OCTOBER 5, 2023 HEADLINES – Northern Kittitas County Tribune

FRONT PAGE NEWS:

INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS: Traffic signals going up this week in west Cle Elum – (Jana Stoner photo)
South Cle Elum Way to be CLOSED overnight on Oct. 9-10
Roslyn City Council makes headway with paving projects
Fall prescribed fire and fuels reduction work begins
Thorp Community Days celebration is this weekend (Oct. 6-7)
Kittitas County Commissioner’s Easton Town Hall meeting is Oct. 11
TRAVEL ADVISORY: I-90 rock blasting closure 6pm today

STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:

Disabled-parking violation leads to drug trafficking arrest in Ellensburg – (photo courtesy of Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office)
11th Annual Roslyn Mountain Ale Festival is Oct. 14
Kittitas County Jail receives $800,000 grant fro U.S. Department of Justice
Cle Elum Transfer Station operating with one-lane scale during construction
Roslyn Downtown Association and Yakama Nation to unveil Creator’s Law Sculpture in historic collaboration on Oct. 12
New Fire Training Building groundbreaking set for Oct. 10 at KCFD 7’s Station 76
October 12 Fire Prevention Open House to be hosted by Cle Elum Fire Department
Teanaway Community Forest 10-year celebration set for Oct. 28
Time to register for 2023-24 UKC Youth Basketball Club
Kittitas County Sheriff reschedules to be in Cle Elum on Oct. 11
Cle Elum Skatepark raises the rails at 2nd annual fundraiser! – (Jana Stoner photo)
Birders and AI push bird conservation to the next level – new method untangles interactions in complex systems
Washington State Minimum Wage is going up to $16.28 per hour in 2024

VOICES:

Frankly Speaking: Jack Frost’s first visits of the season: Veggies singing ‘Should I stay or should I go?’
Reminiscences: I’m nearly 100 years old and missing the good old days… Turkeys Gobbling Up My Fall Apples! by Dan Sater
GUEST EDITORIAL by Benjy Hamm, Director of Institute for Rural Journalism, University of Kentucky: It’s National Newspaper Week Oct. 1-7 – Americans depend on newspapers to stay informed about their communities
ATTENTION NOV. 7 GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES: 300-word profiles due Oct. 13

COMMUNITY:

Take a Trib’ Around the World with Roslyn’s Coral Fife to Ensenada and Maneadero, Baja California
Wedding Announcement: Rachael Malcolm and Charlie Blair
CALENDAR: What’s Happening, Senior Living, etc.
Tribune Rewind… historic headlines and photos compiled by Kayla Snider
Quilts of appreciation given to Veterans – George Green, Richard Rummell and James Jones – (photo courtesy of Red Barn Piecemakers)
PHOTO ESSAY: A distant past becomes present remembering local hero Douglas A. Munro on U.S. Coast Guard 81st anniversary memorial ceremony sept. 27 in Cle Elum – (Carl Nelson photos)
PHOTO ESSAY: Celebrating contributions to local mining history at Croatian Memorial Monument fifth anniversay celebration – (Carl Nelson photos)

OBITUARIES:

SPORTS & SCHOOL:

Cle Elum-Roslyn High School 2023 Homecoming Royalty Court – (photo courtesy of Kelli Jackson)
Cle Elum-Roslyn High School Girls Soccer – Ladies notch two more winds over Goldendale and White Swan (photos courtesy of Susie Martin)
Cle Elum-Roslyn High School Volleyball team splits the week with a win and loss
Cle Elum-Roslyn High School Football – Warriors get a big win! 27-9 over Kittitas on Sept. 29 – (photos courtesy of Kelli Jackson)
Cle Elum-Roslyn High School Warrior Cross Country teams holds home meet last week – (photos courtesy of Kelli Jackson)
Sun Country Ladies Golf Club xx – (photo courtesy of Judy Dunn)
Men’s Golf results from Sept. 28 – (photos courtesy of Terry Cubbins)
Athlete Spotlight on BENSON McNALLY, Cle Elum-Roslyn High School
Student Spotlight on SOFIA NICHOLSON, Cle Elum-Roslyn High School
Senior Mixed Bowling League Sept. 27 results