FRONT PAGE NEWS:

  • Statewide ‘Stay-At-Home Order’ extended to May 4 
  • First Responders Gear Up for EMS calls wearing PPE – (photo)
  • INSERT: 2020 Upper Kittitas County Builders’ Guide edition BuildersGuideOnline.com
  • All state lands continue to be closed thru May 4
  • Celebrate an Easter church service April 12 – in your car
  • Washington experiencing significant community-based COVID-19 transmission; DOH guidance on cloth face coverings
  • Cle Elum Fire Dept. Levy Ballots in the mail Tuesday, April 7 – along with some confusion

STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:

  • Sampling of coronavirus news from around the world
  • Snow Report by Ella Walton
  • Coronavirus case numbers in Kittitas County and across the state
  • Testing for COVID-19 regulated in Kittitas County
  • Washington State Dept. of Health: The do’s and don’ts of outdoor recreation
  • Cle Elum Public Works spring projects underway
  • Cle Elum City Hall operations update
  • Telemedicine could be an option for you during the ‘Stay-At-Home’ order
  • WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife reviews status of 19 wildlife species
  • WSDOT Reports: I-90 weekend vehicle counts measurably down
  • UPS Service guarantees curtailed during COVID-19

VOICES:

  • Frankly Speaking: “Keep on cookin’ on, like Mom did!”
  • OPEN LETTER: KVH is doing whatever it can to safeguard community’s health – Julie Peterson, CEO Kittitas Valley Healthcare
  • OPEN LETTER: Six reasons to respect recreation closures during the COVID-10 Pandemic – Nicky Pasi, Upper Yakima Basin Coordiantor, Mountains to Sound Greenway
  • OPEN LETTER: Halted housing construction affects local communities – Chelsea Snodgrass, Executive Officer – Central Washington Home Builders Association
  • OPEN LETTER: Please continue to support the Cle Elum Fire Department – Gary Berndt, Cle Elum

COMMUNITY:

  • PHOTO ESSSAY: Adapting to the Pandemic: Stories about daily life in the Upper County
  • CALENDAR: COVID-19 IMPACTED VENUES AND EVENTS. View current listings online at nkctribune.com/covid19-impacts
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OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES:

  • DEATH NOTICE: Patsy L. McDougal, 1955-2020
  • SERVICE POSTPONED: Cheryl Lynn Waddell-Starchevich

SPORTS & SCHOOL:

  • Karla Hill awarded ‘Regional Classified School Employee of the Year 2020’ from Educational Service District 105
  • Free WiFi available in Roslyn from Inland Networks to help students stuck at home without internet
  • WIAA drops the hammer on athletics for Spring 2020
  • Student Athlete of the week – Marissa Nass – Cle Elum-Roslyn High School – (photo)
  • Spotlight Student of the week – Grace Terrill – Cle Elum-Roslyn High School – (photo)

 

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