PATEROS, Wash. (AP) - A wildfire across the Columbia River from Pateros in central Washington has grown to about 8,500 acres - more than 13 square miles - and is threatening five homes.

Getting there: From Spokane, take U.S. Highway 2 west for about 140 miles, then go north on Highway 97 for about 39 miles. Pateros Chamber of Commerce: Lake Shore Drive, Pateros, WA 98846, (509 ...

The town of Pateros, Washington, sits at the confluence of the Methow and Columbia rivers in a landscape that has been dramatically shaped by ice and water over the past 20,000 years, ...

PATEROS, Wash. - Community volunteers, in association with various charities, private donors, local businesses and government emergency response agencies have worked together to open a more ...