Carbonado News

Four local piano students recently competed in Central Washington Universitya TMs 2009 Sonata-Sonatina Festival.

Two teens were arrested early Wednesday after breaking into or vandalizing about 30 cars in Kennewick, authorities said.

A 20-foot deep landslide has shut down state Highway 410 between milepost 104 and 108 about ten miles west of Naches.

The Buckley City Council hosted its first formal budget discussion to address what will be done about a deficit of approximately $278,000 heading into discussions surrounding its 2010 financial plan.

Unless Buckley City Council members come up with money in an already-tight 2009 budget, the associate city planner's position will be eliminated at the end of September.

An old political axiom maintains that nothing really heats up until after Labor Day.

Backpacks are packed and the buses are rolling. More students around our region are walking into new classrooms Tuesday as the school year gets under way.

Thousands of students will return to public school campuses across the state and around the Sound in the next two weeks.

Leaders in the Carbonado, Enumclaw and White River school districts were celebrating the positives and preparing to tackle trouble spots as they pored over Washington Assessment of Student Learning results.

Lambert "Skeek" Gon-zales proclaims to know more about the history of Wilkeson and its glory days - " when the rich natural resources fueled the local economy - " than any person alive.

Puget Sound Energy is notifying customers in Wilkeson and Carbonado of a scheduled power outage from 2 to 5 a.m. July 25.

The Pinch Plum in Burnett may be the town's newest store, but everything behind the store, from the building to the name, is ripe with history.

Buckley Fire Chief Alan Predmore was recently authorized by the Buckley City Council to extend an operating agreement with American Medical Response to provide advanced life support services to Buckley, Carbonado, Greenwater and Crystal Mountain.

Buckley City Council spent a busy 90 minutes at the city's Multi-Purpose Center Wednesday night.

Another change is coming to Skeeka s, the Church Street business owned by longtime Wilkeson resident Lambert a oeSkeeka Gonzales.

A pair of contested mayoral races highlight the Plateau's political landscape, now that the 2009 filing period has come to an end.

School board seats across the Plateau are open, starting with current Enumclaw School Board President Cathy Dahlquista s and board member Chris Van Hoofa s positions.