A new high school gym was not part of the plan in the $244 million bond issue that Snoqualmie Valley School District voters approved in February, but it might be soon, depending on how the school board decides to proceed at its next meeting, Sept. 10.
Robert Freeman of North Bend has been involved with biking and the bicycling industry for more than 37 years. Now that he has retired, his focus is on riding and building his extensive collection of vintage bikes. Part of his collection is being shown off to the community as an installation in the North Bend Visitor Information Center.
Through Feb. 24, Bartell Drugs will offer vaccinations for students and their families.
Seventeen Washington high school seniors, including Hailey Weed of North Bend, took part in the Aug. 1 Distinguished Young Women Washington scholarship program at Washington State University.
Due to rainy weather, the outdoor movie scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 3 at Snoqualmie Community Park has been cancelled.
Detectives with the Washington State Patrol are seeking witnesses to a hit-and-run collision that seriously injured two people on a motorcycle on Thursday, Aug. 27, on westbound I-90/SR 900 near Issaquah.
Tim Corrie, a 2013 Mount Si High School graduate, was among 67 student athletes named to the University of Northern Colorado dean’s list.
Before they could battle each other in a historic re-enactment this weekend, a group of Civil War historians had to battle the weather. The group, members of the Washington Civil War Association, putting on the first Battle of Snoqualmie at Meadowbrook Farm Saturday, were surprised by a sudden, tornado-like wind that swept away their tents, gear and supplies and forced the weekend of events to an abrupt stop.
Police and fire agencies in the Snoqualmie Valley responded to the following calls:
There is still work to be done on Snoqualmie’s current infrastructure project, but city officials recognized the visual transformation of Historic Downtown Snoqualmie in a small, but well-attended ceremony in Railroad Park.
On Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 7 p.m., the Snoqualmie Tribe group, Save Snoqualmie Falls Coalition will hold a rally against irresponsible development, specifically the construction of the Tokul Roundabout by the city of Snoqualmie. The date is also the sixth anniversary of Snoqualmie Falls’ placement on the National Register of Historic Places.
Our region’s salmon are in hot water. The lack of snowpack and spring rain, combined with sustained high summer temperatures, have reduced the amount of water and increased temperatures in streams and rivers to lethal levels for salmon. In these conditions, many will die before reaching their spawning grounds.
King County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death of a man found on the side of a road in the Edgewick neighborhood of North Bend, just after midnight Saturday, Aug. 30. The man, unidentified so far, had significant head trauma, according to Detective Jason Stanley, spokesperson for the King County Sheriff’s Office.