday to block President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada. •Chelan County leadership visited the remote Lake Chelan village of Stehekin this week to learn more about the status of Company Creek Road and other damages from the December storms. •The Town Nissan car dealership in East Wenatchee, owned by the Barros and Lisson families, i...

•U.S. Highway 2 is now fully open between Monroe and Leavenworth for the first time in two months. •Rivercom, the emergency dispatch service for Chelan and Douglas counties, is well on its way to a new funding stream. •The city of Omak and NCW Libraries reached an agreement after a dispute over the status of the Omak Public Library.

•The U.S. Army Ranger accused of committing a mass shooting outside a Gorge Amphitheatre music festival will be tried in military court, rather than in Grant County. •One Confluence Health pharmacist went above and beyond for a cancer patient’s treatment last week. •The selection pageant for Apple Blossom 2026 is drawing near, and NCWLIFE’s Eric Granstrom has been getting to know all ten candidate...

• The city of Chelan has issued a draft environmental assessment, looking at the impacts of a proposed runway relocation at Lake Chelan Airport.   •The Top 10 finalists for Apple Blossom Queen have been making the rounds in the Wenatchee Valley, and now the time for their final pageant is drawing near. •The empty seat on the Chelan Fire & Rescue Commissioner Board has been filled.