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…
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Flooding along Snoqualmie River shuts down several roads
Emergency officials have had to shut down several roads Thursday in Snoqualmie Valley due to flooding along the Snoqualmie River. Two roads in the city of Snoqualmie and several roads in unincorporated King County have been topped by floodwater. No injuries related to the flooding have been reported. The localized flooding is the result of heavy rains in…
Workshop offers tips on getting grants to pay for property and wildlife improvements
NEW — 10 a.m. Nov. 4, 2010 Washington State University Extension and the Snoqualmie Watershed Forum are hosting a workshop in Snoqualmie to help forestland and farm owners tap into grants, and cost-share programs to pay for projects that improve their property and aid wildlife. The workshop is from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Snoqualmie Library, 7824…
Northwest Railway Museum dedicates new exhibition building
NEW — 6:00 a.m. Oct. 13, 2010 Supporters of the Northwest Railway Museum gathered Oct. 2 to dedicate the Train Shed at the museum’s Railway Historic Center. About 180 people climbed onto the museum’s restored train for the one-mile trip from the Snoqualmie Depot to the center’s campus to the south. Museum Director Richard Anderson directed the celebration…
Snoqualmie residents blast back at Snoqualmie Casino concerts with air horns
A handful of Snoqualmie residents protested Snoqualmie Casino’s summer concert series Thursday evening. While Peter Frampton and Yes played on an outdoor stage overlooking Snoqualmie Valley, the residents, who say noise from the concert series is a nuisance, blasted air horns, and demonstrated with signs and shouts at the casino’s entrance. The protestors were targeting…
Turkey trots around the Rim
NEW — 1:41 p.m. May 13, 2010 A handsome tom turkey is running lose in the Wilderness Rim in North Bend. The neighbors dubbed him Ben after Benjamin Franklin, who wanted to make the turkey — not the eagle — the national symbol of the U.S. Wilderness Rim resident Emily Rourke said she thinks Ben…
House votes to increase Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area and add protection for Middle Fork
NEW — 2:00 p.m. March 18, 2010 The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation to increase federally-protected land in and around the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area, including the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River. The bill has already passed committee in the Senate. The next step towards passage is a full vote by that body….
Snoqualmie City Council endorses ballot levies
NEW — 2:29 p.m. Jan. 27, 2010 Snoqualmie City Council unanimously endorsed King County Rural Library District Proposition 1, and Snoqualmie Valley School District Propositions 1 and 2 at its Jan. 25 meeting. All measures will be on the ballot for the Feb. 9 special election. The library’s proposition would restore the property tax levy…
Letters, Jan. 27
Vote yes on Proposition 1 I hope that you are all aware that the Feb. 9 election ballot contains the important Proposition 1 that will restore the King County Library System’s property tax levy rate. Why is this important and what does it accomplish? This levy is not a bond and is not for buildings,…
Snoqualmie Valley students win library’s writing contest
NEW — 1:15 p.m. Jan. 20, 2010 Three Snoqualmie Valley students won the North Bend Library writing contest, getting themselves prestige and a $50 gift card to Barnes & Noble. Judges received more than 150 entries from talented and creative authors, King County Library Services teen librarian Sarah Lynch said. The winners include high school…