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Daily Record-News
March 22, 2018
Kittitas County implemented a moratorium on new commercial solar facilities in January 2017. Because of the moratorium, TUUSSO applied for permission to build through the state instead. A group of community members has been meeting to develop new county rules that will be reviewed by the county'sÃâà...
Yakima Herald-Republic
March 9, 2018
Last January, Kittitas County commissioners ignored their own zoning regulations and rejected Iron Horse, a 4.5-megawatt solar project. The Board of County Commissioners overrode recommendations from its planning staff and an independent hearing examiner citing preservation of “rural character,” anÃâà...
Daily Record-News
March 7, 2018
Cziske, tax collection deputy, has worked in the treasurer's office since March 2015. She will run as a Republican. Current Treasurer Brett Wachsmith plans to run for Kittitas County commissioner. “The opportunity was presented to me when Brett Wachsmith decided to run for commissioner,” Cziske said.
Daily Record-News
March 7, 2018
The Kittitas Public Utility District will increase electric rates 3.6 percent this month following rate increases by Bonneville Power Administration. Shan Rowbotham, president of the PUD board of commissioners, said that the PUD has been facing the challenge of balancing distribution system improvementsÃâà...
JEMS.com
March 6, 2018
Kittitas County, Wash. (KING5) - Dramatic new video shows the rescue and treatment of two men caught in an avalanche in Kittitas County. Kyle Ottwell, 26, and Ryan Journey, 27, were rescued Saturday when the avalanche hit them while snowmobiling on Saturday about 1:30 p.m. Two other men died inÃâà...
KOMO News
March 5, 2018
KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash.. -- Two snowmobile riders from Pierce County were killed and a third was seriously injured Saturday in an avalanche. One of those killed was a veteran Bonney Lake police officer. Another was an Air Force veteran for a love of the outdoors. The city of Bonney Lake identified the police officer asÃâà...
Yakima Herald-Republic
March 5, 2018
Darwin Wray, co-owner of Wray Electric, top, fastens a solar panel to the roof of a breezeway as trainee Loren Farnsworth holds another panel in place while the pair instals 20 solar panels at Wesley United Methodist Church in Yakima, Wash., Friday, April 8, 2016. The project is part of a Pacific Power BlueÃâà...
KATU
March 5, 2018
KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash.. -- Two snowmobile riders from Pierce County were killed and a third was seriously injured Saturday in an avalanche. One of those killed was a veteran Bonney Lake police officer. Another was an Air Force veteran for a love of the outdoors. The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office said the avalancheÃâà...
The Seattle Times
March 4, 2018
Two snowmobilers died and two others were injured when an avalanche swept down a slope near Esmeralda Peak in Kittitas County on Saturday morning, authorities said. The Kittitas County Sheriff's Office said crews responded to the area before noon Saturday in response to an avalanche report andÃâà...
Daily Record-News
March 3, 2018
The Yakima office is in the process of obtaining office space in Ellensburg outside of the Kittitas County Prosecutor's Office. Until that happens, the existing support enforcement staff in Kittitas County will remain housed in the Kittitas office, and all mail should continue to be addressed to the Family SupportÃâà...
Daily Record-News
March 1, 2018
Local fire and building officials are raising concerns about using fire-resistant paint as an alternative to non-combustible building materials in county code. Kittitas County commissioners met with staff and fire officials on Monday about the use of the paint under the county's Wildland-Urban Interface Code.
Northern Kittitas County Tribune
March 1, 2018
MARCH 1, 2018 HEADLINES – Northern Kittitas County Tribune ... LETTERS: WSP And Kittitas Sheriff traffic control choices, Rebuttal to 2/22/18 2nd amendment letter, Armed citizens/Kittitas County Militias, Ignorant Joy, Guns do not operate themselves, Irag Vet says arming teachers is a terrible idea.
Q13 FOX
February 26, 2018
KITTITAS COUNTY, Wash. -- A 32-year-old Issaquah man died when five Western Washington snowmobiler were swept in an avalanche near Stampede Pass area Sunday. The group of friends stopped for lunch near Mirror Lake when the slope above them broke free. When the slide stopped three peopleÃâà...
Daily Record-News
February 22, 2018
Wachsmith said Wednesday he plans to file for commissioner Position 3, which is now held by Obie O'Brien. Terms for treasurer and commissioner are both four years. The treasurer seat also is up for election this year. Kittitas County has three elected commissioners who oversee county government.
Daily Record-News
February 13, 2018
Requests for educational programs and operations levies passed in Ellensburg, Damman, Thorp, Kittitas and Easton. Voters also approved school technology levies in Kittitas and Thorp, according to unofficial results. Turnout as of Tuesday night was 32 percent, with more ballots to be counted on ThursdayÃâà...
Daily Record-News
February 12, 2018
No more dogs running loose: Kittitas County implements new dog law ... Kittitas County commissioners adopted a new dog control ordinance as part of comprehensive plan docket changes at the end of 2017. ... Enforcement of the new rules will be handled through the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office.
Daily Record-News
February 10, 2018
The rule of supply and demand is having its way with the Kittitas County housing market, according to the monthly report from the Northwest Multiple ... The median price for homes sold in Kittitas County in January was $309,950 — a 24 percent increase from homes sold in January in 2017 ($249,950).
Daily Record-News
February 9, 2018
A water-use bill approved by the state Legislature last month will have a limited impact in Kittitas County, but people who need to install a water meter could benefit. The state Supreme Court's 2016 Hirst decision halted development in some parts of the state when it determined that counties were notÃâà...
Daily Record-News
February 8, 2018
Voters will decide whether to form a port district in Kittitas County on April 24. Kittitas County commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday to place the issue on the ballot after hearing from community members. About 20 people attended a public hearing at the Armory. Jim Armstrong and AnnÃâà...
Daily Record-News
February 7, 2018
OLYMPIA (AP) — The information of thousands of people who thought they were registered to vote when getting a new driver's license after a name change did not make it to the voter rolls due a software error that officials at the Department of Licensing say may have been an issue since 2006. Officials atÃâà...
Daily Record-News
January 31, 2018
Before Jim Nale retired to Ellensburg and became chairperson of Kittitas County Search and Rescue, he worked as a bay supervisor for King County transit and lived in Issaquah. Nale had a couple of life experiences that ultimately impacted his decision to join search and rescue. Most notably, one of hisÃâà...
Yakima Herald-Republic
December 31, 1999
as part of the Kittitas County Historical Museum's annual lecture series March 29. Zentner's lecture will cover such topics as why there are not large amounts of dinosaur bones in the region, whether Washington had a fault like California's San Andreas Fault and are the oldest rocks in the Pacific NorthwestÃâà...
