FRONT PAGE NEWS:
- 2021 Queen Rose Badda, Pioneer Days Queen Coronation is Saturday! – (photo)
- Kittitas County rescinds COVID-19 local ‘declaration of emergency’ last week
- Thunderstorms trigger forest road closures
- Highway contractors fined for releasing polluted runoff into Cle Elum River
- Chamber of Commerce celebrates new Business Development center – (photo)
STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- Washington moves closer to reopening goal as 67.8% of people 16+ initiate vaccination
- Affordable Care Act uphelp in Supreme Court on June 17
- Miles Lipton McKinstray. Third grader, an old soul, wins VFW State Youth Essay Contest – (photo)
- Highlights of Cle Elum’s June 14 city council meeting
- Fire Precaution Levels, Fire Danger Rating rising in eastern Washington
- New Asian giant hornet detection confirmed in Snohomish County – (photo)
- Candidates running in the Aug. 3 primary
- Chamber Cares Small Business Grant: Round 2 NOW OPEN
- County burn and fireworks bans in effect for unincorporated regions
- Upper County teen center opens – (photos)
- USDA invests $92.2 million in grants for local, regional food producers affected by the pandemic
- Cle Elum City Park project a textbook lesson in volunteerism – (photos)
- Kittitas County 2020 labor market summary
- State lawmakers urge SBA to release Emergency Relief Funding now
- Google will pay more than $423,000 over repeated violations of Washingtons campaign finance law
VOICES:
- Memorial Day coverage feedback from near and far – Beverly Prkacin Read – Kent, WA
- Proposed amendment intended to honor and return protection to the American Flag
- Stabilizing Brace Guidance unfairly targets disabled combat vets
- Local Journalism Sustainability Act reintroduced
- Frankly Speaking: ‘Bottled Barbecue sauce? It’s a great start – Now Let’s ‘Frank it up a notch’ – (photo)
COMMUNITY:
- Outdoor rock garden at CWU’s Discovery Hall now features an interactive map – (photos)
- CALENDAR: What’s Happening, Senior Living, Cle Elum Eagles #649
- PROBLEM SOLVED: Home Depot canceled my refrigerator order. Now it wants an extra $700.
- Tribune Rewind…
- Vacation care for container gardens – (photo)
- Carpenter House Museum benefits from community service day – (photo)
- Easton Ponds Fishing Derby results – (photo)
- Beware fo scams related to Washington’s COVID vaccine lottery program
- Observe the Milky Way and Great Rift – (photos)
- IRS unveils online tool to help low-income families register for monthly Child Tax Credit payments
- Grant program opens to help communities HEAL from pandemic
OBITUARIES:
- Scott Benjamin Goldie – 1965-2021
- Robert D. Smith – 1955-2021
- Agnes M. Norris, nee Smith – 1927-2021
SPORTS & SCHOOL:
- Warriors lose district championship by one point – (photo)
- Cle Elum-Roslyn Warrior wrestling wrap
- Kittitas County starts program to increase post high school employment for students with disabilities
- Kittitas County 4-H Scholarships awarded – (photos)
- Grayce Geiger wins Lloyd Olson Scholarship – (photo)
- Cle Elum-Roslyn graduates honored with scholarships
- GRADUATION:
- Swiftwater Learning Center graduates 10 seniors – (photos)
PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE, CALENDAR AND MORE
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