Car flips over, lands in woods on Interstate 90
March 2, 2011
A car went off the roadway on Interstate 90, coming to rest updside down among trees in the median near Exit 27, according to KIRO 7. The accident occurred mid-afternoon Wednesday.
The station recorded video showing a tow truck cutting through brush to reach the overturned vehicle. Read more
North Bend innovator helps bring voting to the digital age
March 2, 2011
Bryan Finney, founder and president of Democracy Live, describes a webpage that shows ballot measures and candidates for office, including their pictures, written statements and their video statements with closed captions. (By Greg Farrar)
Most voters pick up a pamphlet from the mailbox or steer to a county or state elections website to study candidates and issues before Election Day.
The process of researching ballot issues and mailing a ballot is not so easy for residents living abroad and military members deployed overseas.
“You think about the soldier out there in Kandahar, you know, he’s fighting for our right to vote and our democracy and, ironically, he’s the one guy who can’t vote,” Democracy Live founder Bryan Finney said.
The endless chatter from cable TV pundits and countless jokes on late-night TV in the 36 days after the disputed 2000 presidential election inspired Finney, who lives in North Bend, to create a better process to elect leaders. The former U.S. Senate staffer had created a dot-com startup, so he melded the skills to launch Democracy Live.
SnoValley Idol Junior finals set for April 1
March 2, 2011
Fourteen finalists will seek the title of SnoValley Idol Junior at Mount Si High School April 1.
The finalists are Mikaela Ballard, Hannah Booth, Chayla Brewster, Annie Bruckner, Amanda Csendes, Catherine Haney, Kimberly Helwig, Sabrina Hill, Jodie Howson-Watt, Anastasia Killian, Baylee-Mae McCloskey, Coraly Miller, Tori Rose and Chantika Tibbets.
CERT disaster-response training starts soon
March 2, 2011
Snoqualmie Valley residents can prepare for disasters at Community Emergency Response Team training in March.
CERT training is designed to prepare you to help residents during and after a catastrophe.
In the aftermath of a major earthquake or another disaster, emergency responders cannot help everyone immediately, so citizens rely on CERT-trained citizens to protect and save neighbors.
Regarding: Financing difficulties stymie plans for North Bend hotel
March 2, 2011
I don’t have an issue with a hotel myself, just this location. Why can’t they put it in the business district of Snoqualmie Ridge? Seems like it would serve both the needs of the guests and many local businesses much better than sticking it off the corner of exit 31 away from just about everything, unless you want to drive.
Snoqualmie Casino announces summer concert lineup
March 2, 2011
Snoqualmie Casino unveiled its 2011 summer concert series today. The lineup features 20 events during the months of July and August.
Performers include the 2010 ACM “Male Vocalist of the Year,” Blake Shelton and Loretta Lynn. Rumble on the Ridge 19 is expected to draw a big crowd again this year.
Readers’ pics from Snow-qualmie Valley
March 2, 2011
Readers' pics from Snow-qualmie Valley
Snoqualmie Valley student is bullied after speaking out against it
March 2, 2011
Kim Baker, a parent at Twin Falls Middle School, said her middle school daughter was bullied in early February, days after denouncing school violence at a school board meeting.
Baker said her daughter, a seventh-grader, arrived home Feb. 8 with a sore jaw, sore stomach, not wanting to eat and saying she had been bullied by a fellow female student.
Baker said cameras at Twin Falls Middle School did not capture the incident and that her daughter had no marks on her.
Former musher recalls the great race
March 2, 2011
This Saturday, I’ll dig around in the closet and pull out an especially large, puffy, gold-colored down parka. It’s stained here and there, and the zipper hasn’t worked since 1985, but the toggles and loops still hold it together.
It was made for me by a special lady back in 1972, when a bunch of half-frozen idiots got together to plan a very long, cold camping trip known as the Iditarod Sled Dog Race across a thousand miles of Alaska.
Break-ins spike on Snoqualmie Ridge for unlocked vehicles
March 2, 2011
Snoqualmie police officers have recently responded to and investigated 14 vehicle break-ins on Snoqualmie Ridge. In each instance, the car had been left unlocked with personal property sitting in plain view.
