July 6, 2026 | NCWLIFE Evening News

July 6, 2026 | NCWLIFE Evening News

• The Grant County Fire Marshal says the county experienced nearly a hundred brushfires over the July 4th weekend. • One person has died over the weekend as an apparent result of the Chelan Hills Fire. Sheriff Tyler Caille said today a deceased person was found Sunday in a crashed vehicle, inside the nearly 10,000-acre footprint of the fire. • Two climbers, one of them injured, were rescued Friday by Chelan County Mountain Rescue teams from 8,400 feet up on Mount Stuart, the tallest mountain on the popular Enchantments trail.

July 2, 2026 | NCWLIFE Evening News

• The Wenatchee Police Department’s automatic license plate reading cameras will be coming back online, after the department shut down the eight cameras located around the city in late 2025. • Fire crews were able to safely contain the Henderson Fire on Wednesday, after it grew to 350 acres and threatened homes on Henderson Road and Union Valley Road outside Chelan. • The Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery will close the gate to its boat launch parking area on Monday due to waterflow levels in Icicle Creek.

July 1, 2026 | NCWLIFE Evening News

• A fast-growing brushfire is sparking evacuation notices in the hills above Lake Chelan. The Henderson Fire was reported shortly after 1:30 this afternoon, burning near Henderson Road overlooking Lake Chelan Hills. •  Washington state’s five national forests are expanding digital payment options at recreation sites with a mobile app. • A woman accused of stealing from multiple banks in Washington, including in Leavenworth, says she was just a patsy for a larger criminal organization.

JUN 30, 2026 | NCWLIFE Evening News

• County Commissioners have declined to ban the sale or discharge of fireworks in unincorporated Grant County ahead of the Fourth of July weekend, but urged safety practices. • Mosquitoes collected for sampling in Grant County have tested positive for West Nile virus, which can lead to encephalitis when transmitted to humans. • The Washington Court of Appeals agreed today that a Douglas County man was properly convicted of assault, but said there’s no evidence he concealed the weapon used in the attack.

Jun 29, 2026 | NCWLIFE Evening News

• Fire crews were kept busy over the weekend by a trio of fires in Chelan and Okanogan counties that officials suspect were human-caused. • An East Wenatchee law firm has won a $160,000 settlement from the Washington Department of Licensing over its handling of public records. • Campfires are now banned in all portions of North Cascades National Park Service Complex, to prevent human-caused wildfires during drought-like conditions.