FRONT PAGE NEWS:

  • Solar eclipse swipes across Kittitas County  – A8, (photos)
  • Towns to Teanaway Corridor Project, first public meeting scheduled
  • Jolly Mountain Wildfire grows 278 acres from Monday to Tuesday, A7 – (photos)
  • Umpqua Bank in Cle Elum robbed Friday, Aug. 18 – (photo)
  • First days of school coming in two weeks

STATE & REGIONAL NEWS:

  • WA garners $1.6M for conservation grants
  • Know before you go – Catching Salmon in Canadian marine waters
  • Construction, auto sales help boost first-quarter retail sales
  • Smokejumper base analysis complete, Winthrop top recommendation
  • L&I working on rules regarding I-1433
  • Free National Park Day Aug. 25
  • U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services awards $3.3M to Washington State
  • Yakima Basin water rights case coming to a close
  • Volunteer effort gets Roslyn’s Runje Field a new archway – (photo)
  • Family of nine rescued off Yakima River
  • More details about last week’s Bullfrog Road crash that required airlift
  • Creating defensible space around your home before a wildfire threat – (photo)
  • Newly hired Suncadia fire watch Greg Pugh initiated by Jolly Mountain blaze
  • BOOM! Aug. 16 power outage startles west end of Cle Elum
  • Craig Cameron – A horseman is a learning moment that never ends
  • Update on work projects in Roslyn cemeteries
  • Healthcare open enrollment starts Nov. 1, navigators named to help you
  • Twelve appointed to help Kittitas County develop large-scale solar project regulations

VOICES:

  • Frankly Speaking: Out of the kitchen – Kampin’ at Kachess – (photos)
  • Legal opinion drives up cost of Wiehl Road Improvement project

COMMUNITY:

  • Black Pioneers Picnic celebrates rich history of the Upper Kittitas County’s African-American residents – (photos)
  • ‘Era of Megafires’ presentation scheduled for Sept. 8 at The Roslyn Yard
  • MouseAbout softball tourney raises $13k for two local cancer patients – (photos)
  • Young artistic talent of Michelle Ratia shines at Roslyn Farmers Market – (photos)
  • Kittitas County receives GS award – (photo)

OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES:

  • Carolyn Joyce (Campbell) Ellenbarger, 1943 – 2017
  • David McDaniel
  • Donald “Don” Wayne Moore, 1922 – 2017
  • Memorial Service: Joseph (Joe) Starcevich

SPORTS & SCHOOL:

  • SPECIAL SECTION: Cle Elum-Roslyn School District Back-to-School Information Guide 2017-18
  • PLUS RECIPES, COMICS, PUZZLES, HOROSCOPE, CALENDAR AND MORE!