January 8, 2026 | NCWLIFE Evening News

•An East Wenatchee man who confessed to the fatal shooting of his neighbor was sentenced today to nearly 17 years in prison.•The Washington State Department of Commerce admitted this week that it significantly inflated the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that would be reduced by eight Climate Commitment Act projects, attributing the mistake to a data entry error.•The East Wenatchee City Council on Tuesday held its first regular meeting of the new year, where it rejected four lodging tax requests.