The sun peeked out Saturday, June 14 for the 37th annual Fall City Days festival, which included a fun run, parade, basketball tournament, arts and crafts vendors, and a watermelon-eating contest.
As the Snoqualmie Valley School District grapples with a budget shortfall, Valley teachers are threatening to strike in September if they aren’t able to negotiate a contract with the school district that meets their demands for pay increases.
The Snoqualmie City Council has approved a change in the city’s fireworks rules that makes it easier for police to crack down on the use of illegal firecrackers.
The Valley’s top deputy will host a town meeting on some tough decisions to made about a shrinking King County Sheriff’s Budget.
Cheers, tears and miles of sticky string capped an emotional graduation ceremony on Thursday, June 12, at Mount Si High School.
The Class of 2008 strode down the aisles of the Mount Si gymnasium and out into the adult world.
“It’s a great day to be a Wildcat,” commencement speaker Kelcey Simpson told her fellow grads.
State Rep. Jay Rodne, a North Bend Republican who represents the Fifth District, is among 40 people from across the country selected for the Henry Toll Fellowship Program. The fellowship is an annual, week-long program is sponsored by the Council of State Governments (CSG) and will run from Sept. 27 to Oct. 2 in Lexington, Ky.
DUI: At 10:59 p.m., an officer pulled over the driver of a swerving red 1993 Nissan Pathfinder at Snoqualmie Parkway Southeast and Southeast Center Street. The driver said he’d been at a party for his girlfriend at a pub on Snoqualmie Ridge. He stumbled through sobriety tests, and a records check revealed that his license was suspended for unpaid traffic tickets. There was also an outstanding warrant for his arrest out of King County for driving with a suspended license. He was arrested and booked into Issaquah City Jail.
• Open mic at Isadora’s Books and Cafe, 8062 Railroad Ave. S.E., Snoqualmie, from 7 to 10 p.m. Now serving wine and beer. Call (425) 888-1345 for information.
The Eastside Fire and Rescue board of directors has recognized retiring volunteer firefighter Kevin Refvem for his 30 years in the fire service.
• More than 700 local wood and sawmill workers were still unsure of their fate early this week, with the chance of a strike still hanging over their heads. Late Monday night, a union official involved in contract negotiations announced that a tentative agreement had been reached. But Tuesday morning, a local union official said the settlement had not been reached.
This Father’s Day, serve dad what he really wants — mouth-watering baby back ribs at the Sno-Valley Senior Center.
Books aren’t the only thing you’ll find at the North Bend library this month. The Mount Si Artist Guild will show its original and archival prints through the month of June in the library’s meeting room. A reception with conversation and cookies is set for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5. Call (425) 831-1990 for information.
Business dispute: At 11:34 a.m., the owner of Absolute Auto Repair at Railroad Avenue Southeast called police after a customer become confrontational. The business owner told police that he did not want to work on the customer’s vehicles anymore. He believes the customer works on his vehicles at home, and when they fail to work correctly he brings them back. The owner asked that the customer be trespassed from his business. The officer completed a trespass warning letter and had the customer sign it.
