Category: Local News

UPDATED — 9:34 a.m. April 4, 2010 Walking along Railroad Avenue in Snoqualmie’s historic downtown, it is hard to not notice the web of cracks in the asphalt or the narrow sidewalk, which quickly becomes clogged by a woman with a stroller going into a café. On the street, most cars zip past without giving…

NEW — 3:03 p.m. March 24, 2010 Rally car aficionado Greg Lund wants to put a little zoom in Snoqualmie Valley. The Issaquah native plans to buy Weyerhaeuser’s old mill site, located above Borst Lake in Snoqualmie, and build a rally car-driving course that would open this fall. Not everyone, especially the neighbors, is happy…

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….

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…

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,…

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…

NEW — 12:27 p.m. Jan. 6, 2010 Shane Marston hunched over the North Bend Library computer, his calloused fingers resting on keys almost too small for his fingertips. It’s been four months since the North Bend resident has had a job. Marston used to work in construction and demolition as a laborer in Seattle. Now,…

Flooding. It’s an all-too familiar part of life for many residents of Snoqualmie Valley. Since moving to the Valley in 2005, Snoqualmie residents Don and Nancy Ekberg have had their home flooded twice. Business-owner and resident Julie Randazzo and her husband Harold Nesland have sandbagging their pizza restaurant and bowling alley down to a science….

NEW — 6 a.m. Dec. 19, 2009 The Snoqualmie Arts Commission is looking for a few good paintings for the new City Hall lobby. Artists are invited to submit pictures of their work before Dec. 23. Images should be sent as .jpeg files to Jeffrey Waters, the commission’s chairman, at [email protected]. The commission will choose…