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The newly designed North Bend Police Department uniform patch features mountains and a river.

News

North Bend police department begins work April 1

The department is in partnership with the King County Sheriff’s Office.

A satellite image of Snoqualmie Ridge showing the land south of Fisher Creek Park where the proposed battery storage site would reside. Image courtesy of Google Maps

News

Trouble in Snoqualmie over proposed battery storage site

Residents clashed with the developer at a community meeting March 17.

Felix Salvo, 15, rows his family’s boat through flood waters on NE 124th Street, March 20, 2026. His parents own Local Roots Farm in Duvall. (Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record)

News

Snoqualmie Valley persists through season’s second flood

Low-lying residents had to pull out the row boats once again.

Photo courtesy of Calib Miller
Calib Miller.

News

Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank hires new executive director

The new leader will guide the nonprofit through its location change.

A large, smiling sunflower puppet welcomes a crowd at Duvall’s Depot Park after the March of the Vegetables on March 30, 2024. Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record

Life

Snoqualmie Valley community calendar | March 20 edition

The vegetables will march in Duvall once again this Saturday.

Floodzilla’s gauges show steady flows on the Snoqualmie River the morning of March 23, 2026. Image courtesy of Floodzilla and Google Maps

News

Several roads reopen as Snoqualmie River flooding recedes

Some roads are still closed and should be avoided.

Marsalis band members. From left: Adam Bishop; Theresa Cadondon; Dennis Zender. Photo courtesy of Marsalis

Life

North Bend bassist and band to play Seattle’s Crocodile

Community members have been eager to support the March 21 show.

Snoqualmie City Hall. Courtesy of the city of Snoqualmie.

News

Snoqualmie announces departure of city administrator

The city has had four administrators since 2020.

The Italian restaurant Il Paesano Ristorante (now called Paisan Ristorante) shares a parking lot with North Bend Theatre. Image courtesy of Google Maps

Business

North Bend Theatre patrons to get Italian food options

The theater’s owners have purchased the restaurant next door.

Photo courtesy of the city of Carnation
Carnation Ace Hardware co-owner Ron Cox (left) helps Carnation Co-op manager Sophia Marchetti (middle) and company general manager Mike Lukjanowicz cut the ribbon on the new shop, March 6, 2026.

Business

Carnation Co-op officially opens with hardware, farm goods

The store took over the Carnation Ace Hardware location.

Photos by Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record
The Mastrogiannis family celebrates after cutting the ribbon on their new North Bend distillery, March 5, 2026.

Business

Award-winning distillery opens North Bend tasting room

Mastrogiannis makes grape-based spirits and wine.

NE 124th Street, one of the two roads that takes Duvall residents across the river and quickly out of the Snoqualmie Valley, was closed due to flood water, Dec. 10, 2025. Photo by Grace Gorenflo/Sound Publishing

News

Snoqualmie Valley sees road closures in flood phase 2

Officials remind residents to not drive through flood waters.

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Snoqualmie Fire Chief Mike Bailey speaks to residents at a town hall March 4, 2026.

News

Snoqualmie holds town hall to review Dec. flood event

Residents were asked what went well and where the city needs to improve.