search and rescue

Search teams rescued two stranded hikers in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness after snowy conditions left them cold, wet, and without shelter.

Chelan County Volunteer Search and Rescue hosts a fundraising banquet and auction at Pybus Market to support local missions and emergency response in Central Washington.

Chelan County Search and Rescue saved nine hikers in the Enchantments over the weekend, including a sick teen and a man who needed a helicopter lift.

Chelan County Search and Rescue teams rescued an injured climber Friday evening after falling and injuring himself while on a popular climbing route in Leavenworth. Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison says a call came in just after 5 p...

The Chelan County Sheriff's Office is celebrating the arrival of four new snowmobiles. Sheriff Mike Morrison says the vehicles are an important part of his office's fleet of terrestrial, marine, and aerial craft which are used for various purposes, primarily search-and-rescue missions...

The measure would create a grant program to fund search and rescue volunteers' planning, equipment, training, exercise, and operation costs.

The measure would create a mechanism or grant program to fund search and rescue volunteers' planning, equipment, training, exercise, and operation costs.

It marked the third time the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office coordinated a search for Travis Coleman, who was last seen at his apartment in Wenatchee.

One of the hikers was suffering from mild hypothermia and was put in a sleeping bag to regain warmth.

With more and more people heading into the back country for hiking and other recreation, emergency responders in the region are advising everyone that does so to carry a satellite messaging device or personal locator beacon. "They're very light weight and fit in the palm of your hand," explains Shawn Ballard of Ballard Ambulance...