North Bend officials celebrate end of moratorium
April 13, 2009
City leaders toasted the end of North Bend’s building moratorium April 8 with glasses of fresh city water.
The official end of the decade long moratorium was marked at the April 8 North Bend City Council meeting. The next day, water began flowing from the city’s new pump station.
“It seems like we have taken the longest possible road to get here, but we are here,” Mayor Ken Hearing said.
City and county officials celebrate the end of North Bend's building moratorium with a glass of water.
Building moratorium back on in North Bend
February 11, 2009
The building moratorium is back, but hopefully not for long.
The North Bend City Council approved renewing the city’s building moratorium at its Feb. 3 meeting. A public hearing on the issue was continued, and the public will be allowed to comment on the moratorium renewal at the council’s next meeting, Feb. 17.
Public Works Director Ron Garrow cited delays in getting electric service installed on the Hobo Springs transmission line as the reason behind the moratorium extension. Garrow said that the delays were caused by bad weather in December and January. Read more
Snoqualmie Valley full of stories in 2008
January 2, 2009
Immediately after the SnoValley Star began publishing in March, the Snoqualmie Valley provided many interesting stories to report on.
Just in the first month, there was another run made at a second high school, a debate over a soccer field, an agreement signed that ended a long-awaited moratorium and a heated public discussion over a hospital.
From a state playoff run by the Mount Si football team to a bizarre robbery at a local fast-food chain, the year continued to provide intriguing story lines. Five, however, stood out among the rest. Here is a run-down of the top five stories of 2008.
While the Rev. Ken Hutcherson and others came to Mount Si High School to protest the Day of Silence April 25, others were on hand to support it.
Developments planned in North Bend
December 17, 2008
Upon the partial lift of North Bend’s building moratorium Nov. 17, five new developments have been planned for the area.
North Bend Mayor Ken Hearing does not expect there to be an explosion in the city’s growth, now that the building moratorium has been partially lifted. The building moratorium may be completely lifted as soon as the Jan. 20 City Council meeting. Read more
