Bundled-up families equipped with small saws and Christmas cheer descended on Crown Tree Farm in search of the perfect fir, and there were no droopy, Charlie Brown-style trees to be found.
North Bend Community Church will hold candlelight Christmas Eve worship services at 7 and 11 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24. The church is located at 146 East Third St., next to the North Bend Library. Call the church at (425) 888-2711.
A 24-year-old Everett man was found alive and cold but none the worse for wear after spending the night in the elements near North Bend.
North Bend is seeking nominations for its 2008 Citizen of the Year Award.
Concerns about arsenic leaching into the Snoqualmie watershed have the U.S. Forest Service considering a $500,000 plan to clean up a former copper mine near North Bend.
Network Services of Puget Sound, an Eastside charity run by a Fall City woman, is being taken to court by the Washington Attorney General amid allegations that the charity put out bad information to potential donors.
Braving near-freezing temperatures, fifth graders Jimmy Jacobson and Max Puff energetically reminded parents waiting for children to emerge from Cascade View Elementary School not to let their vehicles idle over several afternoons last week.
The Valley has until Thursday, Dec. 18 to help Mount Si High School’s Foodball food drive.
Valley residents should get ready for cold temperatures and potential bad weather
Residents can help the city of Snoqualmie measure its carbon footprint.
Kitchen fire: At 8 a.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded to the Salish Lodge for a kitchen fire. Assistance was requested from Fall City Fire Department and Eastside Fire and Rescue. The fire was extinguished after causing approximately $10,000 worth of damage to the second floor kitchen.
Snoqualmie student Isaac Mullins, 11, achieved honorable mention at the 2008 Central Washington University Piano Sonata-Sonatina Festival competition, held Saturday, Oct. 25 in Ellensburg.