FRONT PAGE NEWS:

  • Cooling off during dog days of summer temperatures  – (photo by Baker Rawlings)
  • Relief from smoke cover likely this weekend, at least for a couple of days, A2 – (photo)
  • Cle Elum, South Cle Elum Fire Departments come to agreement on consolidating emergency services
  • I-90 Wildlife Watch [website] urges motorists to report wildlife in Snoqualmie Pass area, A6
  • Three people hurt in separate crashes on I-90 Monday afternoon
  • REMINDER: Tell them how you recreate in the Teanaway Community Forest (online survey)

STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:

  • Blog features Douglas A. Munro
  • Dive the coastal waters of Washington online
  • Cheryl Strange appointed State Secretary of DSHS
  • MYTH BUSTER PART 2: Clearing up misunderstandings about the new Distracted Driving Law
  • Free Open Door Health Clinic rotates between Cle Elum and Ellensburg
  • Busy weekend for water rescue, 18 people involved
  • Crashed semi results in 7-plus hour eastbound I-90 closure to remove the wreck – (photo)
  • Thorp School readies for new school year
  • Upper Kittitas County residents serving on board of directors help determine Chamber direction – (photos)
  • In honor of WWII Veterans, former Army Ranger Richard Glaves (of Cle Elum) to parachute over Normandy
  • State to give Kittitas County promised payments in exchange for land turned over to Fish & Wildlife
  • Beware of credit card skimmers on gas pumps
  • Roslyn Librarian resigns, takes position in Goldendale – (photo)
  • COUNTDOWN: The big solar eclipse is coming in eleven days
  • Habitat For Humanity office relocates in Ellensburg

VOICES:

  • Frankly Speaking: S.O.S. (Save Our Seeds!) – (photos)

COMMUNITY:

  • Rotary INTERACT delegation returns from the Dominican Republic – (photo)
  • Big helping hand needed for tiny micro preemie Angelo Glondo – (photo)
  • Celebrating 60 Years – Lloyd and Dorothy Olson – (photos)
  • Six artists awarded at Roslyn Art Festival – (photos)
  • Tyler Harris sworn in as new Deputy Sheriff – (photo)
  • This weekend’s MouseAbout is about people helping people
  • ARRF Animal Rescue’s Nibbles and Sips fundraiser on for Aug. 12
  • Free shingles vaccine available Aug. 18 in Ellensburg
  • Cops connect with community members at first upper Kittitas County National Night Out event – (photos)
  • Roslyn Cafe mural restoration – (photo)
  • Cle Elum Eagles Craft Club donates baby diapers to HopeSource – (photo)
  • Naloxone recommended for friends and family to prevent death from opioid overdose
  • State seeks Teanaway Community Forest mountain biking advisor

OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES:

  • Robert A. (Bob) Bonzon, 1919 – 2017
  • Wilma Margaret Phillips, 1940 – 2017

SPORTS & SCHOOL:

  • Cle Elum-Roslyn Football set to start season with new head coach Troy Hilberg – (photo)
  • Cle Elum native Keith Kladnik receives baseball ‘Official of the Year’ award – (photo)
  • Warrior Boosters Aug. 18 golf tournament gives players chance to support local atheletes
  • Cle Elum-Roslyn Marching Band tunes up for the upcoming school year – (photo)
  • New commander to head up CWU’s AFROTC and the Aerospace Studies Program
  • PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE, CALENDAR AND MORE!