Fireworks complete holiday – front page (photo)
Parks and Recreation District wants to hear from the community – front page
BURN BANS POSTED – front page/A7
Ballots for the Aug. 2 Primary Election in the mail next week – front page/A7
STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- WSDOT publishes 20-year framework for transportation
- Driving and Texting
- New aquarium opens in 2018
- Large telescope offline for upgrade
- Modernizing energy regulations in the USA
- West Nile virus returns to Grant County
- Help plant trees in America
- $4M in grants for STEM
- Christine Simpson appointed new Cle Elum City Councilor (photo)
- Join The Nature Conservancy for Forestry Day in the Central Cascades
- Rep. Tom Dent awarded
- Subpoenas in Eyman investigation enforced by court
- Wildland fire consumes 4.5 acres off Charter Road (photos)
- School board discusses next budget
- Global Leadership Summit comes to Ellensburg
- Commissioner Osiadacz: Transition smoother than expected
- Firefighters contain brush fire on Hwy. 10 (photo)
- Buttons the elk gives firefighters some love (photo)
- Grand Parade rolls in (photos)
- Swiftwater Cellars wines garner awards (photo)
- Rep. Reichert monthly office hours (photo)
- State’s average wage topped $56,000 in 2015
- A strike against big companies dodging taxes
VOICES:
- Frankly Speaking – New potatoes? Good ‘ol recipe! Croatian Blitva
COMMUNITY:
- Cle Elum’s connection with Star Trek‘s Bones McCoy (photos)
- Community Snapshot: Meet Lindsey Ozbolt (photo)
- Instrumentalist Holus Bolus set to jam at Marko’s Place July 12 (photo)
- Toots’ marathon horse n’ buggy (photo)
- Red Cross needs blood
- Osmonovich says goodbye to the Air Force (photo)
- Cle Elum natives Jake Gall and Evan Pearson graduate from Fire Training Academy (photo)
- CWU biology professor awarded $285K for study
- ARRF’s Plumbing complete (photos)
- New type of carbon credit program available
- Free Christian Music Concert
- Salmon cannon may come to Lake Cle Elum (photos)
- Professional horse grooming isn’t just a job – it’s a 24-by-7 vocation (photos)
- Horse Park’s first VIP Reception (photos)
- Fourth of July holiday weekend blanketed in red, white and blue (photos)
- Chili Cook-Off (photo)
- Filling up at Pioneer Days Breakfast (photos)
- Pioneer Days Queen’s Tea celebrates family (photo)
- Kiwanis Youth Fishing Derby (photos)
- Gospel music delights (photos)
- Wye Park Street Fair (photos)
SPORTS & SCHOOL:
- Allsop siblings cross the finish in first place (photo)
- Suncadia homeowners raise $64,000 for CERHS scholarships
- Stueckle retires from high school volleyball (photo)
- UKC 9-Ball Pool League
PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE, CALENDAR AND MORE!