Let it snow * let it snow – front page (photo)

Timber harvest in North Fork Teanaway to lead to partial road closures this winter – front page

Cle Elum City Council holds last meeting of year – front page/A5

Roslyn Council wraps business for the year with budget approval vote – front page/A7

Chinook readied for migration, new hatchery proposed for SR10 – (front page/A7 (photo)

REGIONAL:

  • Copper-free brakes available in Washington
  • New emergency preparedness website
  • New sport fish regulations in WA
  • State seeks to purchase easements
  • Meal Assistance available
  • Flooding impacts access to National Forest
  • UWM agrees to settle HIPAA violation
  • Thorp School Board approves remapping District
  • WSDOT official provides quick recap of last season’s work and a look ahead at next spring’s schedule
  • Glondo and Fields exit party Dec. 29 (photo)
  • Mark your calendars for fun holiday events
  • WA State Attorney General asks court to hold feds accountable in Hanford cleanup lawsuit
  • Come and go snow and rain keep public works crews busy last week (photos)
  • Trucker hurt after tree falls on I-90
  • Pierce County sued

VOICES:

  • Frankly Speaking – A holiday meal made simple and affordable
  • Letters: Two ports please (Gary J. Hammons); Where were the rest of the parade floats? (Matt Chambers); On the Syrian refuge crisis (Loel Labberton)
  • Dorn will not seek third term

OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES:

  • Stephen E. Tyler
  • Edith Montana Hyndman
  • Roxanne Johneen Gathmann McDaniel

COMMUNITY:

  • Coiling rope baskets with the eye of a steer roper (photo)
  • Give blood in January
  • ARRF Pet of the Week (photo)
  • Parade of Lights 2015 winners roll in (photos)
  • Holiday concerts take the stage (photos)
  • CWU’s Dec. 1 Giving Tuesday campaign scores
  • App challenge for high school students offered
  • Local behavioral health provider joins KVH
  • 20th Annual Tree of Love ceremony helps guests cope with loss (photo)
  • NORAD celebrate 60 years tracking Santa
  • It’s not too late for a flu vaccine
  • Nelson family celebrates 55 year anniversaries x3 (photo)

SCHOOL & SPORTS:

  • Lady Warriors pick up two big time wins (photo)
  • Warrior boys struggle with shooting, drop two games to Wahluke and Kittitas (photo)
  • Wrestlers score a dual win and two gold medals (photo)
  • Free youth baseball clinics scheduled for next few weekends
  • Thorp-Easton Bobcat boys bow to Riverside Christian
  • Athlete of the Week: Carlee Houle, Easton School
  • Student of the Week: Amber Dupleich, Cle Elum-Roslyn High School

PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE AND MORE!