FRONT PAGE NEWS:
- Cle Elum Team scores MouseAbout Championship – (Carl Nelson photo)
- DNR bans all firewood cutting
- AG’s first-ever Data Privacy Report identifies policy priorities and recommendations
- Light strikes another fire – (photo courtesy of Cle Elum Ranger District, USDA Forest Service)
- Help steer local policies – volunteer to serve on Kittitas County boards, committees, and commissions
STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- Three Queens Fire now at 3,793 acres; 2% contained – (photo courtesy of Patrick Hendry)
- Martial Arts belting ceremony this Saturday
- AG continues to fight against excessive energy rate increases with challenge to PSE price hikes
- UKC Senior Center celebrates 35 years bringing friends together – (Jana Stoner photos)
- Parades, Pianos, and Hometown Pride!
- The Hearth: A new place for grief, friendship, and hope
- BAGS FLY FOR A CAUSE: Second Annual SNPJ Cornhole Tournament raises over $1500 for Alzheimer’s Research – (photo courtesy of Ken Kladnik)
- About the Slovenian National Benefit Society (SNPJ)
VOICES:
- Frankly Speaking: Chili Pepper roasting season: Local kitchens approved smoke-free method!
- Reminiscences: I’m nearly 100 years old and missing the good old days…Summertime musings…by Dan Sater
- LETTER: NO to AI data center in Cle Elum Linda Horish, Cle Elum
- EDITOR’S NOTE: regarding editorial comments in last weeks data center protest story
- LETTER: The DNR needs a new playbook – Mike Davitt, Cle Elum – ( submitted photo by Mike Davitt)
- LETTER: We need facts – Kathy Stancik, Cle Elum
- LETTER: Tighten up on your gas usage people – Kathy Wyborski, Cle Elum
- LETTER: With so many unknowns, we shouldn’t gamble on data centers – Catherine Cook, Cle Elum
- LETTER: Opposing data centers – Ellie Belew, Roslyn
- LETTER: Glad about data center protest– Deborah Parrish, Roslyn
- LETTER: Vague and risky: the Blue Fern data center – Dan Amdur, Patricia Garris, Kristina Mashek, Lucy Temple
- LETTER: Data center protest appreciated – Jeff Kluth, Cle Elum
- LETTER: Thanks for the manifesto on how to stop a data center – Bev Kluth, Cle Elum
- LETTER: Journalist should have saved his opinions for the editorial page last week – Brenda Sargent, Cle Elum
COMMUNITY:
- CALENDAR: What’s Happening, Senior Living, etc.
- Tribune Rewind… historic headlines and photos compiled by Kayla Snider
- The Sunset Cafe turns 90! – (Lounette Grubb photos)
- Back to School Information Guide
- Hot rods, cool cars & mighty motorcycles takeover Thorp
- Ronald’s Teresa Kosar named to Spring 2026 Dean’s List
- Take a ‘Trib’ Around the World!
- Help for parents of children who stutter is as slose as your computer
OBITUARIES:
- Michael Allen White, 2026
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