NCWLIFE Evening News

•Washington’s state health officer signed an order Thursday making anyone in the state eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations, without consulting their doctor. •A complex incident team is now in charge of the Lower Sugarloaf Fire in Chelan County as well as the Labor Mountain Fire near Cle Elum. •NCWLIFE met with three FFA participants from the Eastmont School District yesterday as they finished setti...

•The Lower Sugarloaf Fire, which began outside the town of Plain due a lightning strike Monday, has quickly grown to more than 6,200 acres and sparked urgent evacuation warnings for residents along Mad River Road in the Entiat Valley. •A structure was lost but firefighters were able to control the spread of a wildland fire that ignited the building today. •Mosquitoes that were captured at Crab Cre...

•Chelan County Emergency Management has issued several evacuation notices due to the fast-growing Lower Sugarloaf Fire burning east of Plain. •The second of 12 men arrested in a State Patrol sting operation last year for soliciting sex with a minor has been sentenced. •A Washington Elementary School student will serve as one of the state’s Youth Heart with the American Heart Association this schoo...

•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...

•All guests and non-essential staff are being evacuated from Holden Village and nearby facilities as the 60-acre Martin Fire continues to burn in the area. •A Level 1 “be ready” fire advisory was issued this morning for Blewett Pass after another wildfire caused by lightning ignited last night. •The Washington State Department of Transportation will close Knapps Hill Tunnel after Labor Day to repl...

•Two people in a Grant County long-term care facility have died and many more were sickened by a COVID-19 outbreak. •A Level 2 “get ready” evacuation notice was issued this morning for Holden Village, including the Rio Tinto Mine water treatment plant, as the lightning-caused Martin Fire grows. •A tractor driver was injured in a collision on Highway 281 early this morning near Quincy.

•The two occupants of a small plane that crashed into a house during a failed landing attempt at the Cashmere airport say they’re recovering after the ordeal. •Authorities say they’re still investigating a deadly house fire that happened last week in Chelan, and still unable to publicly identify the two people killed. •The driver who bumped a group of police officers with his vehicle while fleeing...

•About 100 federal agents are moving through the Icicle River area where the Decker sisters were murdered almost three months ago, carrying out a grid search in pursuit of the father who’s accused of killing them. •Two people were injured in a three-car collision Monday afternoon on Highway 28 near Quincy. •As the Valley Academy of Learning begins its new life inside the former Columbia Elementary...

•Last night, the FBI once again began a sweep of the forested area where Paityn, Evelyn and Olivia Decker were found murdered nearly three months ago. •Quincy police say a local resident was already wanted on a warrant when he decided to use a handgun to settle an argument. •The city of Chelan struggled today with a water main break that threatened to deplete its reservoirs.

•A recreational vehicle caught fire yesterday while traveling on Highway 97. That led to a wildfire that had to be controlled before highway traffic could resume. •A second person has now been reported as killed in the house fire at 418 East Woodin Ave. in Chelan early Thursday morning. •The East Wenatchee City Council voted this week to impose a new 0.1% sales tax that takes effect next year.

•Two people were injured and one person was killed in a house fire at 418 East Woodin Avenue in Chelan early this morning. •A homeless Wenatchee man who pleaded guilty to setting fire to a drainage pipe back in February is again charged with arson, this time for allegedly starting a small fire near Hale Park on the Apple Capital Loop Trail. •East Wenatchee police say they’ve arrested a 27-year-old...

•Police in Mattawa and Moses Lake are seeking public assistance in solving a homicide in a public park. •A three-year-old rescue from the Wenatchee Valley Humane Society is the new narcotics-detecting dog for the Chelan County Regional Justice Center. •The Level 1 evacuation notice on Holden Village was lifted on Tuesday after being in place since early July due to the Pomas Fire.

•A barn was destroyed by a fire Monday morning along Blewett Pass, though firefighters were able to prevent the blaze from spreading to nearby trees. •Four people were injured in a four-vehicle wreck on Highway 2 yesterday afternoon in Tumwater Canyon. •Today marks ten years since the Twisp River Fire, started by tree branches contacting a power line.

•Governor Bob Ferguson has authorized an investigation into the conduct of members on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, including its new vice-chair, former wildlife biologist John Lehmkuhl of Wenatchee. •Three people were injured in a four-car DUI collision Friday afternoon on Highway 97 near Pateros. •A new report from the Washington State Auditor finds that Moses Lake schools did not...

•The McNeil Canyon Road Realignment project in Douglas County is currently suspended, due to a union strike in several eastern Washington cities. •The city of Chelan will receive $3 million in state funding secured by 12th district Representative Mike Steele to begin its East Chelan Water Reservoir Project. •Lake Chelan Health is applying for commercial building permits to construct a new administ...

Lighthouse Christian Ministries has shut down its homeless aid center at 410 South Columbia Street after a hearing officer allowed its conditional use permit to be revoked on Monday. A driver who pleaded guilty to bumping police officers with his vehicle while fleeing a traffic stop is now wanted for sentencing. And a 95-acre brush fire burned up a hillside north of Brewster on Wednesday.

An injured hiker was forced to spend Monday night at the base of Dragontail Peak above Colchuck Lake in the Enchantments before being rescued Tuesday morning. A firefighter in training with the Wenatchee Valley Department has been charged with felony harassment and misdemeanor assault for allegedly making threats to a superior and to a fellow firefighter during a mental health crisis, and for figh...

Wenatchee Valley Firefighters were kept busy on Monday with not one, but two vehicle fires. Wenatchee Valley College has received a warning from the body that oversees college accreditation, which warns WVC is out of compliance with standards around how it handles complaints and harassment amongst staff. And a 18-year-old suspect has been arrested for allegedly sparking the Balsamroot Fire, a 305-...

A structure fire on Lake Wenatchee's north shore this morning spread into surrounding woods, leading to a Level 2 evacuation notice for homes in the area. Travelers should expect single-lane closures and reduced speed limits this week on Highway 2 just west of Leavenworth during the Washington State Department of Transportation’s $2.3 million Slope Stabilization project. And the Chelan School Dist...

A probationary firefighter with the Wenatchee Valley Fire Department is accused of threatening a superior, and attacking fellow firefighters including a battalion commander who arrived at his home to defuse the situation. Chelan and Douglas County came together yesterday for their second annual Purple Heart Day ceremony, recognizing those in the community who’ve received the military honor for suf...

Hikers in the Enchantments attempted Sunday to rescue a drowning man in Colchuck Lake, but authorities say he was beyond resuscitation. Chelan County is calling its first Blake Relief Day a big success after 28 drug possession cases were vacated in district court last month. And the entire town of Electric City in northwest Grant County was placed under a Level 2 evacuation warning on Wednesday, a...

A misfiring handgun may have saved a Moses Lake man from becoming a victim of homicide.  Firefighters were able to spare a Leavenworth dining spot from a kitchen fire on Monday night.  And voters in the city of Wenatchee appear to have rejected a sales tax that would have doubled the budget for street repair and improvements.

A trailer carrying scrap metal tipped over on the George Sellar Bridge on Monday, causing heavy traffic congestion on the south end of Wenatchee. A 37-year-old Moses Lake man died after reportedly running a stop sign in the Mae Valley area and being struck by another vehicle. The Wenatchee School District will hold a budget hearing on Aug. 12 to take public comments on the upcoming school years' s...

The Grant County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that happened Saturday at the Shell gas station in Desert Aire. Also on Saturday, a Moses Lake man died in a two-car crash on Highway 28 near Soap Lake. Then on Sunday, four homes were destroyed in the Brooks Tract Fire near Omak.

East Wenatchee police responding to a report of gunshots Thursday night found a bullet-riddled pickup truck, apparently damaged in an exchange of gunfire. The two occupants of a Cessna that crashed into a home Wednesday near the Cashmere Airport are now in stable condition and a 550 acre wildfire in Okanogan County sparked Level 3 evacuations yesterday.