- SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN – (photo)
- Eleventh Hour donations keep Roslyn Library’s 2017 budget requests off the cut list
- WSDOT I-90 forecast for holiday weekend traffic
- Four Washington State electors dissent in protest of 2016 Presidential Election
- Sixty-five maijuana plants seized in Cle Elum
- SNOW REPORT: 10 inches this week; season total is 35.5 inches
STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- Healthplanfinder: signups up 13%
- Grants to put young people to work on public lands
- AAA projects 13,800 rescues this holiday
- New app for birdwatchers
- Blewett Pass closed Tuesday after collision near Liberty – (photo)
- Rollover at Snoqualmie Pass disrupts traffic
- Federal Way residents victims of hit and run at the pass Dec. 20
- Cle Elum City Council passes 2017 budget but not without difficulty – (photo)
- Cle Elum Salmon Hatchery wraps annual marking and tagging cycle – (photos)
- State board awards $14.6M for salmon recovery projects statewide; Projects in Kittitas County garner $697,938
- Kittitas County Chamber and Cle Elum Downtown Association team up
- Easton School bus mishap blown out of proportion
- Tango with a 200 pound Angus bull – (photos)
- Commissioners to be sworn in Dec. 27
- Habitat for Humanity christens 17th home
- Cle Elum Post Office needs a carrier
- Homelessness in Kittitas County is ever-present
- $33.5M awarded for Affordable Housing
- Diesel heaters, blankets move local construction crews through winter (Suncadia Swimming Pool project) – (photo)
- County public works announces projects slated for 2017 year
- Irish Eyes harvests 112,000 pounds of organic potatoes from Upper Peoh Point field – (photos)
- Cle Elum District U.S. Forest Service Ranger station switches to winter hours
- County burn ban expired Dec. 19
VOICES:
- Frankly Speaking – Ho Ho Ho! A Roslyn Merry Christmas! (Recipe: Holiday Prawns)
- Mystery of Ashley’s Sack unveiled by CWU professor
- Ronald Ness honored with national award – (photo)
COMMUNITY:
- Dickens Carolers spread Christmas cheer at The Lodge in Suncadia – (photo)
- Youth Mentors needed
- It’s Storytime: Carpenter House Museum hosts holiday story time – (photo)
- Introducing new Kittitas Valley Healthcare recruiter Mitch Engel
- Cattle ranchers donate beef to over 200 Ellensburg-area families – (photo)
- Cle Elum Eagles Children’s Christmas Party a smash hit – (photos)
- Cle Elum Eagles Ladies Craft Club load and distribute food, gifts for challenged families – (photo)
- Roslyn Eagles Food Drive – (photo)
- Upper Kittitas County Holiday Giving Program food for families – (photo)
- Northwest Physical Therapy’s new employee Chantel Towle wears many hats – (photo)
- Letters to Santa _ (drawings), B7-10
- Kadyn Mathis’ thoughts on Santa Claus
OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES:
- Charles “Chuck” Richard Allen, 1939 – 2016
- Alice T. (Marr) Eisenman, 1923 – 2016
- Jack Garris, 1943 – 2016
- William “Bill” Mus, 1939 – 2016
SPORTS & SCHOOL:
- CE-R Girls Basketball can’t quite pull off 6-0 stet to the season – (photo)
- Athlete of the Week: MELLI RODRIGUEZ (Cle Elum-Roslyn School)
- Student of the Week: KARLEY BURROWS (Cle Elum-Roslyn School)
- Warriors Boys Basketball keep it close against Goldendale but can’t hang on – (photo)
- Middle School Boys Basketball – A perfect 10-0 record – (photo)
- Illness tries to take down Cle Elum-Roslyn Wrestlers but they still find success – (photo)
- Bobcats Basketball nab wins before holiday break
- Join State Parks for a First Day Hike
- Easton School Christmas Musical – (photos)
- GROOMING REPORT: U.S. Forest Service hits the trail to set tracks
- Legendary Cle Elum football player Chuck Allen passes away – (photo)
- Several Cle Elum-Roslyn students rewarded for their generosity – (photos)
- CERSD students pledging support for Sparrow Club family – (photos)
- Cle Elum-Roslyn Schools hold winter concerts – (photos)
- ‘Hour of Code’ melds minds and plucks heartstrings – (photo)
- Eleven-year-old Isaac Stueckle is beyond his years
- PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE, CALENDAR AND MORE!
