Pioneer Days Queen Leona Malcolm – front page (photo)

WWII vet Carl Vrtnar to serve as Pioneer Days Parade Grand Marshal – front page (photo)

Community Forest subcommittee takes another baby step – front page/A5

Traffic plan in downtown Cle Elum over holiday weekend – front page/A5

Pioneer Days committee: URGENT NEED for Volunteers – front page

Police to enforce Fireworks Ordinances – front page

Fourth of July storefront window contest in downtown – front page

STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:

  • Regulations for retail and medical marijuana merge
  • In the air: WWII bombers and fighters
  • Dept. of Energy targets escaping vapors at Hanford
  • Victory for reproductive rights
  • Coast Guard Aux. celebrates 77th anniversary
  • NOAA to activate its first space weather satellite
  • USFS cautions campers
  • Restoration to start on North Fork Taneum Creek
  • Activity picks up for county’s Search and Rescue teams
  • WSDOT advice for holiday travelers: Know before you go
  • Sons of Italy announces Mushroom Contest winners (photo)
  • Fourth of July facts
  • Medic One adds new ambulance unit to fleet
  • Parks and Rec open house
  • DUI driver crashes in I-90 construction zone
  • Yakima driver injured after clipping semi

VOICES:

  • Frankly Speaking – A chef in the woods
  • Warnick, Dent reflect on Roslyn town hall meeting
  • Letters: Nelson Siding Road a public hazard – reduce speed limit (Freida Ellison); Looks forward to the Tribune (Carolyn Rottluff); Relay lead-up coverage appreciated by organizers (Your Relay For Life Committee)

COMMUNITY:

  • Bev says goodbye, Leona says hello (photos)
  • Library volunteers cleanup landscaping (photo)
  • Chinook Fest Summit readies to rock the Cascades
  • Gunnars Bistro adds flowers and fresh produce to the menu
  • Change to archery hunting for antlerless deer harvest
  • Sargent wins BIG (photo)
  • HopeSource mobile food bank on the move (photo)
  • Glondo’s Sausage Co. turns 30 (photo)
  • Chamber, Grange to host candidate forum events
  • Fireworks and fires
  • Wounded Warriors ‘High Five Tour’ stopping in Ellensburg July 1
  • Women’s adventure group wrangles up ranch weekend (photo)
  • Earl Peak hike (photo)
  • Events on the horizon
  • Kittitas Reclamation District wins grant

OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES:

  • John G. & Lois (Fenich) Omundson

SPORTS & SCHOOL:

  • Hawks fans rally at the rodeo for 12 Tour (photos)
  • Vandals volleyball coach visits for second year to train Warriors (photo)
  • Roslyn Outdoor School graduation party (photo)
  • Easton kids visit Pike Place Market (photo)
  • Local girls place 7th in state softball tournament (photo)
  • First year of Boulet Summer Theater Camp is rousing success (photo)
  • Summer of fun kicks off at Cle Elum Park (photo)
  • Rotary golf tourney raises money for community projects (photos)
  • Roslyn summer reading program launches (photo)
  • UKC 9-Ball Pool League

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