The 2026 Northwest Carving Academy continues today at 8 a.m. at the Kittitas Valley Event Center. The Northwest Carving Academy is a world-class carving event that features instruction on hand and power carving, pyrography, painting, design and basket weaving. LISTEN TO THE NEWS HERE NEWS The weather this weekend could be a recipe for rapid wildfire spread in Eastern Washington, according to state officials. With a potential for record-high temperatures across the state Sund

Coming to Thorp on Saturday! Thursday, July 16th Lennie Tunes @ The Brickhouse Nursery and Gardens, 7243 Manastash Rd., Ellensburg. $15/person, 12 and under/free. No pets please. 6:30PM-8:30PM Cody Bartells @ Dru Brew Cle Elum, 1015 E. 2nd St., Cle Elum. Free Admission/ All Ages 6PM-8PM Silent Book Club @ Iron Horse Brewery, 1621 Vantage Highway, Ellensburg. 6PM-8PM Rodeo City Bluegrass Concern @ The Mule Cocktail Bar, 114East 4th Ave., El

Down at the Hal Holmes Community Center last week, a beaded lizard named Tepe made some new friends and made a few kids squirm. Dan Beck, a retired CWU biology professor, brought the 11-year-old reptile in for two shows as part of the Ellensburg Public Library's summer reading program. The program, called Unearth a Story, runs through August. Next up is an all-ages show, Tricks and Tales with Leapin' Louie, at 11:15 tomorrow morning at the library. LISTEN TO THE NEWS HERE NEW

Pints for Paws takes place at 4 p.m. today at the Iron Horse Brewery. The fundraiser supports Toby’s Hope Cancer Care of Washington. It’s dedicated to help families and their dogs fight navigating Lymphoma. LISTEN TO THE NEWS HERE NEWS A former Sunnyside fire chief, a fire protection engineer at Hanford, and a fire chief from Idaho are the three finalists in Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue’s search for a new chief. Fire commissioners for Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue publicly

Get Your Tickets Now! Thursday, July 9th Toby Hope’s Pint Night @ Iron Horse Brewery Tap Room, 1621 Vantage Highway, Ellensburg. All Ages/ No Cover. Boozy Book Club @ The Mule Cocktail Bar, 119 East 4th Ave., Ellensburg. 21+ 6PM Wandering Souls @ Mike’s Tavern, 427 E. 1St Street, Cle Elum. 21+

The Master Gardeners hold their Plant Diagnostic Clinic at 11:30 this morning at the Armory — bring in whatever's ailing your garden and they'll help you sort it out. LISTEN TO THE NEWS HERE NEWS Drivers who cross the Columbia should plan ahead. Traffic restrictions return to Interstate 90 near Vantage this Wednesday, July 9th, as crews restart repair work on the Vantage Bridge. Expect lane reductions and slower going, so give yourself extra time if you're headed east. Kittit

Starting this week, the speed cameras in those zones come with a 125-dollar fine. Until now, first-time offenders got a warning, and the state handed out more than 85,000 of them since last spring. A second ticket runs 248 dollars. LISTEN TO THE NEWS HERE NEWS The Ellensburg School Board is set to give Superintendent Troy Tornow a raise and a longer contract. The new deal runs through June 2029 and bumps his salary by 6,500 dollars, to 216,500. Tornow started as interim super

LOTS of things happening this coming weekend! Thursday, July 2nd Flowers for Wolves @ Dru Bru taproom Cle Elum, 1015 E 2nd St. Free/ All Ages 6PM-8PM Birdie Fenn Cent and Dominick Antonelli @ Old Skool’s , 301 West 4th Ave., Ellensburg. All Ages, 7PM Toby C. Brady @ Mike’s Tavern, 427 E. 1St Street, Cle Elum. 21+ 7PM-9PM Dueling Pianos @ The Roslyn Y

Looking ahead to the holiday, the City of Ellensburg and Kittitas County host a free America 250 Community Picnic Saturday, July 4th, from 2 to 6 p.m. at Unity Park LISTEN TO THE NEWS HERE NEWS The Ellensburg Public Library’s Summer Reading Program kicked off this week with a wide range of activities for kids and adults under the theme “Unearth a Story.” On Wednesday, July 22, kids will get to take shovels to a mountain of dirt to hunt for dinosaurs. While most of the childre

The Roslyn Public Library hosts its summer reading program, "Unearth a Story," at 11 this morning LISTEN TO THE NEWS HERE NEWS A bankruptcy judge has cleared the way for Cle Elum to move forward. After a two-day hearing in May and more than two hours of argument this week, Judge Whitman Holt ruled from the bench that the city qualifies for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, overruling every objection from City Heights Holdings. City Heights is the developer still waiting on nea