Drivers may pay a few cents more at the gas pump this spring as refineries conduct seasonal maintenance. The national average price of gas could reach an estimated $3.55-$3.75 per gallon, according to AAA. “Winter weather, weak demand and sufficient supplies have kept gas prices relatively low recently, but this trend may not last…
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Mardi Gras celebration marching in North Bend
Beads, yes. Hurricane drinks on the sidewalk, no. But in North Bend it will be the traditional “laissez les bons temps rouler” when the Mardi Gras celebration takes to the streets at 5 p.m. March 4. “Laissez les bons temps rouler” is the Mardi Gras slogan and means “Let the good times roll.” Mardi Gras…
Valley may soon have dueling food banks
Organizers from both food banks agree: The important thing is to provide food for the needy people in the Snoqualmie Valley. Unfortunately, things will be confusing for a week or two for those who need food, those who donate and those who volunteer. The newly-formed Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank opens Feb. 5 at the…
Local wildlife instructor follows track of a wayward wolf
North Bend resident David Moskowitz can think like a wolf. He walks into a forest and follows a trail left by a wild canine. He sees the prints, the scrapes, the markings. To be honest, he could probably think like most animals because he works as a professional tracker, an “outdoor educator” at the Wilderness…
Forest rebounds after fire
Small ferns wave in the slight afternoon breeze. Tiny strands of moss send out feelers along a blackened boulder. Saplings, just a few inches tall, sprout at the base of a fire-scorched tree. The forest between Mount Si and Little Si has begun regenerating itself. Three months after the 444th Fire burned 18 acres,…
Free presentation on the Adverse Childhood Experience study July 11
A free presentation about the Adverse Childhood Experience study will be held from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. July 11 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, 39025 SE Alpha St., Snoqualmie. The study demonstrates the association between traumatic childhood experiences and toxic stress and later-life health and well-being. This is an opportunity to hear recent…
Celebrate King County Parks’ 75th Anniversary with a volunteer work party July 20
As part of its 75th Anniversary commemoration, King County Parks is having a birthday party and invites community members to join a volunteer work party July 20 at Tolt-MacDonald Park in Carnation. “We hope residents from all over the county will join us at Tolt-MacDonald Park – one of the most iconic of our 200 parks, and celebrate 75…
Snoqualmie Tribe unveils two new trails
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,…
Hauglie has few answers
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…
North Bend intruder had job, was father of five
Seattle Times staff reporter A divorced father of five, Kenneth Boonstra had a job, a house and a virtually spotless criminal record. How the 48-year-old ended up dead inside a North Bend house he’d broken into twice in a 12-hour span is a mystery the King County Sheriff’s Office may never solve. “Certainly there’s no pattern. It…