EAST WENATCHEE — A suspect caught inside a vehicle late Wednesday night locked himself inside and drove off when the owner discovered him in her garage, East Wenatchee Police said.

WATERVILLE — The Waterville Community Fund Advisory Committee is seeking applications for community betterment grants.

EAST WENATCHEE — Gary Rounds, 54, of Wenatchee, was in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center this morning with head injuries after he collided with another cyclist on the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail.

QUINCY — Quincy police are investigating the death of a 13-month-old Quincy boy who died Tuesday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

GEORGE — A Quincy woman died after her vehicle was hit by a truck on Highway 283 Wednesday afternoon, according to the Washington State Patrol.

WENATCHEE — Law enforcement officers from Chelan County and Wenatchee surrounded a house just off Squilchuck Road for more than two hours Wednesday afternoon before convincing a man inside the home to surrender.

WENATCHEE — A Wenatchee Valley College professor says college administrators conspired with union leaders to take away his faculty chairmanship because of his outspoken opposition to a proposed union contract.

EAST WENATCHEE — Douglas County PUD will ask commissioners to raise power and fiber-optics rates by 6 percent next year and another 6 percent in 2011.

EAST WENATCHEE — Gary Rounds, 54, of Wenatchee, was in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center this morning with head injuries after he collided with another cyclist on the Apple Capital Recreation Loop Trail.

CHELAN FALLS — State Patrol troopers have released the name of the passenger believed to have been in a semitrailer that crashed into Beebe Bridge on Monday. He is Peter D. Wooley, 60, of Olympia.

CHELAN FALLS — With the Beebe Bridge out, possibly for days, local schools and emergency responders have put contingency plans in place.

We're going to hear more children's voices in the valley this winter.

WENATCHEE — The city’s top cop will lead next year’s Washington State Apple Blossom Festival.

ROCK ISLAND — For more than two decades, Sue Kane began every school year in her classroom, welcoming in a new group of students.

WENATCHEE — Close to 100 people crowded into a hotel conference room Tuesday to hear U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings talk about health care reform.

MOSES LAKE — Firefighters continue to monitor the smoldering fire in compressed hay at Courtright Enterprises in Moses Lake.

LEAVENWORTH — Chelan County commissioners have decided to move forward with plans to condemn four small parcels of property on Eagle Creek Road for a planned improvement project.

CHELAN FALLS — The Bebee Bridge may be closed for several days, depending on how much damage inspectors find today as they examine the bridge's integrity after a semi tractor trailer rig crashed into it Monday evening.