- ICE SQUALL FREEZES ACTIVITY: Storm Wrap – 159 mph wind gusts were just the start of it – (photos), A8
- Cle Elum folks with frozen pipes demand city action
- Assistant Cle Elum Fire Chief Rick Graham resigns over controversy
- Planners overcome hurdles to move Roslyn City Hall renovation project forward
- Town of South Cle Elum annual 3% water and sewer rate hike in effect
- SNOW REPORT: 2.5″ inches this week; season total is 65″ inches
- STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- I-1433 SERIES – Washington State Minimum Wage Increase: Impacts by the numbers
- U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star arrives at the South Pole
- Bipartisan push continues in Washington State to raise tobacco sale age to 21
- WA Secretary of State Kim Wyman to pay $10,115 in campaign finance violations
- Washington State Legislators aim to protect, restrict gun rights
- Unemployment hits new low in December (WA State)
- DNR to recover some costs from Hayward Hill wild land fire
- Kittitas County first responders complete winter training exercise
- VOICES:
- LETTER: Rethink stringing wire in the Teanaway Community Forest – (Sharon Jenson, Cle Elum)
- LETTER: Liberal confusion [protesting] – (Bill Johnson, Cle Elum)
- Frankly Speaking – Looking to eat healthier? This Spud’s for You! (Recipe: Best Mashed Potatoes)
- How to Contact Your Legislators (Kittitas County, Washington State and Federal Districts)
- OSPI to dismiss involvement in Dorn v. Washington lawsuit – (Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal)
- WA State Hospital Assoc. lobbying state lawmakers to focus on preserving Medicaid expansion, improving mental health
- Cle Elum couple and Ellensburg man arrested following suspected heroin death of 20 year old
- Forecast for WA State calls for below normal temperatures, above normal precipitation
- Locals shuttle to Women’s March on Seattle – (photo)
- 2017 Tax filing season opened Monday, Jan. 23
- Beekeeping 101 workshop series at Yakima Arboretum in March
- Kittitas County Deputies Kylie Romero and Greg Marghiem sworn in by Sheriff Gene Dana
- Cold snap leads to Bonneville Dam Hydropower demand over 10 gigawatts
- COMMUNITY:
- In Upper Kittitas County, Bagna Caulda isn’t ethnic – it’s personal – (photos)
- Community Snapshot: Meet Terra Silvasy new owner of Attic Treasures Thrift Store in Cle Elum
- Alzheimer’s support group starting soon in Cle Elum
- CWU to host Jan. 28 presentation on Immigration: Know Your Rights
- Ranch hands round up last stray yearling, ending good time on the run in the Teanaway – (photos)
- Central Washington University in Ellensburg ‘snowbusters’ by the numbers – (photos)
- Cle Elum Eagles Sweetheart Ball on for February 11
- Cle Elum-Roslyn School District Athletics receive over $3,000 worth of donations in Chuck Allen’s memory
- CE-R School Board featured – (photo)
- Kittitas Environmental Education Network (KEEN) e3 Winter Fair is Saturday, Jan. 28
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- OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES:
- Sigrid A. “Sam” Brozovich, 1947 – 2017
- Dolores (Woidode) Chase, 1913 – 2017
- SPORTS & SCHOOL:
- CERHS Boys basketball play tough against Granger and follow it up with win at Highland – (photo)
- Warriors Boys take third place at Kittitas wrestling tourney – (photo)
- Kendra Strahm makes Dean’s List at Eastern Washington University
- CE-R Girls Basketball drop season series to Spartans but power past Scotties – (photos)
- Thorp-Easton Bobcat girls lock down wins – (photo)
- Vince Glondo and Chris Keller coach kids to become future Warriors basketball players – (photos)
- Athlete of the Week: STEVEN McHARGUE (Thorp School)
- Student of the Week: TAYLOR OSIADACZ (Cle Elum Roslyn High School)
- PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE, CALENDAR AND MORE!