By Christine Clarridge and Emily Heffter Seattle Times staff reporters SWAT team officers prying open Peter Keller’s elaborate underground bunker Saturday morning worried the heavily armed survivalist might try to ambush them or blow them up with a booby trap. Instead, after using explosives to loosen the lid to his 20-foot-long, two-story hideout, they found his body, a…
Year: 2012
Local senator sponsors bill to cut down on Medicaid fraud
Lawmakers — including local State Sen. Cheryl Pflug — passed legislation to crack down on Medicaid fraud and recover taxpayer funds. The measure, Senate Bill 5978 or the Medicaid Fraud False Claims Act, aims to create additional tools for the state to pursue Medicaid fraud. Supporters said the effort could raise millions of dollars in…
Detectives obtain DNA profiles on eight sets of remains
The King County Sheriff’s Office recently received good news on its efforts to identify the remains of eight individuals who have been long termed “John/Jane Doe” homicide victims, Cindi West, KCSO spokeswoman, said March 19. Some of those cases are local. The Bode Technology Group, working under a National Institute of Justice Grant, was able…
Dialogue begins concerning truck idling ban
The majority of people who turned out for a public hearing on North Bend’s proposed truck idling ban spoke out against the ordinance, including a TravelCenters of America field manager from Oregon. The TA truck stop, known locally as Truck Town, has been located near Interstate 90’s exit 34 for nearly 40 years. But the…
Collegiate bike race coming to North Bend
For the first time, the University of Washington’s Cycling Club will hold a two-day racing event in North Bend. Devon Simpson, 20, a junior at UW and a cyclist, helped organized the multi-university event, to be held March 24-25. She said she expects about 200 cyclists competing from the UW, Whitman University, Portland State University,…
Little ones learn about reading
Encouragement to early literacy is provided every week at the King County Library System’s Snoqualmie Library, at 7824 Center Blvd. S.E., Snoqualmie Ridge. oung Toddler Story Time, ages 6-24 months with an adult, is Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. Preschool Story Time, ages 3-6 years with an adult, is Mondays at 1:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at…
Police Blotter
Snoqualmie Police No vehicle for you At 10:28 a.m. Dec. 28, police arrested a man who arrived at the intersection of Meadowbrook Way and Railroad Avenue southeast to retrieve a vehicle. The driver of the vehicle had been arrested for driving with a suspended license. As it turns out, the man also had a warrant…