Rep. Paul Graves (R) of Fall City, in his second year as a state legislator, is proposing an end to a form of special treatment… Continue reading
His career aspirations were as diverse as gentleman farmer, professional motorcycle racer, personal trainer, and bank manager. Fritz Ribary of North Bend has held all… Continue reading
Property tax relief may have been a priority for the 5th District state legislators who spoke at a series of town hall meetings Saturday, Feb.… Continue reading
Snoqualmie Valley School District residents were rejecting two school funding issues in preliminary vote returns Tuesday evening, a $62.2 million educational programs and operations levy,… Continue reading
When word of a new Safeway being built on Snoqualmie Ridge began circulating, so did worries about that store’s impact on the Ridge’s existing grocery… Continue reading
Seven student athletes made major commitments to their futures very early Wednesday morning at Mount Si High School. It was a light-hearted moment, but a… Continue reading
Living and working the small-town newspaper life is a great way to collect stories and people. I have many happy memories, stretching back to my… Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I made the surprising discovery that I probably got as much of my news for personal consumption from Facebook and Twitter… Continue reading
There’s a give-and-take that comes along, part and parcel, with living in the Snoqualmie Valley. It’s part of life in many other small cities, of… Continue reading
Months after the legislature passed a school funding package to meet the demands of the McCleary lawsuit, education funding is still in the news. That’s… Continue reading
Between the excitement of planting — and naming — the new residents of the Carnation Elementary School rain garden and discovering the latest activity of… Continue reading
Fire district 27 in Fall City is now taking applications from district residents interested in serving on a merger advisory committee for the fire protection… Continue reading
Playing on the Wildcat Baseball Club in the Snoqualmie Valley is a little different from playing baseball on a more traditional club team. The practices… Continue reading
No one is saying that building high-density apartments on almost 18 acres of land between the Snoqualmie River and North Bend Way east of the… Continue reading
Happy New Year to all of the Valley community. Like New Year’s resolutions, we have a tradition at the record of, at the end of… Continue reading
Whenever there’s an event in downtown North Bend, there’s some element of it happening at the North Bend Theatre, on Bendigo Boulevard. It’s been a… Continue reading
The Trail Youth began its outreach to troubled teens with coffee and doughnuts and now, with a Best Starts for Kids grant, it will expand that outreach into a mentorship program, nonprofit clothing bank, and naturally, a coffeehouse.