FRONT PAGE NEWS:
- Kittitas County APPROVED! Moved to Phase-3 ‘Safe Start’ plan – (photo)
 - Governor Inslee announces are coverings are required statewide
 - Two July 4th fireworks shows in Kittitas Co.
 - Pioneer Days Fourth of July events cancelled
 - Hope Source Foodbank pauses ops July 7 to take donations
 
STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- State and Local Coronavirus News
 - Apply for $5K small business grants
 - Tractor-trailer accident on I-90, no fatalities – (photos)
 - Arson suspect arrested in connection with Red bridge Road fire – (photos)
 - Childcare operators in Roslyn bucking COVID-19’s fast-moving tide
 - Karraker in the race for County Commissioner – (photo)
 - Rescuing a sunken truck and trailer – (photo)
 
VOICES:
- Eckles family reaches out – The Eckles family, Kent, WA
 - Roslyn Council needs to meet – Ellie Belew, Roslyn
 - State Fraternal Order of Police supports credible independent investigations – Marco Monteblanco, President Washington State Fraternal Order of Police
 - Frankly Speaking: Comforting Casserole – (photo)
 
COMMUNITY:
- Swiftwater building repair shop to be run by students this fall – (photo)
 - Kittitas and Yakima Counties eligible for emergency disaster loans
 - Kids still need mentors in spite of COVID-19 – (photo)
 - Battling cancer, Matheson family could use a little help – (photo)
 - WA State Parks add free days for later this year to replace April days lost to COVID-19 closures
 - Gazebo footings get set in concrete – (photo)
 - Elevator Project Fundraiser – (photo)
 - Fireworks rules to follow in Kittitas County
 - Grants awarded for clean water projects in Central Washington – (photo)
 - Rally Tuned.. Another new business opening in Cle Elum – (photo)
 - WA’s average wage increase to $69,000 in 2019
 - Red Cross now testing all blood donations for COVID-19 antibodies
 
OBITUARIES:
- Margaret Gittins – 1932 – 2020
 - Darold Francis Harmer – 1937 – 2020
 - Betty Jean Zapel – 1929 – 2020
 - Edward Ray Wakkuri, Sr. – 1937 – 2020
 
SPORTS & SCHOOL:
- School’s out for the summer – (photos)
 - Perfect attendance – (photo)
 - Upper Kittitas County Dollars For Scholars awards $16K to 2020 graduates
 - Montag Makes Dean’s List
 - McKeefry makes Dean’s list and graduates from Gonzaga University – (photo)
 - Golf Report
 - Swiftwater Class of 2020 gets home-delivered grad ceremony and diplomas – (photos)
 
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