Cle Elum

A wildfire burning near Cle Elum is estimated at 44 acres, prompting evacuation notices for people living in the area.

As wildfire season approaches in western Washington, Puget Sound Energy says it has a plan in place to ensure the safety of communities with high-risk wildfire conditions.

Both directions of I-90 are back open after emergency tree removal between Snoqualmie Pass and Cle Elum.

Eastbound I-90 at Cle Elum is back open after multiple semi-truck spinouts and crashes closed the freeway for several hours.

Troopers are investigating a deadly crash overnight on I-90 near Cle Elum. 

Washington is facing a forest health crisis. As a whole, the state’s 20-year forest plan calls for specialized treatments – including prescribed burns – on roughly 1.25 million acres of forest lands.

The young girl shared her ordeal with her family and rescuers, recounting that she had become separated from the group as they were returning to a footbridge over the Cle Elum River and couldn't find her way back alone.

Crews have rescued 10-year-old girl who was reported missing near the Cle Elum River on Sunday afternoon.

Authorities are warning the public about the importance of water safety, after a teenager drowned while floating the Cle Elum River over the weekend. Crews found him trapped under a submerged log wearing a life jacket.

As firefighters walk through part of the Central Cascade Forest near Cle Elum, their drip-torches are lit and dropping fuel on a patch of earth. Fire begins to burn, though it’s not spreading quickly.

Several homes are without water after a bridge collapsed near Cle Elum.

Kittitas County rescue crews have recovered the body of a missing Mississippi man last seen near Cle Elum on November 16.

A brush fire along Interstate 90 forced some homes to be evacuated and partially closed the freeway Friday afternoon near Cle Elum.