‘Tis the season for old Saint Nick-at Cle Elum Eagles annual Kids Christmas Party-front page-photo.
Adams house wins $500 Christmas light contest-Christmas Lights Tour-front page.
Restaurant, strip mall, mini-mart and gas pumps targeted for Cle Elum-across from Safeway-front page.
Nature Conservancy completes purchase of 48,000 acres in Central Cascades-$49 million-front page.
Collision with tree takes life of Gig Harbor truck driver-on SR97-front page.
North Pole Letters-local children draw and write-pages B5-B8.
STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- Biofuel producers get USDA support.
- Superior Court upholds another marijuana ban.
- I-90 fatality.
- Rebate for purchase of vehicle chargers.
- Score: WDFW 1, Poachers 0.
- Two states sue Colorado for legalizing marijuana.
- Inslee’s education budget proposal no good for Dorn.
- Forest Service to host summer job workshop, Jan. 5.
REGIONAL:
- Texas couple reunites with their missing dog in Cle Elum.
- Roslyn Outdoor School students brave the elements while learning about nature.
- County seeking volunteers.
- Increased flu activity prompts masking at KVH.
- HopeSource unveils new Veterans aid program.
- Forest Service wants your comments on a proposal.
- County solicits proposals for water bank metering.
- Tasty holiday treats with Violet Burke and Santa.
- Homemade Holidays Reader Recipe Contest winner Kariana Aldrich.
VOICES:
- Frankly Speaking-A Frankly Christmas Story, Sometimes the best gifts weren’t on our wish lists.
- The Ghosts of Christmas Past look back at current high schoolers’ Letters to Santa.
- Letter-Ellensburg Rodeo sponsorship appreciated.
- Seasons Greetings! Santa 101 with local First Graders.
COMMUNITY:
- INTERACT kids about to change the world.
- Looking for a Forest Service summertime job? Apply soon!
- Payton on the upswing, but not out of the woods.
- Bookstore and café aimed for Roslyn’s downtown district.
- Osiadacz rules at Thorp’s CO2 dragster race.
- Local teen wins National Cover Girl contest.
- Christmas Eve & New Year activities.
- Tis the season of giving.
- Gunner’s Coffee Cabin move was a labor of love, owner says.
OBITUARIES:
- Dorothy Helena Pratt (Waxham).
- SPORTS & SCHOOL:
- Children in concert make hearts smile.
- Girls basketball team drops two in a row on the road.
- Medals, Medals, and more Medals.
- Warrior boys fall hard to Zillah and Granger.
- Thorp School Athlete of the Week-Polly Shopbell.
- Bobcats show as a different team.
- CERHS Student of the Week-Vincent Clifton.
- Bobcats score first win.