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Stage 1 burn ban is on for Chelan and Douglas counties and the stretch of Okanogan from Oroville to Brewster. No outdoor burning, and uncertified wood stoves stay cold unless wood is your only heat.
WENATCHEE, Wash. (FāVS News) — An interfaith ‘rainbow response team’ counters anti-LGBTQ+ protesters at churches and Pride events with music and dancing, aiming to defuse tension through nonviolence.
A driver’s license or a birth certificate can prove your age for Washington’s senior property tax exemption. That’s the easy part. Your county wants more than proof of age before it approves you. Here are the documents Washingtonians 61 and older need for the senior property tax...
Let’s Go Washington founder Brian Heywood had a blunt message for Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal after preliminary election results showed voters backing Initiative 638 to protect girls’ sports. “I would expect what I really expect from Chris Reykdal is to follow the frickin’ law,” Heywood...
U.S. House, 8th District: Democratic U.S. Rep. Kim Schrier led Republican challenger Spencer Meline both districtwide and in Chelan County after Wednesday's count in the 8th Congressional District race, 52.1% to 47.8%. State House, 12th District, Position 1: Democrat Stacy Willoughby led Republican state Rep. Brian Burnett districtwide after Wednesday's...
The $125 million Eastmont School District bond now sits at 61.24% approval following the latest round of election results released Thursday. The bond requires a 60% supermajority to pass. This is the fourth time since 2022 that the district has tried to pass a bond. In Legislative District 12, Republican...
Washington’s outdoor trips sometimes make bathroom planning unusually visible. A shower may require coins, a mountain route may require a waste bag, and a boat itinerary may include a pumpout stop. Travelers accustomed to private hotel bathrooms can find the practical details awkward at first. These eight routines belong...
Drivers in East Wenatchee will have to deal with the closure of yet another roadway due to sewer line replacement work this week.
Investigators identified inadequate machine guarding and lockout/tagout failures in a worker's death. A 32-year-old paper mill operator was killed while attempting to clear a jam in a packaging machine, according to a newly released report from the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I). The report, published Nov. 2,...
SEATTLE - Washington voters are deciding the fate of three major statewide initiatives, with the outcome of each measure becoming increasingly clear as election results roll in. Keep reading for details about each Washington state ballot measure, and whether they're on pace to pass or fail. Initiative 001: 'Parents' Bill...
Early ballot counts reveal Washington voters rejecting the millionaire tax repeal and parent bill of rights, but passing a ban on trans girls in female sports. Meanwhile, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez holds a strong lead in the heavily watched District 3 congressional race.
Half a million Christmas lights glow across one small mountain town, and they stay on from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day. That glow lasts all the way through the end of February. The funny thing is, this place almost faded away in the early 1960s. Then local leaders...
SEATTLE — Washington voters appear to have rejected Initiative 001 on Tuesday, deciding whether to restore the original text of the state’s Parents’ Bill of Rights and expand parents’ access to information about their children in public schools. LIVE: Washington state early election results — key...
EAST WENATCHEE – The East Wenatchee City Council took an initial step Nov. 3 toward bringing three properties along North Jackson Avenue into the city, adding the East Wenatchee Seventh-Day Adventist Church property at 10th Street NE to the area proposed for annexation. The owner of two lots totaling...
The measure had 8,594 yes votes and 6,275 no votes, according to unofficial results posted by Chelan County Elections at 4:37 p.m. Nov. 4. Countywide, 28,748 ballots had been counted, a turnout of 52.1% of the county's 55,184 registered voters. Chelan County Elections will keep counting ballots in the coming...
After passing a six-month moratorium on self-storage development in August, the planning commission in Cashmere, Washington, is considering more permanent restrictions on this building type. Officials held a public hearing on Nov. 2 to discuss a draft of its comprehensive land-use plan, zoning map and municipal-code updates, according to the source.
EAST WENATCHEE — Long before Shayne Magdoff had a seat on the East Wenatchee City Council, she was already coming to meetings every month. She turned up at ribbon cuttings, open houses and festivals after she and her husband, Paul, moved to East Wenatchee in 2015. Mayor Jerrilea Crawford...
LAKEWOOD, Snohomish County, Wash. — Runners huddled under team tents as parents and family dogs walked across the grounds of Lakewood High School, waiting for the next race to start. The Nike Hole in the Wall cross-country invite on Oct. 10 was the classic annual high school athletic event...
Nebraska and Arizona have passed ballot measures to ban transgender student-athletes from playing on girls' sports teams, marking a significant referendum on trans rights. As of Wednesday morning, similar ballot measures in Colorado and Washington are still undecided, although early projections suggest that the measures will pass in both states.
The fourth time might be the charm, as the $125 million Eastmont School District capital bond is less than one percent away from reaching the 60% supermajority required to pass. As of Wednesday afternoon, the bond has received 59.75% approval, or 5,005 "yes" votes. This is the district's fourth attempt...
