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A lawsuit has been filed against two construction companies accused of starting the Taylor Bridge Fire. A dozen fire victims filed the suit in Kittitas County. They claim Conway Construction and Rainier Steel negligently started the fire that burned 23,000 acres and destroyed dozens of home...

Rep. Judy Warnick will be holding office hours in Ellensburg Wednesday, Oct. 17. She invites people to drop in, ask questions, share ideas, or just say “hi” to their 13th District representative. “Sometimes it’s not easy for folks from Kittitas County to make it to Moses Lake to talk with me face-to-face...

YAKIMA, WA – Community Health of Central Washington (CHCW), a not-for-profit healthcare provider, is proud to announce the 20th anniversary of its founding.  The originating members joined together 20 years ago to form a grassroots movement with the primary goal of providing access to affordable and appropriate health care...

(AP) Firefighters are continuing to make progress on Central Washington's two large wildfires. containment is growing on the two fires, but smoke around Yakima is expected to hover for a while. Fire officials report the 24-square-mile Cascade Creek Fire on the southwest slopes of Mount Adams is about 55 percent contained...

Air quality in Ellensburg has reached hazardous levels as a result of smoke from north and central Washington fires. Wenatchee air quality has been hazardous since Sept. 12, according to data gathered by the Washington Department of Ecology...

Nearly a thousand boots are on the ground fighting fires scattered across Yakima and Kittitas Counties. At this time, the largest one is only 10 percent contained. Poor air quality and heavy smoke is making life in Ellensburg a challenge...

Washington (AP) Fire crews have reached 57 percent containment on a central Washington wildfire that has burned dozens of homes. The Taylor Bridge fire east of Cle Elum, Wash., has burned across more than 36 square miles or 23,000 acres of grass, sagebrush and timber...

Firefighters remain on the lines of the Taylor Bridge fire on this Monday.  Officials say the fire is now 47 percent contained.  Now, it's time for people like Joanie Lee to begin picking up the pieces.  Lee had just a few hours to get out of her home before it went up in flames...

CLE ELUM, Wash. (AP) — Fire commanders say a firefighter is recovering at home for a few days after suffering minor facial burns Wednesday at the Taylor Bridge Fire in central Washington. Fire officials said in a statement Thursday that members of an engine crew attempted to leave an area where a tree had torched with flames, but found their vehicle wouldn't start...

Some residents forced to flee the Taylor Bridge Fire were allowed to return home on Thursday, but the fire raged on, leaving much of Kittitas County on edge. Fueled by hotter temperatures and shifting winds, new flames advanced north toward Bettas Road...