News Staff BLEWETT PASS – Fatigue is being blamed for a rollover crash on Highway 97 Thursday afternoon near Blewett Pass. State troopers say, Michell Sampson reportedly fell asleep and drove off the highway, hitting a rock and rolling at least twice. The wreck partially blocked the northbound lanes of Highway 97 for about two hours. The … Read more
LAKE WENATCHEE – Fire officials in the Lake Wenatchee area north of Leavenworth were summoned to the scene of an ATV crash Sunday afternoon. Lake Wenatchee Fire & Rescue’s Michael Stanford says a Dallas, Texas man and his 14-year-old son were riding on an ATV together atop Miners Ridge west of the village of Plain … Read more
WENATCHEE – Fun on the water turned fatal in the Wenatchee River Tuesday. The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office says a 46-year-old Tacoma woman was inner-tubing with other people when she fell out of her floatation device near Barn Beach. Emergency Management’s Rich Magnussen told iFIBER ONE News on Wednesday, that the woman went underwater before … Read more
ELLENSBURG – A police SUV mysteriously caught fire in the parking lot of the Ellensburg Police Department on Monday. The fire started with the engine off, shortly after an officer left the vehicle in its parking spot on Monday. Rich Elliot with Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue solved the peculiar phenomenon and said an electrical … Read more
WENATCHEE – A post that could have easily gone viral if it wasn’t intercepted by Wenatchee Police on Wednesday is riling up some local residents. On Wednesday a local social media page claimed that a woman impersonating a nurse stole a 2-day-old baby from a local hospital. A picture of the supposed suspect cradling the … Read more
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The Washington Supreme Court has agreed to review a decision by a lower court that overturned a new capital gains tax. Wednesday’s court order means the case will be decided by the high court instead of first going to the Court of Appeals. Supporters say the tax disproportionately affects those with … Read more
An accident involving two semis blocked the intersection of State Routes 243 and 26 east of Vantage in Grant County Tuesday morning. Sergeant John Bryant said the crash occurred just before 9:00 am Tuesday when a semi with a box trailer cut off a semi hauling a flatbed, resulting in a ruptured fuel tank. There … Read more
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. – A motorcyclist is dead after crashing in the Spokane Valley overnight. The Washington State Patrol said the driver was fleeing from an attempted police stop just after 1 a.m., and surveillance video shows him speeding through a red light and crashing into another car at North Pines Road and East Mansfield … Read more
WENATCHEE – The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs has awarded over $175,000 to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office to fund two full-time mental health professionals. The two new positions will operate under the established Behavioral Health Unit Program (BHU) at Chelan County to increase service coverage. The additional positions would expand evening and … Read more
QUINCY – Grant County Sheriff’s deputies say a resident living just outside of Quincy’s city limits defended his property from a would-be burglar on Monday night. Sheriff’s officials got a call about a woman breaking into a shop at a Martin Road home, and deputies arrived to see the home owner holding Mary Aldana of … Read more