water rescue

A swimmer is recovering after being rescued from the waters of Soap Lake on Monday. Grant County Fire District No. 7 Chief Chris Baker says two members of his crew were sent to aide the man, who had become stranded far away from the shoreline...

Summer is still six weeks away but traffic is already heating up on the icy waters of the Wenatchee River. In recent weeks, scores of recreationists have been inner tubing, rafting, and paddle boarding the river - which is running fast and cold - and that's leading to a spike in calls for emergency assistance...

Douglas County Fire District #2 had a busy weekend after responding to two water rescues and two brush fires.

A group of paddlers were rescued after a gust of wind separated the group around Glacier Peak on August 10. Around 4:30 p.m., four inner-tubers and two paddlers were floating near Glacier View campground. Chelan County Sergeant Rob Huddleston says a neighbor got on their fishing boat to rescue the tubers. All s...

Manson Firefighters say they arrived on the scene along with Lake Chelan EMS and Chelan County Sheriff's Deputies to find the boy, who had been pulled from the water by people in the park.

The city had to hold off on advertising their proposed tubing ride shuttle service due to the unpredictable river levels.

Shortly afterwards, Chelan County Fire Districts #3 and #6 arrived on scene and pulled her aunt out of the water, who was reportedly very intoxicated during the incident.

The weekend saw citizens stepping into the role of hero over the weekend. On Friday, two Leavenworth-area teenagers rescued a man from the river. Chelan County Fire District 3 says Bijou Zehm and Anna Martinez saw a man struggling in the river and were able to team up and bring him to shore ...