Frequent flooding of the Snoqualmie River Campground in Fall City, and the sole road accessing it, has prompted a project that will eventually close the campground. King County’s Land and Water Resources Division has reached an agreement to purchase the property, owned by S Sterling Properties, as part of a larger purchase, totalling 21.5 acres of land along the Snoqualmie River at a price of $1.5 million.
When the rain and wind arrived at Snoqualmie Elementary School Saturday, a few people and dogs huddled under blankets. Most, though, were too busy playing with their dogs, eating, shopping the bake sale, or socializing with other dogs and their owners, to really notice the Northwest winter weather.
Three out of eight zoning changes recommended by the North Bend Planning Commission were accepted by the North Bend City Council, but most, including two requested by local citizens, were rejected after a frank discussion about the future of the city and public feedback. The overall result was a preservation of low-density residential zoning, with one exception of three properties on the east side of Southeast Orchard Drive.
An event that Washington state hasn’t seen in decades is taking shape this month, and it will be a very unusual shape, if affected voters approve it.
A North Bend man who displayed an air gun at another driver during a road-rage incident Wednesday was arrested for brandishing a weapon and booked into King County Jail.
Hundreds of campaign signs, those 18-by-24-inch signs emblazoned with the names of candidates for public office, crop up in the Valley every election, like magic. They represent hundreds of dollars of campaign spending. A few of them disappear each season, too, under mysterious circumstances. That’s when they get really expensive.
Carnation residents have a rare opportunity this election, a choice.
Two meetings this week should help Snoqualmie Valley School District staff finalize plans for populating its sixth elementary school, now under construction. The meetings, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, at North Bend Elementary School, and 6:30 p.m. Wednesay, Oct. 21, at the Mount Si High School Freshman Campus, will cover the two elementary school boundary change proposals, Options B2 and C2, now being considered by the school district.
The Snoqualmie Valley Winter Shelter for the homeless is now hiring staff, training volunteers and finalizing potential locations for the temporary shelter.
Growth and its accompanying strain on traffic, city infrastructure and the existing city residents continues to be the biggest issue for candidates for North Bend City Council. The incumbent and aspiring city councilors gathered at the Oct. 7 Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce-sponsored candidate forum at the North Bend Theater, discussed the challenges of growth for several hours that evening, each emphasizing his or her own take on the issues.
Manufacturers at the Northwest Chocolate Festival this past weekend in Seattle talked about biodynamic chocolate, grown, processed and manufactured all in the same place.
The Snoqualmie Valley has developed a reputation for, and I’ll admit it, an expectation of calm, quiet, even bucolic serenity. Most of the time, it’s a well-deserved reputation.
Downtown North Bend, and most of the 1,700 people in it were all about the music — and the walking —Saturday during the third annual Blues Walk event, hosted by, and benefitting Boxley Music Fund.
