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COVID-19 testing and vaccination services at the Town Toyota Center will be limited to just Wednesday next week. Chelan Douglas Health District Spokesperson Veronica Farias said the change was made to adjust for Memorial Day and Eastmont High School's graduation ...

The Eastmont School Board has a new member after unanimously selecting Stephen Piccirillo Monday Night. Piccirillo was one of five finalists interviewed with a number of questions from exisiting board members, and he made light of his age at one point ...

A second person is now dead from a head-on crash in Okanogan County just north of Riverside. Gabbriella Garcia Harrison of Loomis, the 28-year-old driver of a car traveling south on U.S. 97 that crossed the center line and hit an oncoming pickup truck Friday evening, is now dead from her injuries ...

An Eastmont Junior High student is in custody after being accused of threatening to harm the school over social media. According to the East Wenatchee Police Department, School Resource Officer Ivy Jacobsen was told by principal David Woods Monday that a student may be on campus with a firearm ...

An East Wenatchee man is in custody after the discovery of what law enforcement is calling one of the biggest caches of stolen property ever found in the region Friday. Columbia River Drug Task Force Commander Chris Foreman said the suspect allegedly had stolen equipment, building materials and appliances from construction sites across Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Franklin counties ...

Search and rescue teams in Kittitas County are combing Lake Keechelus in hopes of locating a missing paddle boarder. The 39-year-old man from Sammamish was declared missing yesterday evening after he reportedly fell from his paddle board ...

A woman accused of distributing explicit photos of a teenage girl at Eastmont Junior High School in March now faces charges. Douglas County prosecutors have charged Amanda Sue Austin with second-degree felony dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and misdemeanor disclosing intimate images ...

A 14-year-old Wenatchee girl is dead after being swept away on the fast-moving Entiat River Sunday afternoon near the Lake Creek Campground. Chelan County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Jason Reinfeld said that over 40 rescuers responded to the area about 28 miles up Entiat River Road around 4:15 pm for a report of a girl that had been washed away ...

Gov. Jay Inslee has removed COVID vaccination requirements for all wildland firefighters in the state. Inslee made the announcement today (Monday) after issuing an updated proclamation regarding Washington’s vaccine requirements on Friday. T ...

The suspect in the murder and disappearance of Moses Lake resident Yanira Cedillos will be back in court earlier than previously scheduled after a governor’s warrant for extradition was issued. KPQ news partner i FIBER ONE reports a new hearing is set on Wednesday for Juan Gastelum in Umatilla County, Oregon District Court. G ...