Christmas in Cle Elum shines-Parade of lights-front page-photos.

Light your home for the holidays and win $500-a Christmas Lighting contest-front page.

Regional water plant to increase capacity-third filter bed-front page.

State Lawmakers hear from local constituents-Kittitas County Chamber hosts it’s first Legislative Day-front page-photo.

STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:

  • Budget cuts slated for CWU.
  • Burn ban expires.
  • Reichert takes chairmanship.
  • Top WA teachers.
  • For geology map lovers mostly.
  • Hard time for America’s renters?
  • For the birds.
  • $18 million in salmon recovery grants rewarded.

REGIONAL NEWS:

  • Meningitis strain diminishes scare at Cle Elum Elementary.
  • I-90 rollover leaves two hospitalized. Cle Elum man survives car accident.
  • Online Tax Filing webinar rescheduled to Jan.8.
  • Police chief: Local businesses scammed for $3,500.
  • Initial test results indicate no Ebola in King County.
  • Consumer Alert: Utility scam demands payment, threatens disconnection.
  • It’s real…sign up for healthcare now or be fined.
  • Evergreen Sno-Park honored.
  • Tax-deductible donations added.
  • Cascade Prevention Coalition needs your input with survey.

VOICES:

  • Frankly speaking-Over the river and through the woods to…safe holiday potlucks.
  • Letter-Thumbs up Jerri Pardini, Cle Elum.

CHRISTMAS IN CLE ELUM:

  • City bursts with holiday spirit.
  • Holiday Cons in WA: Gift buyers, givers beware.

COMMUNITY:

  • Maybo’s find does justice to the memory of WWII.
  • Graham honored for saving a life.
  • Inland Networks Food Challenge.
  • All I want for Christmas.
  • Shortened timeframe to apply for Forest Service jobs.
  • County Clerk calls it a career.
  • Trib Around the World to New York with Mickey & Ray Rosato.
  • Ginger ale lovers rejoice Kilgour’s arrival.
  • How to help your children remember the needy during the holiday season.
  • KIDS: don’t forget to submit your ‘North Pole Letters’ to the TRIBUNE by Friday, Dec. 19.
  • Joan Baird Glover to Resign from KVH Board.
  • Libraries hold book sales.

OBITUARIES:

  • Vance A. Curtis.
  • June (Krahenbuhl) Vrtnar.

SPORTS & SCHOOL:

  • CER Girls Basketball team plays hard in season opener.
  • Warrior win slips away in overtime.
  • Stellar state football championships close out the 2014 season.
  • Easton Athlete of the Week-Daniel Smith.
  • Thorp Student of the Week-Raegan Sallee.