Author: Chantelle Lusebrink

UPDATED — 9:34 a.m. April 4, 2010 Walking along Railroad Avenue in Snoqualmie’s historic downtown, it is hard to not notice the web of cracks in the asphalt or the narrow sidewalk, which quickly becomes clogged by a woman with a stroller going into a café. On the street, most cars zip past without giving…

NEW — 12:27 p.m. Jan. 6, 2010 Shane Marston hunched over the North Bend Library computer, his calloused fingers resting on keys almost too small for his fingertips. It’s been four months since the North Bend resident has had a job. Marston used to work in construction and demolition as a laborer in Seattle. Now,…