The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has issued a drought declaration for twelve counties in the state, including Kittitas and Okanogan.
Ecology spokesperson Jimmy Norris says the declaration is due to environmental conditions which have changed rapidly since the spring...
A burn ban is now in place for lower Kittitas County.
The ban went into effect on Saturday and will remain active until further notice.
Kittitas County Fire Marshal Dan Young says the ban was enacted due to landscape conditions that are contributing to an elevated risk of wildfires.
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The Washington Recreation and Conservation Office has awarded more than $4.7 million in grants to help communities in the state plan for outdoor recreation facilities.
"This is a relatively new grant program and this is only the second time that these grants have been awarded," explained spokesperson Susan Zemek...
The woman used a dingy to scoot across 50 feet of ice to reach an animal she thought was injured, but when reaching open water in middle of the pond, could not get back onto the ice to scoot back to shore.
Eastbound I-90 was closed near Kittitas for over 10 hours as crews worked to clear a 38-vehicle collision Wednesday.
At 5:14 a.m., 38 vehicles were driving eastbound I-90 in foggy and icy weather, when around MP 126, 57-year-old Yakima driver Jose Palacios lost traction and subsequently blocked all eastbound lanes...