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WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — The central Washington city of Wenatchee is considering a ban on fireworks after dozens of homes were destroyed in last summer's wildfires. KOMO-TV reports that the proposed ban would prohibit the possession, sale and use of fireworks...

WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — A portion of the Mission Ridge Ski Area near Wenatchee has been closed because of a 100-acre landslide. No one was injured in the landslide, most of which occurred on land leased to the ski area by the U.S. Forest Service...

WENATCHEE (AP) — Several thousand people gathered Sunday to honor three U.S. Forest Service firefighters killed battling wildfires in Washington state. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell in a eulogy says the three dedicated their lives to protecting national forests and the communities around them, and for that everyone should be grateful...

Police say an elderly Wenatchee couple is dead following a murder-suicide.

Authorities have lifted an evacuation order for residents of 78 homes who were forced to flee because of a wildfire south of Wenatchee.

Washington's biggest wildfire is now approximately 50 percent contained, as crews resume work on a fire line on its western perimeter.

Firefighters are still battling the Colockum Tarps fire near Wenatchee.

Wenatchee, Wash.— Beginning at 1 a.m., Tuesday, October 16, 2012, recreationists may again have campfires in areas where they are normally allowed in the Chelan, Entiat, Wenatchee River, Cle Elum, and Naches Ranger Districts of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest...

After a day of relief from the smoke in Central Washington it's back says Dave Caprilie with the Yakima clean air authority. Like Yakima , Wenatchee and Cashmere enjoyed relatively clean air for about half a day before smoke from the area wildfires returned Tuesday night...

OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire tonight extended a burn ban for all counties east of the Cascade crest, prohibiting all outdoor burning through midnight Sunday, Sept. 30. An emergency proclamation declaring a State of Emergency remains in effect, and allows continued air support from Washington’s National Guard to help fight ongoing wildfires...