Community members come together to prepare for upcoming wildfire season – front page/A7 (photo)

Cle Elum adopts new Lodging Tax application – front page/A7

Easton paying tribute to Vets during 25th Memorial Day Parade – front page/A7

Commissioners call for Parks and Recreation projects – front page/A5

BLM fees on Yakima River to be rear-round – front page

Memorial Day ceremony in Cle Elum May 30 – front page

REGIONAL:

  • State takes actions against five moving companies
  • State official urges West Nile vaccinations for your horses
  • USDA releases new survey on honeybee colony health
  • State troopers seek hit-and-run witnesses
  • NOAA’s got a new, high-tech forecasting model
  • 2015 wildfire season put a hole in America’s wallet
  • In Washington: 15% ballot return rate
  • Munro Memorial waypoint for Tour of Honor (photo)
  • Kittitas native keeps Navy wing flying (photo)
  • Volunteer groups ‘scrub’ the Upper County clean (photos)
  • Atkinson fined for runoff on Snoqualmie Pass
  • Couple leaves mark on club (photo)
  • Events on the horizon
  • Twin Falls Train reopened
  • Last call for input to county’s Comp Plan

VOICES:

  • Frankly Speaking – The secrets of my success … planting SQUASH!
  • Letters: Please Help Save the John Wayne Pioneer Trail (Ted Blaszk); Opinion: Court must impose tough sanctions on State (Randy Dorn)

COMMUNITY:

  • Student plant sale to showcase tomatoes (photos)
  • Cle Elum students set to showcase schoolwork May 25
  • Blood drive donors (photo)
  • Introducing rising states (photo)
  • Celebrating WE Day (photo)
  • Local student volunteers celebrate at Seattle WE Day (photos)
  • County Fair calls for entries
  • Roslyn Outdoor School summer camp
  • Roslyn Museum fundraiser a storied success: $7,453 (photos)
  • Audubon fundraiser: ten cents a bird species (photo)

SPORTS & SCHOOL:

  • Warriors boy golfers crowned the 2016 district champions (photo)
  • Local mounted shooters find success in state championship (photo)
  • 13 CER track athletes moving on to districts tomorrow (photo)
  • Bobcats rule 1B district championship (photo)
  • Perez the lone Warrior to move on to tennis districts
  • Fastpitch closes out regular season and moves on to playoffs
  • Baseball gets narrow win over Goldendale but falls to Naches
  • Fierce competitors back from nationals (photo)
  • CWU garners WA Apple Education Foundation scholarships
  • UKC 9-Ball Pool League
  • Athlete of the Week: Dawson McLaughlin, Cle Elum-Roslyn High School
  • Student of the Week: Emma Watson, Thorp School

PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE, CALENDAR AND MORE!