Mysteries remain in fatal Mount Si plane crash

Responding to an early morning plane crash that killed three people, searchers set up a staging area at the foot of Mount Si, just across the Mount Si Road bridge, Wednesday morning. - Seth Truscott/Staff Photo
Seth Truscott/Staff Photo
Responding to an early morning plane crash that killed three people, searchers set up a staging area at the foot of Mount Si, just across the Mount Si Road bridge, Wednesday morning.
Questions continue to surround the plane crash that awoke North Bend residents between early Wednesday, Feb. 15. The plane, a Cessna 172 with one pilot and two passengers, was destroyed when it crashed into Little Si, killing all three aboard. The King County Medical Examiner did not release the victims' names until Friday afternoon. The victims are Robert Hill, a 30 year-old male, Seth Dawson, a 31 year-old male, and Elizabeth Redling, a 29 year-old female.

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9:29 AM February 20, 2012 1

Wrong-way driver, nude hot-tubbers: Weekly police and fire blotter

Wrong-way driver ditches car; nude hot-tubbers needed an invitation.

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3:45 PM February 21, 2012 0

County committee delays annexation of mill site discussion

A tentatively scheduled discussion on Snoqualmie's annexation of the former Weyerhauser mill site has been removed from the King County Council's Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee agenda.

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3:30 PM February 21, 2012 0

Flood warning issued for Snoqualmie River, Tolt

The National Weather Service and Floodzilla are tracking weather and rain gages, and say the Snoqualmie River and the Tolt will bust their banks by tomorrow. The NWS says strong west winds will raise snow levels and bring significant rain, as much as 6 inches, to the central Cascades. High water will come starting late Tuesday, cresting Wednesday, with widespread flooding from Fall City downstream through Carnation and Duvall. Much of the farmland and numerous roads will flood, the NWS predicts.

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updated 1:39 PM February 21, 2012 0

DDES in our backyard? County plans to move 100-person HQ to Snoqualmie Ridge

The broad second-floor expanse of the big, beige Kendall Lake building on Douglas Avenue is mostly empty now. That's expected to change in a few months, when its suites become home to an enterprise wholly new to Snoqualmie Ridge—a King County divisional headquarters. In a bid to move closer to the bulk of its permit business, the county's Department of Development and Environmental Services wants to relocate its 98-person main office from Renton to Snoqualmie, as early as this summer. The county is two months into negotiations with Kendall Lake owners Meriwether Partners of Seattle for an estimated $400,000 lease, about half of what the county pays for its current facility—a place DDES Director John Starbard likens to a gloomy DMV.

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updated 10:30 AM February 17, 2012 1

Swap seeds Saturday in Carnation, learn how to save them

For the second year, Transition Snoqualmie Valley will host a seed exchange and gathering to learn about growing food. The second annual seed exchange will be Saturday, Feb. 18, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the second floor of the historic barn at Carnation Tree Farm, 31523 NE 40th St. Carnation.

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9:32 AM February 17, 2012 0

Disorderly Valley man kicks officer at Renton casino

Three security officers took down one disorderly Snoqualmie man on Feb. 4 at a south county casino. When police arrived to Freddie’s Club in Renton, they found three security officers out of breath and holding down the 34-year-old man. The suspect was described as over 6-feet tall and weighing in excess of 350 pounds.

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9:07 AM February 17, 2012 0

National certification, attention for Riverview teachers

Riverview teachers Stacey Wright, Cody Hamar, Allison Craig and Karin Llyr were recently recognized for receiving their National Board certifications. This accomplishment requires intensive study, expert evaluation, self assessment and peer reviews, and significant amounts of documentation of student learning, taking between 200 and 400 hours of work from each teacher.

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8:59 AM February 17, 2012 0

Memorial service is Sunday for Valerie Meyers, Mount Si High School's much-loved athletic secretary

Mount Si students and staff gather this Sunday, Feb. 19, to honor and remember a woman known for putting the high school's best foot forward. "She was a huge presence here," Principal John Belcher said of the late Valerie Meyers. "She is basically the reason why I think our front office has a reputation for being supportive and welcoming and helpful." Meyers worked in the Mount Si High School main office, acting as receptionist for visitors, and the school's athletic secretary. She died Thursday, Feb. 9, of complications from a heart condition.

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4:20 PM February 16, 2012 0

Volunteer animals needed for North Bend emergency training

The city of North Bend will be host to the American Humane Association’s Basic Animal Emergency Services Training for Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) personnel on Saturday and Sunday, March 17 and 18, at Meadowbrook Farm. CERT personnel are to be trained to render assistance to animals that may be displaced or separated from their owners during a natural disaster or emergency event.

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2:01 PM February 15, 2012 0

Three die in nighttime plane crash on Mount Si

King County Sheriff's Office is reporting that two men and a woman have died in an early morning plane crash Wednesday at Mount Si. Just before 2 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, several North Bend residents and two sheriff's deputies reported hearing the crash. According to sheriff's reports, the single-engine Cessna 172 crashed on Mount Si, just north of the Little Si peak.

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updated 1:27 PM February 15, 2012 0