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FRONT PAGE NEWS:

  • HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! – Sunday, May 10
  • Rose Badda named Pioneer Days Queen – (photos and biography)
  • Giant [Love’s] truck stop proposed for Easton isn’t going to happen
  • Nature Conservancy cautiously reopening lands in Central Cascades forests
  • Puget Sound Energy kicks off donations to community recovery fund in Kittitas County

STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:

  • Govenor Jay Inslee signs new COVID-19 order for phased re-opening of Washington’s economy
  • Report on April 13 Cle Elum City Council meeting
  • Suspects arrested in recent Ellensburg homicide case
  • Coronavirus state and local bits and bites
  • What’s up at Lake Cle Elum Dam with the fish passage construction project – (photo)
  • After coronavirus stalled work on the coho salmon hatchery, crews are back to work
  • WSU College of Nursing moving Yakima program to PNWU campus
  • Shoemaker Manufacturing honoring Duane Ferro’s 50 years of service – (photo)
  • Easton Baking Company opens in Cle Elum – (photo)

VOICES:

  • LETTER: A Plan for the People’s House – Dan Newhouse, (R) U.S. Representative, WA 4th District
  • LETTER: Three good reasons why local businesses should submit a safety plan for review – Debbie Bogart, Executive Director – Cle Elum Downtown Association
  • Frankly Speaking: How does your garden grow, trouble-free or just plain trouble?

COMMUNITY:

  • A tranquil mountain top view photographed by Nick Burson – (photo)
  • FEMA grants Kittitas County reduction in flood insurance rates
  • Antidote for a lockdown: ACTS OF KINDNESS by Sons and Daughters of Italy Lodge members – (photo)
  • ‘World Migratory Bird Day’ is Saturday, May 9
  • CALENDAR: COVID-19 IMPACTED VENUES AND EVENTS. View current listings online at nkctribune.com/covid19-impacts
  • Coronavirus case numbers in Washington
  • Roghair family pushing through the pandemic on an Upper County ranch – (photos)
  • Become a citizen scientist with NASA!
  • ‘STAY SAFE … STAY WELL’ fence sign of the times – (photo)
  • National Armed Forces Day is May 16
  • Upper Kittitas County Rotary welcomes Rob Wilson – (photo)
  • Enchantments area reservations cancelled through May 31
  • DRU BRU taproom on track for July opening

OBITUARIES:

  • Walter Baich, 1930-2020

SPORTS & SCHOOL:

  • Winners of the Rudi and Patti Hein Memorial scholarships given $29,500
  • Adopt a Cle Elum-Roslyn High School Senior on facebook
  • Walter Strom Middle School basketball team awards
  • Spotlight Athlete of the weekJEFFREY SMITH – Easton High School – (photo)
  • Spotlight Student of the weekABE SHOUSE – Cle Elum-Roslyn High School – (photo)

PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE, CALENDAR AND MORE

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