“How do you make the world a better place?” asked Snoqualmie Valley Women in Business Board President Jacqueline Fairbrass, at the organization’s Sept. 14 luncheon meeting.
In a game marked by penalties and two scoreless quarters, the Mount Si High School football team still found some wins to celebrate after its Sept. 17 loss to the Bothell Cougars, 31-21.
Work will begin Monday on the delayed start of the Mount Si High School construction project. The city of Snoqualmie issued the building permit for the $195 million project this week, to formally authorize the three-year project.
“What a beautiful library!” a visitor declared as she walked through the double-doors of the Timber Ridge Elementary School library Thursday evening.
Snoqualmie has talked about affordable housing. North Bend has talked about it. Four years ago, Imagine Housing was pursuing an affordable development in Snoqualmie, but hit the pause button in response to vocal opposition from the public and questions from Snoqualmie officials. North Bend’s Umpqua Bank has hosted two community wide forums on affordable housing in the past year.
Since Sound Publishing, and this newspaper as a part of it, began a partnership with Leadership Eastside in recent months, I have been wondering what, exactly, makes a person a leader?
When pilot Nick Fischer was young, jet engines hadn’t been invented yet. When he was very young, the town of Snoqualmie Falls still existed — it’s where he was born, actually. Today, at age 94, Fischer jokes that he hasn’t been around long enough to have any history, yet.
We are now squarely in awards season, which is lucky for me, because I missed a fairly big story last fall, and it’s finally almost timely again.
The Snoqualmie Police Department is approaching the end of its second year providing services to the city of North Bend, Police Chief Steve McCulley reported to the North Bend City Council Feb. 2.
North Bend’s City Council debated on density, affordable and cottage housing, and what citizens really want from city zoning at it’s Feb. 2 meeting. The end results of the discussion were an interim, or emergency, change to the city’s newest development zone and plans to further consider residential development in an employment park zone, and design standards for cottage housing.
Crowds are not for me. I don’t like navigating through them, don’t like the weird rushed feeling that I get when surrounded by people, and really don’t like the way I always end up moving against their tides.
Fighting cancer and building community are one and the same for Relay for Life Snoqualmie Valley. The community party/cancer research fundraiser is now in its 15th year of walking, dancing, honoring cancer survivors and lighting up a summer night with hope, courage and luminaria.
The problems of King County are the problems of all 39 cities in King County.
