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 week – JEFFREY SMITH – Easton High School – (photo)
- Spotlight Student of the week – ABE SHOUSE – Cle Elum-Roslyn High School – (photo)
PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE, CALENDAR AND MORE
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