- Excavator ruptures natural gas line in downtown Cle Elum; one block on First Street evacuated – (photo)
- Roslyn conducts independent income survey
- New affordable housing project in the works
- Roslyn 2017 budget approved and ready for the New Year
- SNOW REPORT: 2 inches this week; season total is 37.5 inches
- STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- Washington ranks No. 4 with highest number of Peace Corps volunteers
- Call for comment on fishing and hunting license increases
- New labels for pot
- WDFW hunting and fishing license system online
- USDA funding for Yakima Integrated Plan announced
- Wyman fines ‘faithless electors’
- Sawmill in upper Kittitas County among topics discussed in The Nature Conservancy’s Cle Elum open house – (photo)
- Richard Hawk: Why you need a 300-ton crane to build a garden
- Shoemaker Mfg. donates to Million Penny Drive – (photo)
- Ellensburg Rodeo wins PRCA award – (photo)
- Dept. of Ecology sets Feb. 10 deadline for comments on updated storm water permit
- VOICES:
- Frankly Speaking – A meatball resolution (Recipe: My Frankly Favorite Meatball Method)
- EDITORIAL: Why not let the Heritage Club manage cemetery restoration – (Linda Ringer, Roslyn)
- U.S. Representatives call for strengthened Police-Community relations in the new year
- Kreidler to hold final hearing on proposed Group Health Acquisition on Jan. 3
- COMMUNITY:
- Teanaway History: The old wooden corral at Bussoli Field still speaks – (photos)
- Mike Fudge’s job brings plastics and salmon eggs together – all over the globe – (photos)
- Roslyn’s Wes Craven hospitalized
- Kittitas Valley Healthcare nurse Hanni Johnson named DAISY Award winner
- Upper Kittitas County loses five Pioneer Queens in 2016
- Red Cross wants you
- OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES:
- Edward Dale Bettine, 1929 – 2016
- Theodore “Ted” Bronkeman, 1920 – 2016
- SPORTS & SCHOOL:
- CER Warriors girls basketball win a close one over Highland – (photos)
- Thorp Middle School wraps basketball season – (photos)
- Athlete of the Week: NICK FORDHAM (Cle Elum-Roslyn School)
- Student of the Week: RAVEN DiMAGGIO (Thorp School)
- CER Boys Basketball team gets their first victory with a 70-50 win over Scotties – (photos)
- The Ghosts of Christmas Past look back at current high schoolers Letters to Santa – (photos)
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