PIONEER DAYS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS-pages B1-3-photos

Mushroom Harvesting-Table Mountain morels attract swarms of pickers-front page/A9-photos

County-wide burn ban is on!-Dept. of Natural Resources issued similar actions-front page/page A7

Run to Roslyn Car Show revs up Saturday-another dazzling display of antique cars and hotrods-front page

Biosolids experts to speak in Ellensburg-citizens group did their homework-front page

Unconscious woman rescued from Yakima River-passing canoeists saved her-front page

Aug. 6 Primary Election Ballots-in mail next week-front page

Carnivores Gone Wild?-Pets at risk from increasing predator attacks-page A2-photo

State earmarks millions for Kittitas County-Nearly $1M for Roslyn-page A10

Backcountry Horsemen and USFS crew put ‘phoenix touch’ on Table Mountain-rallied to resurrect five bridges and 46 miles of fire-ravaged trails-page A7-photos

  • Regional:
  • Local family to gift ridgeline property as nature ‘park’
  • State Budget avoids cuts, tuition increases at CWU
  • Man flees deputy, abandons child
  • Van erupts in flames east end of Cle Elum
  • Keep cops on the street-vote yes for Proposition 1
  • County’s distribution of hotel-motel tax questioned
  • Doggie and Troll Olympics jump into action next weekend
  • New min-max limits on kokanee
  • Philean Club raising funds for education scholarships
  • Washington State Parks celebrates 100 years
  • Father and son summit Koppen
  • Two I-90 accidents complicate holiday weekend traffic flow
  • State Patrol says citations for speeding soared over the Forth
  • Rescue at Manatash Ridge
  • Rollover ignits brush fire
  • Accident the result of napping
  • Swimming Salmon La Sac
  • Getting Intimate! with the shrub steppe’s Umtanum Canyon
  • Barr retires from District’s top post overseeing school buses
  • Annual salmon bake potluck on for July 19
  • First sockeye salmon to return in over a century to Lake Cle Elum
  • Voices:
  • Frankly Speaking-‘Beetle-Mania’ the Bug-ish Invasion hits UKC spuds
  • Letter-Sheep killings-Shelly Winfrey, Cle Elum
  • Community:
  • Croatian ‘Vichfest’ on for July 21
  • Cernick retires after 30 years
  • Get ready for next weekend’s Relay for Life-Stepping up for a cure
  • Paint the Town Purple organizers name best displays
  • Gotta Luv a Bunny
  • Rabid bat identified in Kittitas County
  • USFS, Cle Elum-based firefighters dispatched to Alaska
  • Sheriff announces promotions and new hires
  • Windermere staff cleans up cemetery entrance
  • Northern Exposure actor spotted back in Roslyn

Sports & school:

  • Peterson makes All-Star Team
  • Still on the Radar CERHS grad fighting fires in Alaska
  • Still together after all these years
  • Newly hired middle school principal has upper county roots