North Bend News

Sen. Ed Murray, left, Sen. Majority Leader Lisa Brown, Gov. Chris Gregoire and Rep.

Good news for users of the big blue bins: It turns out that the only in-person recycling option in the Valley isn't going anywhere.

The 2012 Snoqualmie Valley Relay For Life kick-off event is 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight, Monday, Feb.

It's been three years since a local high school junior took in the sights of Washington, D.C., on Tanner Electric's dime.

North Bend was still recovering from days without power when local actress Robin Walbeck-Forrest was supposed to perform her one-woman show about her adventures walking to raise funds for a breast cancer cure.

King County is accepting wood debris from the recent winter storms for recycling from 9 a.m. to 3 p..m., Saturday and Sunday, Feb.

An avalanche has killed three bathers at a hot spring in northern Japan, where heavy snow also has paralyzed traffic and forced schools to close.

Mark Lyle, long-time starter in NHRA's Division 6 and a certified team member of the NHRA Safety Safari presented by AAA, has been named the official NHRA Chief Starter, one of the most storied positions in all of NHRA Drag Racing.

Avalanche danger is making travel difficult through Snoqualmie and Stevens passes - the two main east-west highway routes through the Washington Cascades.

A botched software upgrade at NORCOM, a regional fire and police dispatching agency, has Eastside Fire & Rescue officials considering leaving the regional partnership less than three years after its formation.

The Sallal Grange will host a Valentine's Day dance and fund raiser Saturday, Feb.

Officials say heavy snow and avalanches in Afghanistan's far northeast have killed at least 46 people since last week.

Lake Sammamish homes evacuated after water main break Power comes back for manya but here comes the wind Early morning shed fire damages home in Kent Electricity began to return to parts of the Valley Saturday, Jan.

Power crews working around the clock restored electrical service Sunday to thousands of homes darkened by last week's epic storms - but kept a nervous eye on another incoming Pacific weather system packing strong winds and heavy rain.

Power crews working around the clock restored electrical service Sunday to thousands of homes darkened by last week's epic storms - but kept a nervous eye on another incoming Pacific weather system packing strong winds and heavy rain.

The Valley's main roads were mostly bare and drivable by Saturday, Jan. 21. But the remaining banks of snow are clogging storm drains, and local urban flooding is already happening due to rain and melt.

Seattle, a city more accustomed to rain than snow, prepared for a potentially major snow storm to hit Wednesday as the city's mayor urged residents to stay off roads and school officials prepared for the worst.

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State government stores money at Bank of America, buys goods with U.S. Bank cards and distributes welfare aid through JP Morgan Chase ATMs.

Snow flurries started in earnest on Sunday, Jan. 15, with thick flakes blanketing the Valley with several inches in places.