Compare infection rates at hospitals statewide

January 31, 2010

NEW — 6:00 a.m. Jan. 31, 2010

State residents can now compare and research infection rates at hospitals across Washington with a new tool from the state Department of Health. Read more

Boeing Classic will benefit medical research

January 30, 2010

NEW — 6:00 a.m. Jan. 30, 2010

Boeing Classic officials just named its new charity beneficiary — The Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center. Read more

Wildcat wrestlers fall to Issaquah and Skyline

January 29, 2010

NEW — 4 p.m. Jan. 29, 2010

Mount Si’s wrestling team came up short against Issaquah and Skyline, Jan. 28. The team’s record is 6-5 after the two losses. Read more

Save a life, donate blood

January 28, 2010

NEW — 6:00 p.m. Jan. 28, 2009

Blood for life-saving transfusions is in constant demand. Every day, more than 900 people are needed to register to donate blood to maintain supplies in Western Washington, according to the Puget Sound Blood Center. Read more

Snoqualmie man charged for racist and anti-Semitic graffiti

January 27, 2010

UPDATED — 5:04 p.m. Jan. 27, 2010

A Snoqualmie man has been charged in connection with a spate of racist and anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed on buildings in downtown Snoqualmie last summer. Read more

Gerald Blaz Strovas

January 27, 2010

Gerald Blaz Strovas died on Jan. 20, 2010 in Othello. The North Bend resident was 70 years old. He was born on Apr. 9, 1939, in Black Diamond, Colo., to Blaz and Cora Strovas. Read more

Writing contest winner — For Your Kiss, I’d Die; For Your Love, I’d Go to Hell

January 27, 2010

For Your Kiss, I’d Die; For Your Love, I’d Go to Hell

Christina M. Finley, Grade 12 Read more

Businesses push alternative plan to YMCA community center

January 27, 2010

NEW — 2:37 p.m. Jan. 27, 2010 

Kelson Carr has been working out at Snoqualmie Ridge Fitness since its predecessor—Snoqualmie Ridge Athletic Club—opened three years ago. If a YMCA opens on the Ridge, he said, he would most likely stay with Ridge Fitness because it would probably be less crowded. (Photo by Dan Catchpole)

Kelson Carr has been working out at Snoqualmie Ridge Fitness since its predecessor—Snoqualmie Ridge Athletic Club—opened three years ago. If a YMCA opens on the Ridge, he said, he would most likely stay with Ridge Fitness because it would probably be less crowded. (Photo by Dan Catchpole)

As Snoqualmie nears a non-binding agreement with the YMCA on building and operating a community center on Snoqualmie Ridge, some business owners have presented an alternative plan that would keep the YMCA off the Ridge.

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Voters’ guide missing info on school levies

January 27, 2010

NEW — 2:36 p.m. Jan. 27, 2010

Snoqualmie Valley residents have received their Voters’ Pamphlets and ballots for the Feb. 9 election. Read more

District defends tech levy

January 27, 2010

NEW — 2:34 p.m. Jan. 27, 2010

Some Snoqualmie Valley voters are questioning the school district’s decision to run a $9.9 million technology levy, calling it a pay raise for teachers. Read more

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