House votes to increase Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area and add protection for Middle Fork

March 18, 2010

NEW — 2:00 p.m. March 18, 2010

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation to increase federally-protected land in and around the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area, including the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River. 

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Snoqualmie Valley says goodbye to a fallen Marine

March 18, 2010

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Mourners line Meadowbrook Avenue in Snoqualmie as Eric Ward's family and friends drive into Mount Si High School.

NEW — March 18, 2010

Hundreds of people lined Railroad Avenue and Meadowbrook Way holding American flags beneath a cloudy sky March 13 to pay tribute to Eric Ward, a 19-year-old Marine Corps lance corporal from Redmond and Mount Si High School graduate who died Feb. 21 in Afghanistan.

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