Carnation Farmers Market’s second Annual Thanksgiving Harvest Market is 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, at the American Legion post on Bird Street in downtown Carnation (adjacent to their summer market site).
Shop for fresh produce to grace your Thanksgiving table, stock up on local products for the winter, and food to eat hot that evening.
Starting next month, Snoqualmie Valley Hospital will be adding a new layer to patient safety measures. In order to help combat hospital acquired infections, the hospital will be bringing in a disinfection system called Xenex. Snoqualmie is the first hospital in Washington to implement the Xenex disinfection device.
“By using this device, we can assure potential patients that we have adopted the latest technology available in order to protect them from getting hospital acquired infections,” said Tom Parker, chief operations officer for the hospital.
Wreaths from the Snoqualmie Valley are being sold as part of a fundraiser for the Business and Professional Women’s Chapter of Bellevue, of which Valley resident Karen Granger is president.
The 22-inch wreaths are made from Noble Fir boughs.
It’s a limited sale. Orders need to be placed by noon Sunday, Nov. 24.
Patrick Linder, a resident of Snoqualmie, published a novel, “Ghost Music,” this October.
Linder’s novel was awarded third place for unpublished fiction at this summer’s Public Safety Writers Association conference.
According to his publishing house, Oak Tree Press, Linder is pushing the mystery genre in a more literary direction.
After 40 years in the Valley and 14 years in business, Cascade Office Supply owner Stephanie Huber has sold her business and is saying goodbye.
She turns the keys over to a local who proved herself behind the counter and has big plans for the office and art supply store.
Family-owned Bartell Drugs opens its “next generation” store in North Bend this Friday, Nov. 15, at Borgen Plaza.
A grand opening with a big line-up of festivities follows, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23.
The Seattle-based chain’s 62nd store is located at 248 Bendigo Boulevard South, at the northeast corner of Bendigo Boulevard and Park Avenue. Store hours will be 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
What’s being touted as a casual, productive luncheon for the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce begins at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge.
Along with networking, the day includes a first look at the Chamber’s new website.
The new site offers local businesses new ways to reach their markets, with a mobile-optimized version as well as a mobile app.
Natalie Kryger of Mount Si Homebrew Supply is the newest member of the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Amy Quilizapa is the new owner of Mount Si Pet Salon, located at 330 Main Ave. S., Suite 1, in North Bend.
Quilizapa is a certified master groomer with 20 years of experience and holds a ‘Golden Scissor’ award.
Effective Thursday, Oct. 31, the Falls Compounding Pharmacy’s branch at the Snoqualmie Ridge IGA will close it doors. The grocery store is not affected. The Falls Compounding Pharmacy’s main location on Railroad Avenue in downtown Snoqualmie will continue to provide medications. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The Snoqualmie Valley Record, 100 years old in 2013, took on new energy in 1996, when a local family, Jim and Karen McKiernan, purchased the paper from long-time publishers Bob Scott and the Buchman family.
Here, Jim McKiernan looks back on his 12 years at the helm of the paper, through some of the biggest changes this Valley ever saw.
With forecasters predicting a hard winter, homeowners should consider flood insurance coverage in the event of a disaster. But insurance alone isn’t enough. Proper planning is also vital to avoid major headaches, extra expense or tragic losses during flood.
Agents with Valley-based Hauglie Insurance advise residents to make a flood plan, which includes making sure family members know how to get out of the house and neighborhood, where to meet up and how to contact each other.
The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe on Friday, Oct. 18, announced Jerry Lamb as the Tribe’s new General Manager.
Lamb was hired in October 2012 as the economic development director and was later appointed as the interim tribal administrator in 2013. He is an enrolled member of the Gros Ventre Tribe in Montana and has earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from the University of Montana.
