Kittitas County: No escape from state’s first BIG STORM – front page/A5 (photos)

November is ‘Flood Awareness Month’ – front page/A8

School board approves replacement Levies, voters to decide in February – front page/A7

Nature Conservancy spells out land management goals – front page/A7

Notice of Special Joint Meeting (Cle Elum, Roslyn and South Cle Elum councils) – front page

REGIONAL:

  • Updating WA’s E-Cycle program
  • More cities urge lawmakers to fund JWP Trail
  • $1.2M agreement in drug kickback investigation
  • Dorn Supports New McCleary Motion (school funding)
  • Ferguson speaks out on charter schools
  • Hire only registered tree service contractors
  • Expect the unexpected in forest lands
  • Funding expands broadband access
  • Report dead swans (hotline established)
  • Driver in critical condition after single vehicle collision (Snoqualmie Pass) (photo)
  • Integrated Plan bill out of committee (water security in Yakima River Basin
  • Thorp man sentenced to more than five years in vehicular homicide case
  • Storm impact on reservoirs
  • School Board… (members accept Windy Chevrolet donation) (photo)
  • Frequently Asked Questions: About the proposed Port District for Kittitas County
  • Cold weather increases carbon monoxide danger

VOICES:

  • Frankly Speaking – Frozen car door? Myths and what really works
  • Letters: We didn’t vote for the fire department levy just so the City could pull their share (Bob Pardini); The wood cutter (Ronald Slater); Thankful for the little things (Elisha Smith)

COMMUNITY:

  • Eighteen dolls make a difference to disabled Air Force veteran (photo)
  • Grange Christmas Dinner Dec. 6
  • This Kittitas County turkey won’t be cooked (photo)
  • KVH Physical Therapy expands days of operation in Cle Elum
  • Sally Conway learned about woodworking from a girls’ night out (photos)
  • Nature Conservancy completes tree planting (photo)
  • Robots + Art = Eggbots at the Roslyn Library
  • Weekend holiday craft shows light the season (photos)
  • Holiday whole foods event set for Dec. 3 at KVH Hospital
  • Kittitas County Community Development Services fees adopted

OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES:

  • John Paul Usibelli

SPORTS & SCHOOL:

  • 1st graders offer thought on Thanksgiving (photos)
  • A look at CER Elementary’s anit-bullying efforts
  • City police serve up turkey to school children (photos)
  • Walter Strom Middle School Honor Roll – 1st Term
  • Bobcat boys to hit maplewood with right stuff
  • Bees, candy wreaths and bake sales to put kids in camp next summer (photos)
  • Take a ‘Trib’ Around the World!
  • Athlete of the Week: Makenzi Kapaska, Easton School
  • Student of the Week: Emily Lussier, Cle Elum-Roslyn High School

PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE AND MORE!