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Outdoor recreationists are encouraged to check closure information to confirm whether certain areas will be open.

Approximately 300 to 400 homes are currently at risk.

There are 10 pieces of land it's proposing to transfer, including about 3,000 acres near Wenatchee known as the Upper Dry Gulch area.

Chelan County Commissioners want to learn more about an effort to establish solar power generating sites in Eastern Washington.  Commissioner Bob Bugert recently attended a meeting hosted by the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) where the agency expressed interest in obtaining parcels of land in the region.  ...

The Department of Natural Resources is now looking for a dark-colored SUV that was near the Union Valley Fire Tuesday afternoon. Department of Natural Resources spokesman Ryan Rodruck says the driver may have important information for their investigation...

There are no evacuation notices connected to either fire and neither one is experiencing much fire activity.

Washington State DNR is raising the fire danger level to high in most of Chelan and Douglas Counties and to very high in Grant, Kittitas and counties south of I-90 to the state border. All outdoor burning is banned on DNR lands. The WDFW is restricting campfires and other activities that might cause a fire on their lands beginning today ...

Washington Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz was in Wenatchee Monday morning to announce the launch of the Wildfire Ready program. She says it's about preparing your property to minimize its risk. "Residents will be given a detailed action plan that will set the steps they can take this spring as well as information about local resources and contractors that can help them get started ..

Douglas County Fire District 5 recently received two grants for a total of more than $13,000. Chief Tyler Caille says they received $3,000 from Northwest Farm Credit Services which will buy two automatic chest compression devices. "Which is extremely beneficial, especially in the rural settings with limited responders ...

A brush fire in the 7100 block of Tarpiscan Road southeast of Malaga Wednesday afternoon burned roughly 6 to 7 acres and required resources from Chelan County Fire District 1, Douglas County Fire District 2, and the DNR. CCFD1 Battalion Chief Cari Neu said when crews got to the fire around 1:00 pm, they started stretching out lines to keep the fire from creeping closer to a nearby structure ... Re