FRONT PAGE NEWS:

  • Courage Ride rolls on – (photo)
  • Roslyn Labor Day Weekend  – See insert
  • Celebrate coalminer history this weekend
  • Prescribed burns (aka Good Fire) planned on over 11,000 acres
  • Ellensburg Rodeo Time for some Wild West action!
  • New school district bus barn project moving forward
  • Aug. 20 cell tower public hearing ends without a vote

STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:

  • Climate is changing faster then animal adaption
  • Court rules on proposed coal terminal
  • Another semi accident shuts down Interstate-90 – (photo)
  • Application cut-off date for Healthy Forest Reserve Program announced
  • Kittitas County emergency alert system launched – (photo)
  • Kittitas County’s Marine Patrol unit launches new patrol boat – (photo)
  • State Parks Boating Program reminds paddlers to be safe
  • Deputy Shot with hunting arrow while investigating mental health call
  • Chamber hires Madison Ford as new director of tourism and events – (photo)
  • Official Notice of Value forms mailed to county property owners
  • Events on the Horizon
  • The working life of the Kittitas Valley Event Center director – (photos)
  • Primary Results Certified

VOICES:

  • Frankly Speaking: Summer time and the zucchini is easy – (photos)
  • Attorney General push back on proposed weakening of Endangered Species Act
  • Court upholds DNR decision to reject coal terminal on Columbia River

COMMUNITY:

  • Prize Ride ponies up $2,225 for youth programs – (photo)
  • Governor’s Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee meeting set for Sept. 19
  • Free Concert: ‘Live at the Wye’ Sept. 12 with Dynamite Supreme – (photo)
  • Local Non-Profit awarded $1,000,000 Federal Grant for Opioid Response
  • Outstanding showing of visiting royals – (photos)
  • High Country Log Show rises again – (photo)
  • Help kids kick cancer by giving blood with the Red Cross
  • Summer news from your local Master Gardeners
  • Five behind the scenes things learned about a 132-mile bicycle ride – (photos)
  • The Little Garden that could – (photos)
  • UPDATE: Railroad’s first surgery deemed success! – (photos)
  • Taking a seat on Kittitas County’s new Connector Bus service – (photo)

OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES:

SPORTS & SCHOOL:

  • CERHS pickle ball courts echo a national trend – (photos)
  • Girls War Dog Soccer Camp is first of its kind in Cle Elum – (photo)
  • 40 Students in FEMA Region 10 Help Build a Culture of Preparedness at Camp
  • UKC 9-Ball Pool
  • School Lunch
  • Washington STEM releases data tool to maximize career prospects for students
  • School bus safety guidelines

 

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