Citizens file initiative to shrink planned 'Ridge' | Out of the Past

Citizens file initiative to shrink planned ‘Ridge’ | Out of the Past

1989: A citizen group, the Snoqualmie Valley Coalition, plans to file an initiation designed to reduce the size of Weyerhaeuser’s proposed “Snoqualmie Ridge” project. They say King County gave developers special treatment in the project, three times the size of expansion areas for North Bend, Carnation and Duvall.

November 12, 2014 1:45 pm

The following stories happened this week, 25 and 50 years ago, as reported in the Snoqualmie Valley Record. From the Record’s archives:

Nov. 12, 1964

• Snoqualmie needs a full-time court, Judge Richard Holt of Sno-Valley District Court told the North Bend Chamber of Commerce in a meeting at Mar-T Cafe. Last year, the court saw nearly 3,400 cases, 559 of which went to trail. That’s comparable to most full-time courts in King County.

• In line with regional cities, Snoqualmie banned punchboards and pulltabs as of Dec. 1. Police will have to notify businesses.

• Burglars who broke into the Riverside Tavern in Fall City badly cut themselves on glass in the doors and windows.

Nov. 9, 1989

• A citizen group, the Snoqualmie Valley Coalition, plans to file an initiation designed to reduce the size of Weyerhaeuser’s proposed “Snoqualmie Ridge” project. They say King County gave developers special treatment in the project, three times the size of expansion areas for North Bend, Carnation and Duvall.

• Carnation residents must learn to recycle, now that the community is closing its unique city-owned landfill and becoming part of the county’s solid waste system.