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There were 22 drug-related accidental deaths cataloged for Chelan County in 2025, a drop from the 37 overdose fatalities the year before. ncwlife.com/news/coroner-c…

Both FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration have extended offers for financial aid in Chelan County after December's flooding and windstorms. ncwlife.com/news/fema-open…

Thief of veteran's identity sentenced to 30 months ncwlife.com/news/thief-of-…

Forest Service begins repair work in Labor Mountain Fire suppression area ncwlife.com/news/forest-se…

Raymond Sulak, 64, of Port Orchard is the second suspect to enter a federal plea on a charge of attempted online child enticement, and the sixth overall to plead guilty in the wake of the Wenatchee Valley sting operation. ncwlife.com/news/sixth-of-…

Link Transit Chief Executive Officer Nick Covey will step down in June. The men who could take his place are Don Billen, Link’s current planning manager; and Patrick Preusser, chief operations officer for the transit system of Denver, Colorado. ncwlife.com/news/link-tran…

Fernando Justis, 23, allegedly robbed a group of people at gunpoint and fired a shot which passed near the head of one male victim. ncwlife.com/news/home-inva…

Plain is one of the few rural communities in Chelan County that so far lacks a community park. County commissioners last week signed a $1.2 million purchase and sale agreement on an 18-acre parcel to create one. ncwlife.com/news/community…

Okanogan County man sought in Silver Alert ncwlife.com/news/okanogan-…

Killed in the crash were Derek J. Rairdan, 47, of Republic; and David R. Klein, 22, and Ella Weaver, 20, both of Orcas Island. ncwlife.com/news/3-dead-af…

Steve Hair, a longtime Wenatchee Valley broadcaster and the first news director for NCWLIFE-TV, died Sunday at age 75.ncwlife.com/news/wenatchee…

The Maricopa County jury took roughly four hours to convict George W. Crater Jr. of first-degree murder, kidnapping, burglary and assault in the 2024 death of Thomas F. Galatola, 70. ncwlife.com/news/wenatchee…

Wenatchee resident George W. Crater Jr. admitted struggling with a tenant in his Arizona vacation home and binding his wrists, but denied the allegations that led to his trial for murder in a Phoenix courtroom. ncwlife.com/news/murder-tr… ncwlife.com/news/murder-tr…

Llifetime sentence in Okanogan County murders converted to 40 years ncwlife.com/news/llifetime…

Semi truck clips power line to Cashmere church ncwlife.com/news/semi-truc…

"I like solving puzzles, and I like helping people," says Chelan County Chief Deputy Coroner Faye Fetters. "And this job allows me to do both." ncwlife.com/news/chief-dep…

Coroner's office a centerpiece of new Chelan County government complex ncwlife.com/news/coroners-…

Benjamin and Lauren Petter are two of six individual plaintiffs and four organizations that filed suit Thursday, arguing Washington's new tax on yearly incomes over a million dollars is unconstitutional. ncwlife.com/news/chelan-de…

Prescribed burns scheduled in parts of NCW ncwlife.com/news/prescribe…

The secondary campus at 425 Ohme Garden Road provides a new home for the Chelan County Coroner’s Office, the sheriff’s Emergency Management division, and the county motor pool. ncwlife.com/news/chelan-co…