Outdoor recreation lobbyists fight to get keep Mount Si trail open
March 7, 2010
NEW — 6:00 a.m. March 7, 2009
With the State Legislature’s current session winding down, advocates for outdoor groups are lobbying representatives to restore money to operate 22 popular trails and campgrounds in Snoqualmie Valley and the rest of Washington.
Snoqualmie City Hall offers help on U.S. Census forms
March 6, 2010
NEW — 6:00 a.m. March 6, 2010
United States Census forms will arrive this month. The form has only 10 questions and takes about 10 minutes to complete. Forms should be returned as quickly as possible.
Snoqualmie man dies after single-car crash
March 5, 2010
NEW — 4:19 p.m. March 5, 2010
The State Patrol has reported that a 52-year-old Snoqualmie man who was involved in a single-car crash on February 22 has died at the hospital, according to the Tacoma News Tribune.
King County Executive Dow Constantine to outline reform plans in speeches
March 5, 2010
NEW — 6:00 a.m. March 5, 2010
As his first 100 days in office draw to a close, King County Executive Dow Constantine plans to outline his reform agenda for county government in a series of speeches next week.
Weigh in: Elementary school boundary survey
March 4, 2010
NEW — 1:53 p.m. March 4, 2010
As Snoqualmie Valley School District administrators prepare to do an elementary school boundary review for the 2010-11 school year, they are asking the public for feedback through an online survey.
To learn more about the boundary review, visit www.svsd410.org and select “Elementary Attendance Boundary Study.”
The survey will be open until 8 p.m. March 5.
North Bend City Council delays vote on hotel amendment
March 4, 2010
UPDATED — 3:30 p.m. March 4, 2010
After months of delays, North Bend City Council voted to wait a little longer to vote on a proposal to amend the city’s development regulations to allow a hotel to be built south of Interstate 90’s Exit 31, at its March 2 meeting.
Following statements from opponents and supporters of the motion, the council decided to split it into two separate motions. It will vote on them at its March 16 meeting.
Mount Si graduate and Marine dies in combat in Afghanistan
March 3, 2010
Eric Ward (Photo contributed by family)
By Brian Rosenthal, Seattle Times reporter
UPDATED — 2:35 p.m. March 3, 2010
Friends and family described Eric L. Ward, a 19-year-old Marine from Redmond and Mount Si graduate who died Feb. 21 in Afghanistan, as a proud and generous man who kept everybody around him laughing.
Snoqualmie Valley group seeks to separate elk and humans with seeds
March 3, 2010
NEW — 2:30 p.m. March 3, 2010
The Upper Snoqualmie Valley Elk Management Group wants to get the area’s elk some privacy — and diminish their interactions with humans.
Veterans program helps Valley vets, families housing, medical referrals
March 3, 2010
NEW — 1:40 p.m. March 3, 2010
Shannon Barrie, who hadn’t seen her father in years, suddenly found herself taking care of him in his old age.
James Arthur Barrie has dementia, and although he is aware of the present during his lucid periods, his daughter realized she didn’t have the resources to care for him on her own. She called Adult Protective Services. When they learned her father was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, they referred her to Joel Estey, manager of the King County Veterans’ Program.
Snoqualmie Valley schools face dire budget cuts
March 3, 2010
NEW — 1:55 p.m. March 3, 2010
The Snoqualmie Valley School District is facing a difficult fiscal year and in a worst case scenario, would have to lay off up to 26 teachers, business director Ron Ellis said at the Feb. 25 school board meeting.
