hypothermia

Two women are recovering after becoming stranded on the Columbia River while paddle boarding near Vantage and requiring rescue. The Ellensburg Daily Record reports marine patrol units with the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of the two women in distress at around 4 p...

With temperatures dropping well below freezing in North Central Washington, the U.S. Forest Service is warning recreationists about the dangers of hypothermia. The condition results when more heat escapes from a human body than it can produce...

The department published a message from the National Weather Service on social media which asks people who plan to boat, swim or paddle to take precautions.

Chelan County Coroner Wayne Harris says she was not frozen, as was originally reported.

The Grant County Sheriff's Office is asking the public to stay off of lakes that are starting to freeze.  An advisory was issued Monday afternoon after deputies answered a call of kids riding bicycles on an icy part of Moses Lake.  Deputies say there's a risk of falling through the ice it's not known how thick or thin the ice is.  None...