Cle Elum News

Missy enjoys a frozen watermelon in the play area at the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest on Tuesday, July 1, 2008.

For an architect or designer, the line between modern and trendy can be treacherous, and opting for the latter - no matter how much money is spent on the property - can define a resort as a one-decade wonder ...

Four new traffic cameras have been added to Interstate 90 to help travelers making the trip over Snoqualmie Pass, the state Department of Transportation has announced.

OKANOGAN &#8212 Hundreds of people evacuated a bingo casino, restaurant, hotel and about 10 homes Tuesday night when a lightning-caused wildfire jumped Highway 97 just east of Okanogan shortly before 8 p.m. ...

The National Weather Service in Pendleton, Ore. has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kittitas County through 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

C and ARNP! F/T and P/T positions at The Cle Elum Urgent Care Center and Cle Elum Medical Center, owned by Kittitas Valley Community Hospital of Ellensburg, WA.

Now they're trying to do something about it by appealing to the Federal government.

Those heading to the water for relief from this weekend's projected triple-digit temperatures should be aware area rivers will be running high and fast.

As staff members of the Yakama Nation Fisheries Program emptied nets full of young coho salmon into Tucquala Lake, they undid effects of over a century of dams barring migratory fish from the Yakima River ...

Seven Chimpanzees are Rescued After Two Decades of Abuse CLE ELUM, Wash-Seven Chimpanzees are rescued from a lab in Pennsylvania where they lived for the past 20 years.

CLE ELUM, Wash. -- A special family has just moved into town. Seven chimpanzees traveled across the country to move into their new digs: the newly-opened Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest .

CLE ELUM, Wash-Seven Chimpanzees are rescued from a lab in Pennsylvania where they lived for the past 20 years.

Annie, Foxie, Jamie, Jody, Missy, Negra, and Burrito are seven happy chimpanzees.

A 29-year-old Portland man found dead at a camp site south of Cle Elum apparently overdosed on drugs and alcohol, Kittitas County sheriff's deputies said.

Now seven chimpanzees live in a sanctuary, where they have a fresh start. KAPP-KVEW's David Mance takes us to their new home in Cle Elum.

Seven chimpanzees, housed at an East Rockhill facility and used in biomedical research, will officially begin their retirement when they depart today for their new home, a sanctuary in the Pacific Northwest.

A retirement home long in the making will welcome its first residents Friday, but these aren't your average senior citizens.

Cle Elum is about to be the new home for seven chimpanzees. The nonprofit Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest expects to welcome its first inhabitants later this week.

On Tuesday morning, after his father came to his bedroom and told him to get ready for school, 13-year-old Daniel Smith couldn't move his body to get down from his bunk bed.

Investigators from two sides of the state are looking into why an 18-year-old from Port Orchard allegedly stole his roommate's gun, body armor and car and took off for his parents' house near Cle Elum.