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It's also the last week to enter the Ellensburg Bike Month raffle. Download the free Adventure Lab app, log your rides, and pick up your raffle tickets at the Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce Information Center through Friday. Prizes include a Catrike recumbent trike and gift cards to the Recycle Shop. -- LISTEN TO THE NEWS HERE NEWS Cle Elum has more time to figure out how to pay its debts. A federal bankruptcy judge agreed to push the city's deadline from May 30 to July

As the school term nears it's end, there are plenty of free recitals to enjoy at CWU. Check out this week's events here! Thursday, May 28th CWU Music Building Concerts for May 28th 2PM Piano Chamber Music Recital 6PM Jazz Combo Concert 1 8PM Jazz Combo Concert 2 Free Green Drinks W/ CWU Sustainability, @ Iron Horse Tap Room, 1621 Vantage HWY, Ellensburg. All Ages. 6:30PM-8PM Cattl

The WSU Extension Master Gardeners hold their weekly Plant Diagnostic Clinic at 11:30 a.m. at The Armory — bring your sick plants and the volunteers will help you figure out what's wrong. LISTEN TO THE NEWS HERE NEWS The Cle Elum City Council meets tonight to interview two candidates for an open seat on the seven-member council. Jessi Campbell, a longtime Cle Elum resident and Cle Elum Fire Department firefighter-EMT, and Sarah Hubbard, an associate director at Harvard Kenned

Looking ahead to next Tuesday, Seattle University professor and author Sonora Jha visits Central Washington University as part of the Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series. Jha will give a free craft talk at noon and a reading at 5:30 p.m. in Black Hall's Multicultural Center. Free lunch is served to people who come to the noon talk. Her novel "Intemperance" won a Washington State Book Award and was named a Best Book of 2025 by Library Journal. Both events include a Q&A and book

Ida Nason Aronica Elementary School is offering a free, full-day summer program for kids going into second through fifth grade. It's called DiscoverWorks. Sixty-three students are already signed up. The program runs June 22nd through July 30th and includes daily math and reading, breakfast, lunch, snacks, plus arts, science, sports, and field trips. Ellensburg is one of the few districts in Washington picked for the pilot year. Families should contact the school for registrat

Gallery One is hosting an Artist's Studio Tour this Saturday, May 16, from 1 to 3 p.m., featuring stained glass artist and photographer Julie Prather. Prather is a longtime Gallery One artist and the 2025 City Arts Treasure Award recipient. She has been making stained glass since 1974, and on Saturday she will open her art-filled home and studio to visitors and give several presentations about her work. Desserts, cheeses, and a special Prosecco drink will be served. Tickets a

The Dusty 45's Kick Off Kittitas Cafe's Summer Music Series with a Free Outdoor Show this Friday May 15th. Tacos Califas will be there too! Thursday, May 14th Plant Bingo @ The Porch Steakhouse. 608 N. Main St., Ellensburg. $10 reservation. All proceeds go to Elijah’s cancer treatments. 6PM-8PM Central Theatre Ensemble presents: Urine Town, (opening night) @CWU McConnell Auditorium. Tickets @ https://cwuwildcattickets.univer

There's a new spot for tacos and burritos in downtown Ellensburg. Abel Micheal Villa has moved his El Loco food truck into the brick-and-mortar space at 207 North Main Street, the location that sat empty after A Taste of India closed in December. Villa, originally from Jalisco, Mexico, ran the food truck in the Warrior's Quick Stop parking lot for five years before making the jump. His expanded menu adds guiso, tortas, soups, and seafood dishes like ceviche and aguachile to t

Quiet Cadence, the local horse-and-mental-health farm, has been picked to join Horses for Mental Health — an international fundraising campaign that brings together 130 organizations. Washington Rodeo Roundup Princesses Ana and Clara Jentges are serving as fundraising ambassadors for Quiet Cadence this month. LISTEN TO THE NEWS HERE NEWS The race to replace Greg Zempel as Kittitas County prosecuting attorney is shaping up to be a primary showdown. Three candidates have filed:

So many great events happening in the Valley this weekend! Check Out Our List! Don't Miss Out! Thursday, May 7th Mother’s Day High Wine @ Bon Somm, ( Like High Tea, But with wine!) Several Reservations to choose from. $55 Prepaid per guest. 21+ Dates available: May 7th, 12PM 5PM, May 8th , 2PM, 3PM, 6PM, May 9th 12PM, 3PM, 6PM Order here: https://www.bon-somm.com/product/f-te-des-m-res-mother-s-day-high-wine-may-2026-prepaid-reservation/4J6RBRGEAGAMKYI2KWJKTCUI Elle