NCWLIFE Evening News

•The Wenatchee Valley YMCA announced an agreement on Tuesday that will ensure the long-term future of the Lake Wenatchee YMCA camp. •Investigators say they've connected a residential fire that killed two people last August to an arson suspect, who died one week after the incident. •The Washington State Department of Transportation plans to reopen a section of Highway 2 near Skykomish on Sunday.

•The Colville Confederated Tribes are mourning the violent deaths of a tribal court employee and her son, apparently in an act of domestic violence. •Leonard Evans Used Cars will close its doors January 31st after 70 years in operation. •The news from 2025 was so vast, and carried such weight, that we can’t do it justice in one evening. Tonight is Part 2 of our look back at the year that just pass...

•A water main broke Monday morning on Wenatchee main downtown street, sending water onto the roadway and forcing street closures. •Washington state has launched a guide for residents to find information on financial and recovery resources after the historic flood emergency earlier this month. •At the end of each year, our news team looks back to find the stories that made the past 12 months unique...

•One person is dead after a December 19th officer-involved shooting outside Tonasket, and a special police unit is investigating. •With the windstorms and flooding of 2025 in the rearview, Chelan County’s longest-serving commissioner took a look back at the crisis. •Fish hatcheries around Chelan County are on the road to recovery from the recent atmospheric river event.

•In a split vote this morning, Commissioners for the Port of Chelan County passed their resolution approving the creation of a Malaga Tax Increment Finance District despite loud public opposition to the project. •The Chelan County Solid Waste program is offering a free disposal voucher program for residents to rid of debris from wind storms and flood damage. •A Palisades man is accused of breaking...

•The Eastmont School Board cannot take any action or consider a response to the recent arrest of one of its members until its next board meeting in 2026, according to Superintendent Spencer Taylor. •The Wenatchee Valley Fire Department says an apartment fire on Castlerock Street was narrowly averted this morning when the fire burned through a water line and extinguished itself. •The Chelan County...

•The Washington Department of Transportation began repair work on Highway 2 Stevens Pass on Thursday. •Economic development commissioners for Chelan County still plan a vote Tuesday on installing a tax-increment financing district in the Malaga area. •The Wenatchee School District is set to begin a modernization project of the Wenatchee Valley Technical Skills Center next month.

•One of the youth victims of a deadly November auto crash in Wenatchee will be laid to rest tomorrow. •One person is dead and two others injured after a pair of collisions yesterday and this morning on Highway 28. •The state Court of Appeals today overturned the conviction of a Moses Lake man serving 10 years for multiple sex offenses against a child.

•About 11 staff members remain at Holden Village, the Lutheran retreat community above Lake Chelan that was cut off from its only access road by last week’s flooding and landslides. •Eastmont School Board member Jason Heinz was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting his teenage daughter and stalking his ex-fiancée. •The weather gave the Wenatchee Valley another blast overnight, with gusts up...

•A drill that struck a two-inch natural gas line caused a major leak into the basement of a longtime Wenatchee apartment complex. The Vradenburg apartments on downtown Yakima Street had to be evacuated just after 2pm today, along with buildings in the vicinity including the Wenatchee Police Department, and the NCWLIFE studios. •Chelan County residents who’ve suffered losses as a result of the rece...

•The village of Stehekin is under an evacuation notice as it faces more possible flooding. •That viral photo you saw over the weekend is the real thing. A section of Highway 2 just west of Leavenworth that tumbled into the raging Wenatchee River during Thursday’s flooding. •The city of Leavenworth has begun to restore normalcy after last week’s deluge and windstorm, but similar weather may be yet...

•Chelan County has declared a state of emergency in response to damage sustained from the rain and windstorms. •The greater Leavenworth area was still without power this afternoon after widespread power outages followed severe winds and rainfall this week. •Governor Bob Ferguson’s Office announced today that President Donald Trump approved Washington state’s request for federal emergency assistanc...

•Eleven thousand Chelan County households were without power this morning and travel through western Chelan County became hazardous in the wake of severe winds and rainfall. •No evacuation notices have been issued related to the area’s floods, and authorities say so far, no serious injuries or fatalities have been reported as a direct result of high waters. •Road closures were declared throughout...

•Officials are warning of floods and disruptions as rains continue to fall and river levels rise around the state. •It took a combination of resources to recover the body of an Entiat man missing since December 2nd. •The Cascade School District’s athletic booster club is raising money to support a bus driver injured in a fatal accident while transporting Cascade High School wrestlers to a tourname...

•Police investigating an SUV found in the Columbia River have recovered the body of an Entiat man missing since last week. •The Washington State Patrol is using the DUI arrest of a Cashmere motorist to make a point about driving under the influence. •The Wenatchee School District is preparing to lose more than $2 million dollars in federal funds as it eyes the 2026-2027 budget.

•A pair of auto crashes Saturday morning on Highway 97 and Highway 97A proved fatal for two people and injured six others. •The Wenatchee Valley’s largest healthcare provider has agreed to repay more than $1.8 million dollars to patients whose medical costs should have been covered by charity care. •East Wenatchee police say a man undergoing a mental health crisis fled from them on Friday and took...

•Authorities have confirmed the name of the 18-year-old driver in the deadly crash two weeks ago that has now killed two East Wenatchee juveniles. •The teacher strike in Moses Lake extended to its fifth day today as the teachers’ union and the Moses Lake School District continue contract negotiations. •An East Wenatchee man is charged with using a juvenile courier to deliver an illegal purchase of...

•The Wenatchee Police Department has temporarily turned off its Flock Safety cameras, after a Skagit County judge ruled that pictures and information gathered by the license plate readers qualify as public record. •Chelan County authorities today said they’re seeking an Entiat man who’s been missing since Tuesday. •Wildfire smoke filled Wenatchee High School this fall, forcing teachers to move stu...

•Three people with ties to the Wenatchee Valley are charged with acting as drug couriers to bring fentanyl and other illicit substances into the area. •The vote scheduled for next week by the Port of Chelan County to create the proposed Malaga Tax Increment Area has been postponed, following several public meetings where residents and public officials voiced opposition to the project. •President T...

•An Ellensburg physician is accused of breaking federal law by falsifying medical exams for commercial drivers license applicants. •The Wenatchee Valley Fire Department is worried the proposed tax-increment finance district in Malaga will cut too deeply into its future revenues, and force unwanted tax increases for fire service. •Travelers on Thursday will have to avoid Blewett Pass if they need t...

•Police say a Wenatchee motorist sped away from a traffic stop early Sunday and crashed his vehicle into an embankment, injuring a passenger. •Sheriff’s deputies in Douglas county say three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, forced their way into an East Wenatchee home early Saturday in a domestic violence incident. •Students and teachers in the Moses Lake School District did not return to...

•Three Wenatchee Valley residents were hospitalized Tuesday after a three-vehicle accident on snowy Highway 2. •With the holidays approaching, Wenatchee Valley Fire Marshal Kurt Blanchard is reminding residents to stay alert, as colder weather and increased holiday activity raise the risk of fires in the home. •Chelan Valley Hope has launched its annual coat drive and is seeking donations.

•Two of the youth victims in Friday night’s deadly street-racing crash in the north end of Wenatchee have been identified. •A deputy’s efforts to stop a possibly impaired driver led to a police chase Sunday night in Chelan. •State inspectors from the Department of Labor and Industries made unannounced visits to nearly 350 work sites across the state, and four 41 unlicensed contractors on the job,...

•A 20-year-old man from Lacey accused of shooting and killing two teenage boys in that city was arrested last week in Wenatchee. •One young occupant in a speeding car is dead and two others seriously injured after a head-on two-vehicle crash Friday evening. •An Oregon firefighter on the Lower Sugarloaf Fire in September has now been charged with involvement in three vehicle thefts, including the s...