Douglas County News

WEANTCHEE &#8212 The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 7:28 p.m. tonight for North Central Washington that calls for quarter-sized hail in some areas.

HDR Architects, of Omaha, Neb., submitted this drawing of how a new addition at Central Washington Hospital would look from Fuller Street.

WENATCHEE &#8212 Just in time for Independence Day, vendors are selling fireworks around the area out of tents, trailers or booths this week.

When "Cowboy" Mike Braae was arrested after jumping off a 40-foot bridge into an Idaho river during a police chase in 2001, it marked the end of what investigators say was a trail of rapes, slayings and ...

Ron Evensen of Ballard Ambulance carries Luis Fernandez, 5, away from his home at 563 Eastmont Ave.

Corbin Evans, 7, of Cashmere, finds bits of debris on his arm after lying on the artificial surface in front of a goal at Eastmont Community Park during the park's soccer camp Monday.

Three lucky porkers found in East Wenatchee living among the remains of other pigs are on their way to a Sultan animal rescue.

Firefighters from Douglas County, Chelan County and the Wenatchee Fire Department responded to the blaze in an unpopulated area near Blue Grade Road just after 5 p.m. Friday.

A 43-year-old former East Wenatchee resident has been charged for the third time with first-degree attempted murder in the stabbing and throat-slashing of a 6-year-old boy.

EAST WENATCHEE &#8212 The Douglas County Assessor mailed new tax assessments for property in most of East Wenatchee and Rock Island, and some residents are not happy.

QUINCY &#8212 A wildfire that began Sunday morning northwest of Quincy had burned about 3,500 acres by this morning, said Don Fortier, chief of Grant County Fire District 3. Roughly 25 homes are threatened by ...

Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., 20-minute delays with single-lane, alternating flagger-controlled traffic.

Astul Guevara installs fluorescent lights in the kitchen of the Pangborn Cherry Harvest Camp.

Blacky the cat sits about 50 feet high in the tree he's been stuck in for five days.

Eastmont High School graduates celebrate at the end of the commencement Friday night.

Cat in tree: Five days and counting EAST WENATCHEE &#8212 Blacky the cat is out of the tree.

Lourinda and Charles Hunter walk home Tuesday after their morning caffeine run to Aut-To Mocha and the Conoco gas station at First Street and Chelan Avenue.

Rehabilitation of a Columbia Basin rail line can proceed now that a governing entity was formed.

This is the proposed configuration for Mission Street on the west end of the Sen.

WENATCHEE &#8212 State Sen. Linda Evans Parlette, R-Wenatchee, announced her candidacy today for a third term representing the 12th Legislative District.