Wind knocks down tree near McDonald’s – front page (photo)
South Cle Elum Council votes for 10% water rate hike – front page
Public workshop for Kachness Emergency, Temporary Floating Pumping Plant – front page/A5
Studded tires now legal – front page/A5
Cle Elum power outage tracked to Barred Owl – front page/A5
REGIONAL:
- First snowfall of the season (photo)
- Home fires peak (during) holidays
- $1.4M in (student) loan forgiveness
- Fish and Wildlife Commission approves rules (governing people-wildlife conflicts)
- WA goes after Volkswagen
- Land purchase enhances access to Mailbox Peak
- State Parks Commission to meet about climate change
- No allegations against Planned Parenthood in WA
- Drought relief funds benefit haulers, orchards
- Safety-Net payments to Washington farmers
- Electric vehicles powered by Grand Coulee Dam
- Hold off getting Social Security, if you can
- Official Notice of Value Forms mailed to property owners
- Free Christmas Tree Permits available to fourth graders
- Winter parking regulations in effect (multiple towns)
- Swedish clinic looking to replace retired provider in early 2016
- Driver charged for falling asleep
- Hospital District-2 considering investment into virtual care
- Nov. 25 hearing to consider County Public Health fee schedule
- Public meeting for John Wayne Pioneer Trail proposed closing
- County’s first Coroner nears end of first year (photo)
- CWU ‘Parade of Nations’ 10th anniversary event tonight
- American consumers at risk of being scammed during the holidays
- North Fork Roundup: Pulse of a range rider’s heart (photos)
VOICES:
- Frankly Speaking – Hidden Thanksgiving salt tallies may ‘shake’ you up
- Letters: Remembering veteran Sam Swor (Perla Lovejoy); Fire department levy (Greg Barr); City of Cle Elum 2016 proposed budget (Betty Butcher-Benjamin, Fred Benjamin); John Wayne Pioneer Trail at risk (Ted Blazak)
COMMUNITY:
- An Upper County collaboration: Mother Nature and photographer Susie Weis (photos)
- Six months on, custom metal workers seek to streamline their business (photo)
- Cle Elum martial arts instructor leaving for Ireland to set up a new school (photo)
- Talking to the stars of Boulet Productions’ Railway Children (photos)
- Buck and Dave: Gray-bearded gurus of the Tin Lizzy (photos)
- Hoekstra named head of Mountains to Sound Greenway (photo)
- Today is National Rural Health Day
- Local performs at Kennedy Center (Elizabeth Turner)
OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES:
- Charlotte R. Panerio
SPORTS & SCHOOL:
- 19 of CHS’s brightest inducted into National Honor Society (photos)
- $2,000 photography scholarship
- A young varsity Bobcats team finished state with a statement
- Walter Strom Middle School Honor Roll, 1st Term of 2015-2016
- Interact and Rotary Club honors vets by raising new flag in Cle Elum (photo)
- Easton Veterans Day Assembly draws crowd (photo)
- CWU garners encore designation for veteran support (photo)
- Swor’s WWII POW story continued…
- Athlete of the Week: Adam Rinaldi, Cle Elum-Roslyn High School
- Student of the Week: Mary Fudge, Easton School
PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE AND MORE!