Noise dispute rocks ’n’ roils: Snoqualmie Casino says it’s a good neighbor despite protests
July 20, 2010
NEW — 6:00 p.m. July 20, 2010
As musician Peter Frampton twanged on his guitar at Snoqualmie Casino, about 2,000 fans cheered at the casino’s outdoor Mountain View Plaza, about 10 protestors picketed outside the casino’s entrance and people across Snoqualmie Valley either opened or closed their windows, so they could either hear or block the music wafting from the concert July 15.
Some Snoqualmie residents said they are unhappy with the noise from the casino’s outdoor concerts, calling the noise disruptive. Casino staff said they had voluntarily implemented a sound curfew and decibel limit, and might make changes to the venue next summer.
Snoqualmie residents protest Snoqualmie Casino’s outdoor concert series, which they say is too loud. (By Dan Catchpole)
Noise dispute rocks ’n’ roils: Residents blast back at Snoqualmie Casino’s outdoor concerts
July 20, 2010
NEW — 6:00 p.m. July 20, 2010
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A handful of Snoqualmie residents protested the July 15 show of Snoqualmie Casino’s summer concert series. While Peter Frampton and Yes played on an outdoor stage overlooking the Snoqualmie Valley, the residents, who say noise from the concert series is a nuisance, blasted air horns, and demonstrated with signs and shouts at the casino’s entrance.
North Bend man injured in state park shootings
July 20, 2010
NEW — 4:43 p.m. July 20, 2010
The people wounded by gunshots at Lake Sammamish State Park on July 17 included a 20-year-old North Bend man, the King County Sheriff’s Office announced July 20.
The shootings left a 30-year-old Seattle man, Justin Cunningham, and a 33-year-old Kent man, Yang Keovongphet, dead. The men each died from multiple gunshot wounds, the King County Medical Examiner’s Office said after completing autopsies.
King County targets Snoqualmie River headwaters as part of effort to improve regional water quality
July 20, 2010
King County received a grant worth more than $650,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency to pay for removing invasive knotweed from the headwaters of the Snoqualmie River.
The money was part of more than $3.6 million in grants the county received from the EPA to improve water quality in the region. The projects support Puget Sound Partnership’s Action Agenda to restore the sound.
