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One of Return Home’s cells, filled entirely with organic material, demonstrates what the terramation cells look like. Based in Auburn, Return Home is one of the few terramation companies in the world. They transform people into soil. File photo

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What we talk about, or not, when talking about death

Puget Sound area organizations and businesses strive to normalize the topic of dying.

A Valentine’s Day floral arrangement. Photo courtesy of Barzen’s Blooms

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Snoqualmie Valley Community Calendar | Feb. 7 edition

Catch these Valentine’s Day specials throughout the Valley.

Some of the DIY lanterns that will be used for the 2025 Duvall Lantern Festival. Photo courtesy of March of the Vegetables

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Snoqualmie Valley community calendar | Jan. 31 edition

Duvall’s Lantern Festival brings some light to a dark winter night.

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Snoqualmie Valley Community Calendar | Jan. 24 edition

Catch a showing of ‘Rainier: A Beer Odyssey,’ at North Bend Theatre

Attendees of a Queer Mountaineers hike at Cherry Creek Falls in Duvall in 2024. Photo courtesy of Queer Mountaineers

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Snoqualmie Valley Community Calendar | Jan. 17 edition

Stride with Pride hike: The Queer Mountaineers are leading a hike at Cougar Mountain totalling approximately 6 miles…

Catch local ’80s pop and rock cover band Jackie and the Holograms at Remlinger Farms on Jan. 11. Photo courtesy of Jackie and the Holograms

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Snoqualmie Valley Community Calendar | Jan. 10 edition

Ring in 2025 with hobbies in the Valley, from country line dancing to vision board making.

The Salish Lodge & Spa in Snoqualmie, and the famous Room 315, is in the “Twin Peaks” TV series that ran in 1990-91 and again in 2017. Ryan Berry / Sound Publishing

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Twin Peaks fans may know this Snoqualmie retreat as the Great Northern Hotel

Salish Lodge Spa is a perfect mix of romance and relaxation – and suspense, if you’re a Twin…

Families can join a ranger-guided snowshoe walk at Hurricane Ridge. Walks are offered at 2 p.m. weekends and holiday Mondays. The walk lasts 1.5 hours and covers less than a mile. Snowshoes and instructions are provided. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Snoqualmie Valley Community Calendar | Jan. 3 edition

Start off the year with star gazing, snowshoeing or a vision board workshop.

Twede’s Cafe is pictured at the corner of Bendigo Boulevard and North Bend Way on Sunday, June 9, 2024, in North Bend, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

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Relive ‘Twin Peaks’ with cherry pie and damn fine coffee at Twede’s Cafe

The North Bend cafe , known as Double R Diner on the campy cult-classic television show, serves up…

Visitors line up to see Santa at the Snoqualmie Winter Lights celebration on December 7, 2024, in Snoqualmie, Washington. Photo by Henry Rodenburg

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Snoqualmie Valley Community Calendar | Dec. 27 edition

Multiple Valley businesses are inviting guests to ring in the new year on Dec. 31.

A winning home in the 2023 Light Up North Bend contest. Photo courtesy of the City of North Bend

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Snoqualmie Valley Community Calendar | Dec. 20 edition

Hop in the car and check out these magical holiday light displays.

Chef Renee Erickson with copies of her new book “Sunlight and Breadcrumbs.” Photo courtesy of Eric Tra

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Snoqualmie Valley Community Calendar | Dec. 13 edition

Meet famous Seattle chef Renee Erickson at her cookbook signing Dec. 14 in Duvall.

Mayor Katherine Ross arrives with Santa Claus during the Snoqualmie Winter Lights celebration on December 7, 2024, in Snoqualmie, Washington. (Photo by Henry Rodenburg)

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Snoqualmie Winter Lights returns for 2024 holidays | Photos

Celebration was held Dec. 7.