HEADLINES for the week of January 28, 2016 – Northern Kittitas County Tribune

Madysen Owens crowned Ellensburg Rodeo Queen – front page (photo)

Kittitas County admissions tax approved – front page/A7

Fourth of July’s Pioneer Days event gets new leadership – front page/A5

Hospital District goes over options for staffing a second 24-hour aid car – front page/A7

Fish & Wildlife proposes 215-acre Teanaway land acquisition – front page

REGIONAL:

Wildfire Info session Feb. 1 in Wenatchee
Burn bans and air quality
State senate votes to save charter schools on first day
$137M proposed for clean water projects in WA
2015 Earth’s hottest year
Bad weather equals vehicle-related deaths
I-732 squeaks by
Elway Poll: Two-thirds support raising tobacco sale age
Saving the John Wayne Pioneer Trail
School Board addresses student self-harm prevention
Home security App results in two arrests
Teanaway Community Forest project moves into 2016 with fewer dollars than requested
PSE finishes streetlight replacements (photos)
Sinclair, Bala named ‘Officers of the Year’
Town to buy new backhoe, mayor issues snowmobilers cautionary reminder
Roslyn Council gets down to business (photo)
Responders quickly tame motor home fire in South Cle Elum (photo)
Speeding leads to three vehicle crash
County invites residents to share thoughts of development of comprehensive plan
Rallying for ‘Maintaining What We Have’ (photo)
Comments sought on Cle Elum’s shoreline plan
County livestock producers: Report forage losses by Feb. 1

VOICES:

Frankly Speaking – It’s {cough, cough} c-c-c-cold season!
Letters: I want the EMS to be there when, not if, we need them (Louie Osmonovich); Ronald’s volunteer firefighters scout our neighborhoods (Janice Geary); This is not a new tax, just a continuation of school levies we already approved (Kerri Farnum); Continue supporting Cle Elum Roslyn School District levies (Loretta Sweigard); I’m glad the ambulance was there when I was in pain (Patti Nicholson)

COMMUNITY:

Popular upper county postmaster and her lovable bulldog set to retire tomorrow (photo)
Microsoft executive to join CWU President during annual State of the University address
Meet the new District Ranger
Dance Craze captures gold and platinum awards at Burien event (photos)
Grange to host scholarship fundraiser dinner Feb. 20
Local blacksmith Cristalli stars on second TV show, ‘Handcrafted America’ (photo)
Gall, Strahm make Dean’s List
Philean Club’s quilt winner (photo)
The standard procedure for plowing streets in Cle Elum
Suncadia closes on over $55 million in 2015 home sales
Pancake supper Feb. 9