NCWLIFE Evening News

•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...

•Wenatchee High School students now have another opportunity to earn college credits through the enhanced Accelerated Pathways program. •A judge ruled Thursday that a California man’s statements to highway patrol officers cannot be used as evidence in his trial over a fatal 2022 auto crash. •The Wenatchee City Council approved a $229 million budget for 2026 on Thursday, making it the largest budge...

•Wenatchee Valley College President Faimous Harrison will continue in his position for the next three years. •An East Wenatchee man who made recordings of his sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl must serve 23 years for federal child pornography charges. •Grant County sheriff’s deputies were able to recover a valuable lifesaving tool stolen from a rural fire department.

•A Bridgeport woman who allegedly stabbed a clerk in the face turned herself in to Douglas County authorities on Tuesday. •The operator of one of the Wenatchee Valley’s largest senior living facilities has agreed to a $7 million dollar settlement with the state. •A Wenatchee man was sentenced to federal prison after stealing his brother’s identity to gain a passport for himself, and legal status f...

•About 200 people crowded into a public meeting Monday on the tax increment finance district proposed for the Malaga area. •The city of Quincy will pay $400,000 to the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and ensure its industrial wastewater treatment facility complies with its permit, as part of a settlement to resolve a federal Clean Water Act lawsuit. •The Chelan-Douglas Child Ser...

•Police say a four-county narcotics investigation titled “Operation Eastbound and Down” netted four arrests and a large quantity of fentanyl, methamphetamine and other drugs in three cities, including their alleged chief suppliers based in Bridgeport. •The Cascade School District says lead has been detected in several drinking water outlets at different school buildings. •A 16-year-old suspect fro...

•The landlord of an East Wenatchee residential complex has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting one of his tenants back in April. •Sheriff’s deputies have released the identity of the man found shot to death Wednesday in a vehicle on the shoulder of Highway 97.  •An Ephrata man was killed yesterday afternoon on State Route 28 near Winchester when his vehicle collided with a semi truck and trailer th...