A new citizen outreach program in King County has registered more than 700 people to take part in community forums across the county.
• On April 19, 1775, at about 5 a.m., 700 British troops march into the Massachusetts town of Lexington to find 77 armed minutemen waiting for them. Suddenly, the “shot heard around the world” was fired from an undetermined gun. When the brief Battle of Lexington ended, eight Americans lay dead or dying and 10 others were wounded. The American Revolution had begun.
Eastside Fire and Rescue’s Swiftwater Rescue Team will be conducting a two-day training session Thursday and Friday, April 17 and 18, along the waterways of North Bend.
Village Foods IGA on Snoqualmie Ridge, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January, is borrowing $205,000 to beef up its inventory.
Snoqualmie Valley School District board
Church members are joining together to hold the annual All Church Garage Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at Tolt United Church of Christ, 4851 Tolt Ave. in Carnation.
King County is taking public comment on several new homes to be built off Tokul Road outside Snoqualmie.
Squirt a fire hose, witness a mock rescue and tour a fire station at the upcoming Snoqualmie Fire Department open house and safety fair, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the fire station, located at 37600 S.E. Snoqualmie Parkway.
Weyerhaeuser Company has applied to the Washington Department of Ecology to acquire water rights on its former Snoqualmie mill site.
Patrons rediscover North Bend establishment at former bank building
Stopped for refueling at Truck Town in North Bend, trucker Paul Sporcic watched as the dial hit $598. With 116 gallons in his tank, Sporcic shut off the pump and replaced the nozzle after only filling his tank about halfway.
