Author: Michele Mihalovich

After five years in the making, the Snoqualmie Tribe unveiled the Traditional Knowledge Trail and Rain Garden Landscape path June 8. The Star attended the guided tour held at the Knowledge Trail, on the corner of North Bend Way and 372nd Avenue Southeast, near the casino, and was greeted, along with about 15 other attendees,…

Corrected version Snoqualmie Valley Hospital Commissioner Kevin Hauglie had just returned from a conference in Puerto Rico when he learned that Commissioner Gene Pollard, whose term doesn’t expire until 2017, was going to run against him in the November election. Hauglie said Pollard’s move was a head scratcher, and he questioned his opponent’s motives. If…

The inboxes of the North Bend City Council and staff members and police had been filling up with complaints about things going on at the North Bend Library, but Police Chief Mark Toner said the library has followed through with its promise to make some changes and he’s hearing very few complaints from the public…

Corrected version. The earlier story said Erland found that the three elk had selenium and copper deficiencies. Elk hoof rot, a disease seen predominantly among elk in Southwest Washington, has found its way to the Snoqualmie Valley herds. Harold Erland, a wildlife biologist with the local Elk Management Group, said Feb. 20 that three elk…

After four days of trying to find a skydiver who went missing when he jumped from a helicopter near Mount Si, King County Sheriff’s Office has officially called off the search. Sgt. Cindi West with the sheriff’s office said Jan. 7 that 386 search and rescue volunteers from 19 different agencies had gone over about…

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…