Kittitas County News

Water on Vashon, as Islander Donna Klemka pointed out in a recent interview, is the ultimate property right.

Coal -- one of the dirtiest sources of energy around -- was once king in this Upper Kittitas County town.

Another hospital has come out against Initiative 1033. Earlier this week, the board of commissioners of Kittitas Valley Community Hospital passed a resolution in opposition to Tim Eyman's I-1033, saying it would threaten the hospital's financial viability and hurt its ability to provide quality health services.

YAKIMA, Wash. - A convicted scam artist accused of targeting senior citizens was sentenced this morning to 10 years in prison, more than double the standard range.

Landslides, flooding, we've seen it all in this area. And the clean up is always costly.

As soon as she was blindfolded, Lorie Morris felt isolated. She couldn't see who was sitting next to her at the dinner table.

ELLENSBURG, Wash. -- A man accused of choking his sister was arrested Saturday night after leading officers on a short chase, Ellensburg police say.

A solar power plant set for Cle Elum could bring major money to Kittitas County.

Joe Peck would rather go to jail than close his city's water tap. But every time drought parches the dry side of the Cascade Mountains, the state of Washington orders him to shut its valve.

Kittitas County commissioners issue an emergency proclamation for H1N1 or swine flu.

Kittitas County has 300 injectible and 100 nasal mist Swine Flu vaccines on the way this week.

Kittitas County commissioners are giving the go ahead for public works to create a Flood Mitigation Task Force.

The estate of a South Korean businessman killed in a 2007 helicopter crash near Easton, Kittitas County, has filed a wrongful-death suit against the California manufacturer of the helicopter and a Seattle company that operated the aircraft.

Four unprepared hikers were safely escorted off the Pacific Crest Trail early Monday morning after becoming lost, Kittitas County sheriff's officials said.

A tragic ending in the search for the missing Alaska woman last seen just outside of Ellensburg.

A 60-year-old woman from Kodiak, Alaska, who had been missing for two days was found dead Saturday morning.

* August 2002 -- Yakima City Council votes to approve the rezoning of 725 acres around South 64th Avenue and West Nob Hill Boulevard owned by Congdon Orchards, despite objections by neighborhood groups.

Kittitas County, Washington, is experiencing sticker shock for a proposed 75 megawatt solar power plant as the true cost of solar power is coming in at more than three times the promised price, says H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis.

Steve Senger of Senger Construction in Cle Elum, Wash. stands with a home in Suncadia his company recently completed.

Jay Manning, director of the Washington Department of Ecology, is leaving his post to become chief of staff for Gov.