FRONT PAGE NEWS:
- City of Cle Elum returns to Bankruptcy protection as mediation with City Heights fails
- Forterra pushes back on moratorium
- Fluid leak shuts down rest area for several hours – (Photo courtesy of kCFD7)
- 2025 Pioneer Days Queen Babs Ballard Coronation celebration this weekend
STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:
- Quick response stops brush fir near Cooper Lake – (Photo courtesy of KCFD6)
- CER School board hears updates on community hub, developer requests, and long-term facilities planning
- City Heights developer Sean Northop responds to Cle Elum Bankruptcy
- Travis Decker remains at large
- What it really takes to build Affordable Housing: Teanaway Court funding comes together
VOICES:
- Frankly Speaking: My ‘Rocky Road’ days of summer!
- Reminiscences: I’m nearly 100 years old and missing the good old days..Going to the dogs ….again by Dan Sater
- LETTER: Bankruptcy is the best option available in this stressful situation – Kathy Wyborski, Cle Elum
- How to Contact Your Legislators
- GUEST EDITORIAL: Congress must act to help new Postmaster General pull USPS back from the brink – by Martha Diaz Aszkenazy, Chair, National Newspaper Association, Publisher, The San Fernando Valley
- Annual Aerial Detection Survey Maps 545,00 acres in Washington with dead or damaged trees
COMMUNITY:
- CALENDAR: What’s Happening, Senior Living, etc.
- Tribune Rewind… historic headlines and photos compiled by Kayla Snider
- The Wine Collaboration ribbon cutting marks new beginning for Roslyn’s Harper Building – (Victoria Malcolm photo)
- Plant sunflowers for a season of enjoyment
- Annual Discover Pass cost set to increase in October
- Volunteer signup open for ‘The Wall That Heals’
- Take a “Trib’ Around the World!
- The Sassies Have Spoken! – (Photo courtesy of Melvin Eng)
- Public Health Champions – (Photo courtesy of Sabrina Risher)
- State Library’s Research Library, WA Talking Book & Braille Library closed to public due to budget shortfall
OBITUARIES:
- Beverly J. Ballard, 1931-2025
- Anthony P. “Tony” Atela, 1966-2025
- Rodney Lynn Dobson, 1958-2025
- Matthew Floyd Freeman, 1957- 2024
- Owen Daniel Sedy, 2022-2025
SCHOOL & SPORTS
- Lady Wildcats soar to victory at Selah Summer Warm-Up Softball Tournament – (Photo courtesy of Jessica Berry)
- 2025 Kittitas County 4-H Scholarship recipients announced
- Chase Nelson receives degree
- On the green with Sun Country lady golfers – (photo courtesy of Linda Bird)
- Training Forged By Fire – (Photo courtesy of Jeff Myers)
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