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Congratulations to Washington State University entomologist Elizabeth Beers, who was named an Entomological Society Fellow this summer.  For nearly four decades, Beers has worked to stop insect pests that spread damage and disease in Pacific Northwest apple, cherry, and pear orchards while training the next generation of scientists.    ...

Michael Schadler will take over for Todd Fryhover, who's retiring after 18 years with the commission.

Things will change in a big way starting tomorrow and Thursday.

The mild winter and recent warmer temperatures are giving crews access to prescribed fire units earlier this year than last.

Wenatchee, Lake Chelan, the Waterville Plateau and the Columbia basin all get 3-5 inches of snow Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday night.

In August of 1997, 700 volunteers worked to make a 40,000-pound apple pie - the world's largest apple pie according to the Guinness Book of World Records. How many ingredients were needed? Volunteers sliced 32,000 pounds of apples to fill a 44-foot by 24-foot pie tin - designed by Kyle Rumble of Pacific Engineering and Design. ...

Meteorologist Steve Van Horn with the National Weather Service says the atmosphere is conducive for the possibility of wet, slow-moving thunderstorms today.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Steve Bodnar says the chance for fires here is much lower, even with incoming hot weather.

The Wenatchee area as well as North Central Washington and the entire Northwest is about to see really hot weather, with temperatures at 20 degrees above normal by the weekend. National Weather Service meteorologist Steve Bodnar says the weather pattern is coming from an area of very strong high pressure...

Work on the second of two debris basins was recently completed with the help of a nearly $1 million grant from FEMA.