On Tuesday, Sept. 1, the Carnation Farmers Market will launch its new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Electronic Benefit Transfer (SNAP/EBT) program.
Backpacks, school supplies, and brand new shoes were available for pickup last Wednesday at the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank. In collaboration with the King County Library System, local churches, and companies like Costco and Walmart, the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank hosted a day of resources for kids getting ready to go back to school.
Home builders and industry representatives voiced strong opposition to the city of North Bend’s proposed increase in its traffic impact fee at the Aug. 18 meeting of the North Bend City Council. The proposed fee of $14,146 represents a tripling of the current fee. The public will have another opportunity to discuss the change at the Sept. 1 meeting.
Some of what visitors to Meadowbrook Farm this weekend will see isn’t going to be real. The guns and cannons won’t be loaded with anything more than black powder. The red-splotched bandages on soldiers will be red only from paint. Men who fall in battle will, at the cessation of hostilities, stand up, dust themselves off, and head back to camp for a meal and to continue their re-enactment of life during the Civil War. Even the name of the event, the Battle of Snoqualmie, isn’t quite true, since neither Snoqualmie nor the state of Washington belonged to the Union during the war.
To recognize the work being done downtown, the city of Snoqualmie will host a milestone recognition ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 29, at Railroad Park.
Washington’s Department of Social & Health Services mobile office will make a stop at the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank, 122 E. Third St. North Bend.
Film crews are at work in Snoqualmie today (Thursday, Aug. 27) because the city will be featured in Comcast’s monthly “Neighborhoods” show.
When Rhonda Neufang was young, her school wouldn’t allow her to go to attend a tribe camp, because her tribe was not recognized. Because of that experience, she started a youth camp that would allow native kids to go regardless of their tribe affiliation.
Police and fire agencies in the Snoqualmie Valley responded to the following calls:
School starts on Wednesday, Sept. 2 for most students in the Snoqualmie Valley School District. Kindergarten classes will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 8. In Riverview, classes start on Sept. 1.
Difficult site conditions and challenging work have again delayed the opening of State Route 203 in Duvall. The road is now forecast to open at 5 a.m., Friday, Aug. 28, instead of Thursday, or the originally scheduled Tuesday, Aug. 25.
The TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Course hosted the Boeing Classic last week, bringing professional athletes and fans together again for a week of events and activities, culminating in Sunday’s win by Billy Andrade, with a score of 73, the highest final round score recorded for a Boeing Classic champion.
Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Board Commissioner, Ryan Roberts, has been selected to receive a 2015 “40 Under 40” award, by the Puget Sound Business Journal.