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Remembering the Cabot: Handmade model brings back WWII shipboard experiences for North Bend’s Bill Walker

The handmade replica means a lot to North Bend resident Bill Walker. Walker, 90, was 21 years old…

Participants in Mary Miller’s Heart of the Valley photo shoot keep an eye on the photographer herself as they form a giant heart Sunday afternoon

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Heart of the Valley 2014: All-community photo session gets personal

Vicki Tennant Bettes has lived in a lot of places—New Jersey, Hawaii, California. But, “no matter where I’ve…

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Help is low-key, but real, after big boom

Our reporter, Carol Ladwig, attempted a novel Question of the Week idea last week. It almost worked. She…

Fall City Elementary team captain Chloe Barber is swarmed by teammates whispering the answer to a question.

Opinion

A serious show of Valley literacy, and how we can support it

The Battle of the Books is not for the faint of heart. If you’ve never gone to the…

Brock Johnson winds up in an early-game at-bat for Mount Si. He brought home a run in Mount Si's 3-0 win over Liberty.

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Hunt for KingCo: Mount Si baseball heads into Mercer battle after small-ball Liberty win | Photo Gallery

The Liberty runner was getting a bit too much of a lead-off for comfort. So, "We decided to…

A Western legend comes to life in “The Lost Dutchman

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Full circle for Valley filmmaker: Brooks Malberg brings ‘Lost Dutchman’ to where it all began | Photo Gallery

Brooks Malberg is coming home to share the fruits of his filmmaking studies. The allure of making movies…

Summit of stone: Preston’s StoneFest passes on living language of stone workers

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Summit of stone: Preston’s StoneFest passes on living language of stone workers

It takes a lot of people and a lot of focus to build a stone church in just…

Team co-captain Aaron Baumgardner kicks a 30-yard screamer into the Bellevue net.

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Looking for satisfaction, Mount Si holds off hungry Wolverines; Seniors get the goals | Photo Gallery

Both Mount Si seniors put in goals on Senior Night, in a win over the Bellevue Wolverines. Yet…

Opinion

Editorial | Toot your horn to help ?bring a Valley original

I love the sound of the train’s horn. There’s something so evocative about it—the announcement of a journey…

Snoqualmie’s own Northwest Railway Museum is taking part in the fourth annual GiveBIG benefit to bring the Santa Cruz Portland Cement No. 2 engine (left

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Snoqualmie’s Northwest Railway Museum plans a steam-powered revival; locals can help fund it

Steam power could make a big comeback on the Valley’s railroads. And locals can help. Fundraising for a…

Mount Si pitcher Claire Lis throws against the Totems

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Sharing the focus: All-for-one Wildcat fastpitch team battling for title | Photo Gallery

In their after-game huddle, Mount Si’s fastpitch team gave out praise in the form of claps. Seniors who…

Clean-up efforts get under way Friday afternoon

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‘They’ve never seen anything this huge’: Massive mess, few injuries when North Bend pizza place explodes

First they felt it. Then they heard it. Many thought it was an earthquake. The blast that woke…

Photo Gallery: Explosion's aftermath is a huge mess in North Bend

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Photo Gallery: Explosion’s aftermath is a huge mess in North Bend

Clean-up efforts are already underway in North Bend, following the explosion that leveled a long-closed pizza parlor on…