September 23, 2021 HEADLINES – Northern Kittitas County Tribune

FRONT PAGE NEWS:

STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:

Help #STOPTrackTragedies during Rail Safety Week 2021 and beyond
No postage increase on January, but two are on deck each year beginning January 2023
Wildfire smoke drifts over into Cle Elum – (photo)
Community Development Services releases annual docket amendments to Kittitas County Code
Sept. 14 Roslyn City Council meeting notes
Kittitas County Public Works Six-year Transportation Plan
Accident on I-90 – (photo)
FUN FACTS: County’s 2021 chip seal project by the numbers – (photo)
Expanding Services: How on small family business is fighting back against the strong tide of the pandemic – (photo)
Bipartisan resolution introduced to support voluntary, locally led conservation
Cle Elum cyclist hospitalized on the westside
Teenage drug-related death in Ellensburg serves as a wakeup call
Cle Elum City Council Sept. 13 meeting highlights

VOICES:

LETTER: Kittitas County real estate excise tax would benefit recreation – Eva Tyler – Cle Elum
LETTER: Development should be designed with wildfire in mind – Mike Hoban – Cle Elum
House Committee passes bill to preserve ag fairs in Central Washington
Peaceful mask mandate protest marks first day of school – (photo)
Frankly Speaking: The Three Hardest Things to Say: 1. I am Sorry 2. I was Wrong 3. Worcestershire Sauce! – (photo)

COMMUNITY:

Four dinosaurs discovered in Montana – (photos)
October 15 deadline approaches for those who requested extensions on 2020 tax returns
Put kitchen scraps and landscape trimmings to work in the garden – (photo)
New officer in Kittitas – (photo)
Weird ways to observe the moon – (photos)
WSRP announces Brady Batt as new Executive Director
New rights for volunteer responders
Quilts of Valor given Sept 7. – (photo)
Hunters Breakfast canceled – Grange’s baked goods & apple butter sale coming Oct. 16
Renton-based debt collector will pay more than $1.6M to WA residents over deceptive letters
COVID-19 utility moratorium ends in seven days
National Voter Registration Day is Sept. 28
USFS to launch free use firewood program
PROBLEM SOLVED: How do I get a refund for the Tampa Bay Bluse Festival?
CALENDAR: What’s Happening, Senior Living, Cle Elum Eagles #649
Tribune Rewind…
City of Cle Elum and Kittitas County food bank to receive grant for vital infrastructure projects
Forest improvement projects sought; proposals due Oct. 1
Bridge repairs ongoing at Delate Creek – (photo)
Controlled burns on wildfire areas
Record low returns on Snake and Columbia River Steelhead
Priorities to help farmers, firefighters, improve forest roads and prevent wildfires included in ‘Build Back Better’ bill

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