Jason Taylor

REC Silicon of Moses Lake is praising the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act by Congress. The company released its 2nd Quarter Results Wednesday, saying the bill is expected to drive large scale investments to develop a robust solar supply chain in the United States...

A ban on campfires is now in place in the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest. The ban, which includes a number of other activities, is being imposed because of continuing hot, dry weather and increasingly dangerous conditions for fires. National Forest spokesperson Robin DeMario says there's no set date for when the restrictions will be lifted...

The Excessive Heat Warning has expired, but the Red Flag Warning is now extended through Wednesday at 9pm. It was originally scheduled expire Tuesday evening. The National Weather Service says strong winds in combination with low humidity is the reason for the extension...

The fire is estimated at 5,000 acres and growing, with about 40 homes, windmill towers and other buildings threatened.

A 41-year-old former nurse from Moses Lake will serve 18 months in federal prison for tampering with morphine medications. Prosecutors say Esther Rae Tuller removed morphine from vials while working as a registered nurse at the Confluence Health Clinic in Moses Lake, and then ingested the drug as part of her own opioid addiction...

Numbers from the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center show large fires have burned about 6,700 acres so far, which is a tiny fraction (about 5 percent) of last year's acreage to this point.

There was worry the photo captured an actual baby theft at Central Washington Hospital after it appeared on social media with a caption asking for public help to locate the infant.

A parade of classic cars from the 1930's and 1940's will be traveling between Wenatchee, Lake Chelan and Waterville Thursday. The cars are from the Puget Sound Regional Group of the Early Ford V-8 Club of America, which is hosting its Western National Meet in Wenatchee...

Bitcoin mining operations in Chelan County will start paying more money than all other customers for the electricity they use beginning July 1. The County PUD Commissioners recently approved the move that gradually increases their energy costs by about 29 percent over several years...

The credibility of the widely used Dräger alcohol breath test is under question with growing efforts to have it suppressed as evidence. KPQ news partner i FIBER ONE reports two Wenatchee area lawyers are ramping up motions for suppression, having filed 6 recently. The ...