FRONT PAGE NEWS:
- School Board approves $19M budget for 2025-26
- Southpaw Spinners win third title– (Jana Stoner Photo)
- South Cle Elum moving forward with water main replacement Plan
- Join the Cle Elum Fire Dept. and make a difference in the community
- Unofficial August 5 Primary Election results
- All revved up for KCFD1 Car and Bike Show in Thorp
- County now accepting Lodging Tax Grant applications for projects
STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- Cle Elum connects with first responders at ‘National Night Out’ – (Victoria Malcolm Photos)
- Become a Master Garden in training
- Congresswoman Schrier demands reinstating critical staffing address dire conditions at the Enchantments
- Community passion fuels new mural projects and the launch of Ellensburg’s Mural Society
- Boulet served up another hit with “Spaghetti Western’ – (Jana Stoner Photos)
VOICES:
- Frankly Speaking: Yellow MUSTard is a MUST-have in my fridge
- Forest Service seeks public comments on Proposal to balance bighorn sheep and domestic grazing needs
- Reminiscences: I’m nearly 100 years old and missing the good old days. …Lots to do in Upper County summers..by Dan Sater
COMMUNITY:
- CALENDAR: What’s Happening, Senior Living, etc.
- Tribune Rewind… historic headlines and photos compiled by Kayla Snider
- King Coal Ceremony, mining the past for valuable lessons today – (Photo courtesy of the Ash Family
- Cornhole Tournament fundraiser for Alzheimer’s research is Aug. 16 in Cle Elum
- Registration open for English language, GED and high school completion classes
- Take ‘a Trib’ Around the World
- Ellensburg Rodeo Grandstands Reconstruction Project breaking ground in October 2025
- MouseAbout’s Annual Softball Tourney coming next weekend
- Sold Out Performances – Cle Elum Roundup a hit right out of the chute – (Molly Morrow Photo), (Carl Nelson Photo)
- Riders carry pink American flags during moving ‘Pink out Night’ tribune – (Molly Morrow Photography), (Photo courtesy of Breena Roos), (Victoria Malcolm Photos)
- A tribute to Vietnam Veterans: ‘The Wall That Heals’ coming to Ellensburg – (submitted photo)
OBITUARIES:
- Helen M. Burrows, 1930-2025
- Charles W. “Charlie” Kloss, 1945-2025
- Brennen A. Milloy, 2025
- Billy F. Robins, 1937-2025
- Robert E. Woodrow, 1938-2025
- Juan Jose “John” Odiaga, 2025
SCHOOL & SPORTS
- Top honors in the President’s Cup – (Photo courtesy of Sun Country Ladies Golf)
- Southpaw Spinners make it a 3-peat at this year’s bocce tourney in South Cle Elum – (Jana Stoner Photos)
PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE, CALENDAR AND MORE
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