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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