FRONT PAGE NEWS:
- Wildfires close I-90, draw major firefighting response – (Photo courtesy of Jeff Myers – KCFD7)
- South Cle Elum signs Automatic Aid Agreement with KCFD7
- Sun Country Fire timeline
- Public Health provides free vaccines at back-to-school clinics
STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- Hot weather tips from PSE
- Applications open for Washington State Heritage Barn Initiative Grants
- Voice your opinion now on the Kittitas County 2026-2031 TIP
- Washington first in nation to implement a uniform antitrust premerger notification law
- Smoke Alarms in Dwellings
- Sun Country Fire – (Photo courtesy Jeff Myers), (Photo courtesy Michael Cheek), (Photo Courtesy Patrick Hendry)
- Raising $40k for animals fives warm and fuzzies! – (Jana Stoner Photos), (Carl Nelson Photos)
- Kittitas County Fair announces 2025 Farm Family of the Year – (Photo courtesy of Kittitas County Fair)
- Train for a new professional or technical career with YVX’s I-BEST program
- Washington, Idaho, and Oregon wildlife agencies ask hunters to review import rules before hunting this fall
- Unequipped paddle boarder dies in Lake Kachess on August 3.
VOICES:
- Frankly Speaking: Dill shortage sparks culinary concern! Will we be left in a pickle?
- LETTER: Interior Secretary urged to restore funding for critical salmon recovery in Washington
- Reminiscences: I’m nearly 100 years old and missing the good old days..…You don’t have to be a senior to enjoy the Center!..by Dan Sater
- LETTER: Stop Trump Takeover Demonstration last Saturday – Catherine Cook, Roslyn
- Statement from Secretary Hobbs on the Trump Administration’s intent to eliminate mail-in voting, voting machines
- City of Cle Elum Survey – Joe Haywood, Cle Elum – (Photo submitted by Catherine Cook)
- State Superintendent Statement on the Reckless School Privatization Tax Credit Passed by Congress
COMMUNITY:
- CALENDAR: What’s Happening, Senior Living, etc.
- Tribune Rewind… historic headlines and photos compiled by Kayla Snider
- The Zaniac brings science and laughter to Cle Elum’s Centennial Center – (Victoria Malcom Photos)
- Cle Elum’s Class of 1965 celebrates 60 years – (submitted photo)
- YVC accepting applications into Practical Nursing program
- The corn was popping at the 1st annual Slovenian Lodge Cornhole Tournament on Saturday August 16.
- Local volunteers needed to help seniors navigate health insurance benefits
- Love shines on the diamond at the 19th annual MouseAbout Softball Tournament – (Carl Nelson Photos)
- 4-H Kids tie-dye T-shirts for ‘Tough Enough to Wear Pink’ – (submitted photos)
OBITUARIES:
- Dawn Michelle Brumfield, 1975-2025
- Jan “Micky” Cavelia, 1928–2025
- Donna Johnston Croft -1952-2025
- Sonja Mae (Elsberg) Dunnagan, 1940-2025
SCHOOL & SPORTS
- On the green with the Sun Country Lady Golfers – (photo courtesy of Sun Country Lady Golfers)
- Cle Elum-Roslyn School District’s new multi-use athletic facilities taking shape – (photo courtesy of Cle Elum-Roslyn School District)
- Back to School Information Guide
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