FRONT PAGE NEWS:
- Water way to start the year!– (Lounette Grubb Photo)
- School District Master Plan update: planning the future of the 7-12 campus
- Appeals court prevents cuts to billions in medical public health research funding
- Join the shovel brigade – (photo courtesy of Kittitas County Fire District 6)
- I-90 Bullfrog Overpass repairs coming to an end
STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- Snowfall stacking up this week – (photo courtesy of WSDOT), (Terry Hamberg photo), (Lounette Grubb photo)
- In 2026 WA State Horse Park transitions from membership to haul-in fee structure
- Local little helper does more than make toys
- Experienced Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Patricia Todd running for Prosecutor
- Miner’s Pizza & pastry Co. provides weekend meals to families in need
- ‘The Youth Art Project’ provides kids opportunities to be involved in their community in meaningful way – (Carl Nelson Photo)
- Good Samaritan saves family Christmas at Lake Cle Elum – (Barbara Cernick Photo)
VOICES:
- Frankly Speaking: Baby Steps to big impact: Your healthiest year starts…Now!
- Senator Murray Responds to Trump’s Military Operation in Venezuela
- Reminiscences: I’m nearly 100 years old and missing the good old days... A forgotten box of mother’s things…..by Dan Sater
- LETTER: Leave the dictator alone! – Michael Davitt, Cle Elum
- AG Brown taps Morgan Damerow to head up new transparency unit
- Participating in civic life is our duty as citizens
- Kittitas County Auditor reflects: 2025 Year in Review
- Environmental penalties issued for third quarter of 2025
COMMUNITY:
- CALENDAR: What’s Happening, Senior Living, etc.
- Tribune Rewind… historic headlines and photos compiled by Kayla Snider
- New year, new art – (Lounette Grubb photo)
- Spotted owls: why are they threatened, and can we save them? – (photo courtesy of Kittitas Audubon Society
- Prevent a winter blood shortage: Give blood or platelets now
- 2025 Year in Review
OBITUARIES:
- Warren R. “Warren Out” Pendrey, 1940-2025
- Cheryl Ann Kopp, 1959-2025
- Norma Sue Wilmoth, 1944-2025
- Larry Layton Tritt, 1961-2025
SCHOOL & SPORTS
- Warriors neck and neck on the basketball court – (Brian Avery Photos)
- Athlete Spotlight on Luca Butorac Cle Elum-Roslyn High School
- Student Spotlight on Clayton Tutino Easton School
- Senior Mixed Bowling League December 31, 2025 results
- SNHU Announces Fall 2025 President’s List
- CER Wrestlers hit the mats with determination in the new year – (photo courtesy Jill Beedle)
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