King County to restore salmon habitats
January 4, 2009
King County plans to spend over a half-million dollars in 2009 to improve Salmon habitats in the Snoqualmie watershed. Read more
Designs finished for railway exhibit hall
January 3, 2009
Construction on the Northwest Railway Museum’s exhibit hall is tentatively scheduled to start this spring.
The 25,000-square-foot building project will offer space for the railway museum to preserve its train collection.
“Initially, this project offers us a way to get critically endangered objects, such as the 1898-built railway chapel car inside and protected from the outdoor environment,” said Richard Anderson, the museum’s executive director.
A glimpse of what the Railway History Museum could look like.
Snoqualmie Valley full of stories in 2008
January 2, 2009
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 hospital.
From a state playoff run by the Mount Si football team to a bizarre robbery at a local fast-food chain, the year continued to provide intriguing story lines. Five, however, stood out among the rest. Here is a run-down of the top five stories of 2008.
While the Rev. Ken Hutcherson and others came to Mount Si High School to protest the Day of Silence April 25, others were on hand to support it.
Snoqualmie, North Bend pay extra to keep roads clear
January 1, 2009
After near-record snowfalls in North Bend and Snoqualmie, the two cities are beginning to calculate how much money was spent clearing streets and performing other snow-related work.
“It will definitely affect the 2008 budget,” North Bend City Administrator Duncan Wilson said.
Road crews in both Snoqualmie and North Bend had to work overtime to keep vehicles from looking like this one, which was covered with snow in a North Bend neighborhood on Dec. 26.
Forest service plans to clean up contaminated Snoqualmie Valley mine
December 31, 2008
An abandoned copper mine in the Valley that is contaminated with heavy metals is scheduled to be cleaned up by the U.S. Forestry service next year.
The Rainy Mine and an associated mill site are twelve miles northeast of North Bend in the Snoqualmie National Forest. No one lives near the Rainy Mine and mill. The Forest Service report on the mine cleanup indicates that there are no residences within four miles of the area. Groundwater is not used for drinking near the site, and there are no plans to use groundwater as a future source of potable water. Read more
News briefs 1-1
December 31, 2008
City of Snoqualmie to provide containers for garbage
Suggested state budget could hurt locally
December 31, 2008
Times are financially tight for the state of Washington, especially for K-12 education and the Department of Early Learning.
With a $5.8 billion deficit, a newly proposed budget by Governor Chris Gregoire has a string of cuts amounting to about $3 billion in the 2009-11 state budget. If passed by the Legislature, these cuts would impact both the Snoqualmie Valley School District and Encompass of North Bend. Read more
Boy scouts to help remove unwanted Christmas trees
December 30, 2008
Christmas trees may be the penultimate holiday decoration, but as they get dry, start to shed their needles and loose their festive appearance, it’s time for them to leave home. Read more
Valley getting ready for New Year’s Eve
December 28, 2008
The Snoqualmie Casino and other Valley businesses are gearing up to usher in 2009.
A variety of New Year’s Eve entertainment options in Snoqualmie Valley are available for visitors and residents. The new Snoqualmie Casino is offering four New Year’s Eve events that they describe as “spectacular,” and two Snoqualmie pubs are also preparing to celebrate the new year with special events. Read more
EFR effort to benefit North Bend camp
December 27, 2008
Local firefighters raised more than $20,000 for children with muscular dystrophy as part of this year’s Fill the Boot campaign.
The annual effort is part of a national campaign run by firefighters that usually happens Labor Day weekend. Read more
