NCWLIFE Evening News

Neither driver was injured in a T-bone, rollover collision at the intersection of Okanogan Avenue and Spokane Street. Police are on the lookout for a traffic violator who eluded officers on Monday evening by driving across a pedestrian bridge and hiding in the Horan Natural Area. And Monday’s rainstorm over the Pomas Fire proved to be good news for firefighters.

A fatal shooting Sunday night in Ephrata left one man dead and led to two arrests. A motorcyclist from East Wenatchee was killed Saturday in a collision on Highway 153 outside Pateros. And the Wenatchee School District is facing what it calls a QUOTE “significant and immediate challenge” as the U.S. Department of Education withholds billions in federal funding for schools nationwide.

The ringleader of a drug trafficking organization that operated in Okanogan County and throughout eastern Washington has been sentenced to 19 years in prison. An account manager for an East Wenatchee social services agency is accused of embezzling nearly $20,000 from its vulnerable adult clients. And Rock Island resident Lorene Vehrs will celebrate her 105th birthday this Sunday.

Police have released more details surrounding the recent five-car collision that injured Pioneer Middle School PE teacher Brian Vickery. Wenatchee Valley firefighters discovered flames creeping between two floors of a commercial building early Wednesday. And Fire crews have now dumped about 1.6 million gallons of water on the Pomas Fire, burning since June 13th in the Glacier Peak Wilderness west of Entiat.

A brushfire visible from around the valley broke out about 12:30 this afternoon, burning near the 3300 block of the Eastmont Avenue Extension. Three juveniles were injured in a single-car crash near George on Tuesday after a 17-year-old driver fell asleep at the wheel. And two drivers were issued citations in a two-car rollover wreck near the intersection of South Wenatchee Avenue and South Viewdale Street yesterday.

Wenatchee police say a missing Wenatchee man last seen in the area of Saddle Rock Trailhead has been found dead after a brief search. Multiple agencies became involved in a rescue after a lone climber fell while ascending a remote mountain on Monday. And a brushfire near Omak on Monday became the latest fire to require a statewide mobilization for first responders.

A local Eastmont High School student has gone viral on the popular video platform, TikTok, for offering free haircuts in the community. Trial is due to start next week in a former utility inspector’s lawsuit against the East Wenatchee Water District. And about 77 street, road and sidewalk improvements are scheduled as part of the city of Wenatchee six-year transportation plan, approved by the city council Thursday night.

The grandfather of Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia Decker extended his family’s thanks to the Wenatchee community Thursday, in the wake of the girls’ murder last month. And students and community members gathered today at Pioneer Middle School to sign a banner in support of PE teacher Brian Vickery, who’s recovering from injuries sustained in a car crash on July 3rd.

A Wenatchee man arrested back in April for imprisoning and beating his disabled spouse was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison. A reported sighting of wanted murder suspect Travis Decker in the Sawtooth National Forest of Idaho has come up empty. And Search warrants served by Moses Lake Police as part of ongoing drug investigations yielded two arrests on Tuesday.

A motorist is dead after her SUV traveled off a cliff on the North Cascades Highway. Hospital leaders and local activists spoke out Tuesday against scheduled cuts to Medicaid that could force several North Central Washington medical centers to close. And a woman sustained injuries yesterday after crashing her car into a mailbox. She then allegedly overcorrected and collided with a large boulder in a nearby yard, tipping her vehicle onto its side.

Chelan County commissioners got a play-by-play Monday of the early days of the Pomas Fire, the 2,900-acre wildfire now burning in the Glacier Peak Wilderness west of Entiat. Wenatchee Mayor Mike Poirier has responded to the potential impacts that two city projects may have on EZ’s Burger Deluxe. And Chelan County courts are working to clear out criminal drug cases that have been invalidated by the Blake decision.

The hunt for accused child murderer Travis Decker heated up this weekend in a neighboring state. Wenatchee Valley firefighters were busy Independence Day evening with not one, but two brush fires in Rock Island, both ignited by fireworks. And a Yakima man is dead after his pickup truck apparently slid into an irrigation canal southeast of Ephrata.