Making tracks to groomed trails – front page (photo)
Parks and Recreation District continues debate on dissolution – front page
Armed Port Townsend man dies after police shooting incident in Cle Elum – front page
Snowmobile Safety Week is here and reminding riders to be careful – front page/A6
DOL reports almost 1,000 snowmobiles registered in Kittitas County in December – front page/A6
REGIONAL:
- Snow mountain playground (photo)
- Governor names new Poet Laureate
- Send your folk tradition photos to Library of Congress
- Wyman touts voter pre-registration for teenagers
- Disaster assistance for small businesses
- 19th Backyard Bird Count in Feb.
- Financial assistance for wildfire impacted farmers and ranchers
- Calling all singers: National Anthem contest
- IRS Free File program
- New partnership aims to strengthen nonprofits mission
- Bike Your Park Day
- Nominations sought for outstanding achievements in historic preservation
- Endangered species grants
- New Cle Elum Council steps in (photo)
- Trailside adventures (photos)
- New fire engine accents Ronald Fire Department’s bid for levy
- Woman hurt after being pinned between her car and I-90 barrier
- Forest Service closed last week
- Kittitas County Comp Plan Visioning meetings set
- Federal assistance approved for 15 counties, including Kittitas
- Goodbye VISION Cle Elum, hello Cle Elum Downtown Association
- Licensing agent office moved (photo)
VOICES:
- Frankly Speaking – Chilly tomatoes in the winter?
- Letters: We all benefit from living in a well educated community (Craig Nevil); Let’s vote yes on the permanent EMS levy (Arthur Scott); Vote to give them the tools for success (Bill Peare); Our school district is a good steward of your levy dollars (Eric Terrill); Former CWU professor and coach encourages ‘Voters of Distinction’ to support levies (Dr. Gary Frederick); The boys of Powerball (Ronald Arthur Slater)
COMMUNITY:
- Donkeys, dervishes and the borderline (photos)
- Garlic lovers pile on flavor at annual Bagna Caulda Festival (photo)
- The bizarre fish biologists say our rivers need (photos)
- Attorney General urges President Obama to sign e-cigarette child-safety bill
- Contestants line up for the Ellensburg Rodeo Royal Court coronation (photo)
- New physician joins KVH Orthopedics (photo)
SCHOOL & SPORTS:
- Elementary students begin Great Kindness Challenge next week
- Host family needed for visiting student, Jan. 30 through Apr. 2 (photo)
- CERHS gym addition is now in use (photos)
- Girls play well in all areas with (basketball) win over Naches
- U14 Thunder strikes again (photo)
- Injury and illness continue to hamper Warrior wrestlers (photo)
- What Bobcat boys have going for them (photos)
- Pool and bowling league reports
- Ellensburg student named Military Child of the Year semifinalist
- Boys basketball slide to 5th place in league after two more losses
- Eighth grader developing a two-sport varsity athlete (photo)
- Hardcore Seahawks fan Matt Wilkerson creating unique art with his favorite team (photos)
- Athlete of the Week: Nolan Wait, Cle Elum-Roslyn High School
- Student of the Week: Hannah Moore, Thorp School
PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE, CALENDAR AND MORE!
