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Due to failing HVAC systems, the Wenatchee School District has placed air filtration units in buildings district-wide to deal with smoke from wildfires in the region.

The Wenatchee School Board approved the Wenatchee School District’s $158 million budget Tuesday for the 2026-2027 school year, as the district continues to navigate declining enrollment.

A new school year is underway across North Central Washington, with students and staff settling into classrooms and districts looking ahead to the months ahead.

The smoke grew thicker as Ernest Radillo drove toward his cabin in the Entiat Valley on Aug. 9.

A fire broke out on the front porch of a home Friday afternoon in Wenatchee, displacing six people from their home.

A monthslong investigation, consisting of surveillance footage, witness accounts and cellphone videos led the Douglas County Sheriff's Office to arrest 18-year-old Michael Yakimov for starting the Chelan Hills Fire in

Washington State Patrol on Thursday released the identities of the five people killed in a head-on collision Sunday night near East Wenatchee.

Firefighters are currently on the scene of a brush fire near Monitor that ignited Thursday afternoon.

A brush fire broke out near Monitor Thursday afternoon, burning about four acres and threatening a structure.

Summer may be nearing an end, but wildfire season is far from over.