The tranquil image of the small-town business Cindy and Jim Walker imagined when they purchased the North Bend Theatre has crashed head first into the business side of Hollywood. The proprietors of the single-screen movie house on Bendigo Boulevard were told they must invest in digital projection equipment to meet the requirements of distributors or…
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North Bend library made promised changes
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…
Police blotter
North Bend No big deal Police took a report at 7:15 a.m. April 13 of a possible drug deal on Main Avenue South. Police checked the area but found nothing. Stop following me Police took a report at 4:51 p.m. April 13 of three males on South Fork Avenue Southwest. The males appeared…
Battle of the books brings students into the library
The Fall City Elementary School library was packed with people, students and adults, and a nervous tension is in the air. Students sitting on the floor held construction paper pennants and poster boards with team names on them. “In which book does a character eat a delicious shelled fruit called a rambutan?” librarian Meg Handy…
Hoof rot strikes elk
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…
Missing Redmond man shot himself at Rattlesnake Ridge
A Redmond man missing near Rattlesnake Ridge was found dead at about 10 a.m. Feb. 9, according to Jim Bove, spokesman for the Redmond Police Department. Bove said King County Search and Rescue found the body of Ira Thomas Clodfelter, 28, about three-quarters of a mile from the main trail, and it appeared to be…
Search ends for skydiver
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…
Hospital board OKs early closing on Leisure Time property
The Snoqualmie Valley Hospital District Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an early closing agreement with Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc. on Dec. 6 for possession of the 22-acre Leisure Time campground site, according to a press release. Under the terms of the early closing agreement, the district will pay approximately $7.5 million for the property (down…
Officials start the process to replace state Sen. Cheryl Pflug
King County Council members started the process June 11 to appoint a successor to Republican state Sen. Cheryl Pflug. Under state law, the council is responsible for appointing a successor to the Senate seat after Pflug resigns July 1 to accept a state board post. The law calls for GOP officials to submit three candidates…
Snoqualmie Valley resident looks back at time inside Hanoi Hilton
The interrogator Joseph Crecca nicknamed “The Agent” began speaking. Speaking of how American Air Force pilots like Crecca had attacked the Vietnamese. How Vietnamese blood had been shed. And how the Vietnamese were “determined to fight and win.” Then, American F-105 planes flew above their heads. And the speech screeched to a halt. Unlike The…