Update: August 4, 2022 at 3:40 p.m.
The Lind fire is now four miles wide and has reached state mobilization status.
Homes, crops, and infrastructure near the cities of Ritzville and Lind are under threat.
The fire started on August 4, 2022, at approximately 11:45 a...
Update 7/7/22 10:34 a.m.
A driver was inside the orchard sprayer during the crash.
Both the helicopter pilot and tractor driver injured during the crash and transported to Central Washington Hospital. The pilot's arm was broken, but status on the tractor driver is unknown.
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Another fire is burning in Grant County, this one northeast of Quincy.
Public Information Officer Kyle Foreman says the fire has burned roughly 300 acres and is located around Road 14 Northwest and Road M.5 Northwest.
All evacuation notices on this fire have been lifted...
Coulee Medical Center is evacuating 25 patients due to a gas leak around 3 p.m. on June 28.
Public Information Officer Kyle Foreman says that ambulances from Grant and Okanogan County is transporting the patients to neighboring clinics as they clear the hospital.
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Update 4:03pm 6/28
Adrian Road between SR28 and Rd 20 NE has also been upgraded to a Level 3 (GO NOW) evacuation level.
Update 3:18pm 6/28
Level 3 (GO NOW) evacuations have been announced for the following areas due to the brush fire near Soap Lake:
-21000 block of Road D...
A pickup, with a trailer attached containing three cows, rolled over and blocked the right lane on the Odabashian Bridge in Wenatchee Tuesday morning.
According to Washington State Patrol Trooper John Bryant, a little before 9 a.m., the pick up driver was headed westbound when the driver lost control, went over the guardrail and got stuck
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A Washington State resident died from COVID-19 Saturday, the first novel coronavirus death in the United States.
Seattle and King County Public Health officials said in a statement that the patient had "serious respiratory issues" when they arrived at EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland and soon tested positive for COVID-19
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Wenatchee Police responded to reports of a man assaulting an employee of Lighthouse Ministries around 9:00 am Friday.
Captain Brain Chance said 23-year-old Jose Gomez then fled on foot towards the area of Thurston Street and Worthen Street...
Douglas County PUD met Monday and made several changes to their proposed rate structure that targets mainly non-diverse loads like data centers and cryptomining operations.
PUD staff are now suggesting that the proposed changes begin July 1st, 2020 instead of early January 2020 to give current customers that use non-diverse loads more time to adjust...