Firefighters are reliant on boats for transportation and to ferry supplies. SEATTLE — As the Pioneer Fire crept within a mile and a half of the remote northern town of Stehekin, Washington, emergency ...

The summertime is usually the peak season for tourists in Stehekin, Washington – a small community of around 100 people at the north end of Lake Chelan. It’s only accessible by boat or floatplane, ...

WASHINGTON — Several large wildfires burning in Washington are growing. At least one wildfire is nearing structures and highway closures are also in effect. RELATED |Multiple large wildfires in the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As of Aug. 5, the Pioneer Fire burning along the Northeast end of Lake Chelan has yet to destroy any homes, even as the fire envelops Stehekin, Wash. — a historic town of ...

The resort town of Stehekin was under an urgent evacuation notice Sunday morning as the Pioneer fire approached from the south. Law enforcement estimated about 80 residents remain in the boat-in-only ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Pioneer Fire spreading along the northeast side of Lake Chelan in Central Washington is burning roughly three miles from the town of Stehekin — a lakeside community of ...

STEHEKIN, Wash. — Fire crews are continuing to navigate and fight the largest fire in Washington state, the Pioneer Fire, primarily impacting Stehekin, the small town just northwest of Chelan. “It's ...

A blast of hot, windy weather will challenge the nearly 730 firefighters battling the 55-square-mile Pioneer wildfire this week, which has crept to about a quarter-mile from the boat-in resort town of ...

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SEATTLE — As the Pioneer Fire crept within a mile and a half of the remote northern town of Stehekin, Washington, emergency management officials on Sunday raced door to door asking residents to leave.