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A Bridgeport man will not go to jail after being accused of firing gunshots toward a group of hunters. Sixty-nine-year-old Lyle Ostheller was arrested in May 2020 when hunters on public land near his residence reported he fired numerous rifle shots from his home...

Schools in Bridgeport are open Friday after being locked down from a nearby shooting Thursday. Deputies requested the lockdown, which was later lifted. They found a 25-year-old man with a gunshot injury at 15th Street and Douglas Avenue just before three Thursday afternoon ...

Douglas County is asking for the public’s help in tracking down apples brought to the Bridgeport area by Gov. Jay Inslee when he visited Saturday, Sept. 12. Chelan-Douglas Horticultural Pest and Disease Board Director Will Carpenter says Thurston County is an apple maggot quarantine area and the fruit given to area residents, in Bridgeport and to nursing home residents in Omak, by the Governor con

The Chelan-Douglas Health District and Columbia Valley Community Health have released the results of their free testing that took place in Bridgeport on Wednesday. There were 32 people who were tested, 12 of whom tested positive for COVID-19 ...

The Chelan-Douglas Health District is reporting three additional deaths that they are attributing to COVID-19. The only details about the people are that two of them were men in their 80s who lived in Chelan County. The third was a man in his 50s from Douglas County ...

Douglas County Commissioners are inviting the community, particularly landowners and residents near Dezellem Hill, to the Bridgeport City Council meeting next Wednesday, at 7 p.m. The commissioners will be present to share the status of the Dezellem Hill Road landslide and answer any questions or concerns...

Two Bridgeport are missing after their doublewide trailer burned to the ground on Old Highland Orchard Road Sunday night. Douglas County Sheriff Kevin Morris says two people were able to escape the home. "We got fire and law enforcement investigators there right now and it's going to be a pretty thorough investigation throughout the day...

From a press release: In December of 2017 there was a burglary in Okanogan County in which the criminals stole guns, ammunition, and miscellaneous shooting equipment. Douglas County deputies, following up on tips and evidence gained from multiple search warrants, learned that the stolen property was being concealed at a residence at 1255 Fairview in Bridgeport, WA...

A 23-year-old Bridgeport fan faces charges of possession of methamphetamines after a Douglas County Sheriffs Deputy responded to a 9-1-1 hangup call. The Deputy found a car parked in the area of Douglas and Monroe Street in Bridgeport where the call had been placed...

About 700 Douglas County PUD customers in Bridgeport were without power for nearly four hours last night. The outage began a little after 7:00 p.m. due to a downed power line on Fairview Avenue. The PUD says inclement weather caused two lines to come down...