Wenatchee-area wildfire evacuates hundreds

EAST WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — A wildfire in Central Washington has grown to 8,000 acres of land and authorities have called for additional evacuations. The “Batterman fire” near East Wenatchee started Sunday afternoon and was only 10

Church burns in Clark County

BATTLE GROUND, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say fireworks could be the cause of a blaze that destroyed a former church and the house next door in Battle Ground, in Clark County, Washington. Clark and Cowlitz Fire Rescue

Former guard in juvenile facility pleads guilty

Tacoma – A former guard at the Green Hill School, a juvenile rehabilitation facility in Chehalis, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to extortion for taking bribes in exchange for delivering contraband into the

Washington couple die in plane crash

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A couple from Washington state have died in a plane crash in western Montana. The NTSB says the airplane crashed Thursday afternoon about nine miles southwest of the Missoula airport, shortly after takeoff.

Crash kills Neah Bay woman, child passenger okay

CLALLAM COUNTY – A Neah Bay woman died in a single-car accident Monday. The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office says a small child who was also in the car was unhurt. It was about 2:45am when deputies responded

Will the military make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory?

Ivan Cholakov/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Nearly 70% of all military personnel have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but a debate has begun to swirl about whether the Pentagon should make vaccinations mandatory for the

Lawmakers face time crunch on infrastructure deals

uSchools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — When the Senate returns to Washington next week, lawmakers will be in a race against the clock to navigate a precarious political landscape in time to progress President Joe Biden’s infrastructure agenda before the