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Winds will be blowing smoke toward the Puget Sound during the weekend.

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.  ...

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 evacuation notices, which were all Level 1 (get ready) by Wednesday afternoon, were canceled Thursday morning

Washington State Department of Natural Resources awarded almost $200,000 in forest restoration grant funding to Chelan County for projects to help reduce wildfire risk. Chelan County received almost $172,000 in All Lands Forest Restoration Funding and $27,786 in Building Forest Partnerships funding...

The Washington State Committee on Geographic Names recently approved five naming proposals and among the proposals were proposed names for two unnamed creeks about 20 miles from Leavenworth. Nason Bach and Wald Bach were the proposed options to name the creeks due to inspiration stemming from the well known German culture encompassed in Leavenworth...

Lake Wenatchee Fire and Rescue (LWFR) is one of the fire districts in the state to receive a Department of Natural Resources surplus wildland brush engine at no cost. The selection process to receive an engine is based on fire districts that demonstrate a strong partnership with the DNR and also the community's risk with wildland fires...

Tuesday afternoon at approximately 1:05 dispatchers received a report for Okanogan County toning out for a field fire near Highway 20, about 4 miles west of Winthrop. The fire possibly was caused by a combine, according to lead operations dispatcher, Josh Gibbs, from Central Washington Interagency Communications Center...