One of Michele Drovdahl’s favorite parts of being a librarian is, as she puts it, “forcing a good book on people.” With the state of today’s economy, Drovdahl’s had plenty of opportunity to do that. As unemployment numbers across King County and the rest of the country continue to rise, so is the number of…
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Arson scars Snoqualmie Depot, City Hall
Officials say three downtown Snoqualmie fires in one night were the work of an arsonist. The fires were reported in the early morning hours of June 30. The first fire was reported just after 2 a.m. at the Snoqualmie Depot of the Northwest Railway Museum on Railroad Avenue. The fire was set inside a plastic…
Students happily return to boomerang lessons
Ian Raley-Silva noted the direction of the wind before bending his right arm behind his head and flicking his boomerang into the sky. It took an impressive loop, spinning back to earth and into Raley-Silva’s waiting hands. Raley-Silva is one of 12 seventh- and eighth-grade students attending Two Rivers School. Like many of his classmates,…
Local rowers place at national championships
Locals helped the Sammamish Rowing Association place in four different categories at the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio June 10-14. Both SRA’s Women’s Youth Lightweight Eight and the Men’s Youth Pair advanced to the Grand Final, where they finished in fifth and sixth place, respectively. The Women’s Youth Pair and the Men’s…
Railway Museum set to break ground on its train shed
The Northwest Railway Museum will break ground soon on its train shed, the museum’s newest and largest facility. Pending receipt of a notice to proceed from the county, Wick Constructors of Seattle will begin work on a 25,000-square-foot exhibit building within a week. A formal groundbreaking will probably be scheduled for August, Museum Director Richard…
Changes coming to Snoqualmie Falls plant
Puget Sound Energy received approval of an amendment on June 1 to its operating license for the 111-year-old Snoqualmie Falls hydroelectric generating plant that will allow the utility to undertake a substantial upgrade of its facilities. “Snoqualmie Falls is a scenic and cultural treasure that’s also been giving our region clean, renewable, carbon-free energy for…
Suburban Cities Association stays neutral on I-90 tolling
To toll or not to toll? That was one of the questions facing the Washington State Legislature that was not answered when it adjourned April 26. The Legislature approved a plan to toll the State Route 520 floating bridge over Lake Washington, but it avoided making a decision on tolling the Interstate 90 bridge. This…
Judge rules for banished tribe members
A federal-court judge ruled on April 30 that the Snoqualmie Tribe violated the right to due process of nine tribe members that it banished last year. “I’m very grateful for Judge Robart. He handled the issue very well for both Indian sovereignty and for individual Native American civil rights,” said Carolyn Lubenau, who was a…
Snoqualmie Valley full of stories in 2008
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…
Lambert not pleased with all-mail vote
Snoqualmie Valley residents who fear their vote could be compromised by King County’s vote-by-mail program are right to be concerned, according to Kathy Lambert,whose District 3 on the King County Council encompasses more than 1,000 square miles of territory that will not have a regional voting center. The county council, in a 5-4 party-line vote,…