NCWLIFE Evening News

• This morning, Lee Elementary School students and staff organized a parking lot parade to support the school’s principal, Jamea Connor, in her fight against breast cancer.• Okanogan County has a new sheriff. Jodie Barcus took the oath of office yesterday, becoming the first woman sheriff to preside over law enforcement in that county.• The foothills trails around Wenatchee have reopened for the season, and you and your dog are encouraged to get out and enjoy nature this weekend.

• Tony Lee Harriman, an 84-year-old retired Air Force veteran, is riding his recumbent bike from coast to coast, to encourage support for homeless veterans.• The active-duty Army specialist accused of gunning down two women and wounding three other people has pleaded not-guilty a second time, this time in military court.• Testimony began this week in Phoenix, Arizona, in the murder trial of a Wenatchee man accused of killing his tenant.

• Chelan County sheriff’s deputies say an attempt to stop a speeding minivan outside Malaga turned into a high-speed chase Tuesday, in which the driver crashed into a ditch with two passengers on board.• Yesterday, the Eastmont School District lost its second portable classroom in the last three years to fire, and investigators say an air conditioning unit may be to blame.• Winter hibernation is finally over for one of Chelan County’s most distinctive art exhibits.

• A former custodian at Sterling Junior High in East Wenatchee will serve a year in jail for sexually abusing a 15-year-old student.•A Bridgeport woman who stabbed a convenience-store clerk in the face last fall was convicted by a jury last week of second-degree assault.• The 2026 Rails & Ales festival and rail jam competition helped usher out the winter on March 11th