Updated 9 a.m. Friday: Two seats on the Ellensburg City Council are contested, and two people are running for Ellensburg School Board, according to the Kittitas County Auditor's Office as of this morning.

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Dillon Duncan was driving down Umptanum Road on a hot summer night in 2010 when his truck turned sideways. He had just passed the point where the road turns to gravel at the top of a hill.

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Jacqlyn fifth, Miesha eighth in first trip to Dome

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The Ellensburg Public Library is hosting a drop-in clinic to help people get started with using eBooks and eAudiobooks from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. 

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Tony Kretschman cites family reasons for departure after 3 seasons

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The Lounge hookah bar and tobacco shop on Water Street hosted a cannabis night Thursday where people over 21 could bring and smoke their own marijuana.

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KITTITAS COUNTY — Results from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission’s “Drive Sober or get Pulled Over” driving under the influence enforcement campaign show 24 drivers were stopped and arrested in Kittitas County over the holiday season.

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Ellensburg’s Iron Horse Brewery announced in a news release it will donate 50 percent of net sales collected on Tuesdays through Dec. 18 to a local person or family in need. 

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Cle Elum-Roslyn School District Superintendent Mark Flatau addressed the Cle Elum City Council on Tuesday to advocate for replacement levies for school operation and maintenance costs and capital projects.“Neither is a new tax and both are at the same lev

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The death of Dar, one of the chimpanzees at the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute at Central Washington University, wasnât entirely about sadness and loss, the instituteâs director Mary Lee Jensvold said at a memorial service Sunday.

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Bring on the decorations, Christmas music, and wonderful holiday foods. The holiday season does not have to spell disaster for your waistline. Read on for tips on healthfully navigating this nutritionally tough time of the year.

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Veteran offensive line leads way for 480-yard, 51-point effort in finale

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The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest east of U.S. Highway 97 to the Naneum State Forest west of Coleman Road remains closed due to firefighting and rehabilitation activity associated with the Table Mountain Fire, according to a U.S. Forest Service news

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A free 2012 Community Wellness Fair on Saturday will feature health information, demonstrations, health screenings and giveaways. 

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Central Washington University President James Gaudino called for innovation and calculated risk during his annual State of the University address Thursday, and announced a new fund to support ideas from faculty and staff.

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Outdoor recess has been rare at local elementary schools over the last two weeks.

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Three of West Coast's top RBs in action

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ELLENSBURG—The Ellensburg Vegetarian Society invites the public to its monthly vegetarian potluck dinner and presentation at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Odd Fellows Hall, 307 N. Pine St. Those attending the meal are asked to bring a vegetarian dish and recipe to sh

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