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Hundreds of leopard frogs will be released at the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge on August 16.

Washington State trooper Jeremy Weber said drugs or alcohol may have played a factor into this collision.

They were pronounced dead at the scene.

This event celebrates the flight Pangborn and Herndon took on Oct. 3, 1931, leaving the Sabishiro Beach in Misawa, Japan and, unfortunately, crashing into East Wenatchee.

Two brush fires on US-2 slowed down traffic in Cashmere on the night of August 5. Firefighters fought the fires for 30 minutes while Washington State patrol closed down one lane of traffic. Both brush fires were on eastbound US-2 on Mileposts 111 and 109...

Work is expected Monday through Thursday from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm

Franz labeled this year as a low fire season compared to last year, with only 293 fires this season versus the total 18,175 fires from last year.

The National Weather Service also forecasts that northeast winds coming from Canada and northwest Montana will bring increased smoke.

Three Republicans could end up with the second highest vote total needed to move into the general election against Schrier.

The Vantage Highway Fire near Ellensburg is burning more acreage, but conditions are also improving. The fire has grown to 26,500 acres, up from 17,000 Thursday, also is 35 percent contained, up from 25 percent. The Vantage Highway is now open and there are no evacuation notices for the fire...