News Talk KIT » ellensburg http://newstalkkit.com Sun, 19 May 2013 05:32:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Rep. Manweller Opens District Office in Ellensburg http://newstalkkit.com/rep-manweller-opens-district-office-in-ellensburg/ http://newstalkkit.com/rep-manweller-opens-district-office-in-ellensburg/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 13:46:54 +0000 News Talk KIT http://newstalkkit.com/?p=227862  

With the end of the 2013 regular session in Olympia, Rep. Matt Manweller has opened a 13th District legislative office in Ellensburg.

Manweller’s new office will be located in the Sun Lake Business Park next to the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic. It

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/rep-manweller-opens-district-office-in-ellensburg/feed/ 0 houserepresentive.wa.gov Lawmakers Look at New National Heritage Area http://newstalkkit.com/lawmakers-look-at-new-national-heritage-area/ http://newstalkkit.com/lawmakers-look-at-new-national-heritage-area/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 14:08:58 +0000 Associated Press http://newstalkkit.com/?p=226608 ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Representative Dave Reichert has introduced a bill that would designate a stretch of scenic landscape from Seattle to Ellensburg as a National Heritage Area.

The Mountains to Sound Greenway encompasses about 1

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/lawmakers-look-at-new-national-heritage-area/feed/ 0 mtsgreenway..org CWU Hires Dennis Francois as New Athletic Director http://newstalkkit.com/cwu-hires-dennis-francois-as-new-athletic-director/ http://newstalkkit.com/cwu-hires-dennis-francois-as-new-athletic-director/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:51:17 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=224321 Central Washington University has announced that Dennis Francois (Fran-swah) will become the school new athletic director. He is currently the associate athletic director for external affairs in the Athletics Department at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/cwu-hires-dennis-francois-as-new-athletic-director/feed/ 0 kit Mobile Home Fire Claims The Life of Ellensburg http://newstalkkit.com/mobile-home-fire-claims-the-life-of-ellensburg/ http://newstalkkit.com/mobile-home-fire-claims-the-life-of-ellensburg/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:33:11 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=204194 A 60-year-old Ellensburg man died in a mobile home fire on Thursday. Investigators with the Ellensburg Fire Department say firefighters found the man's body after dousing flames at the Hillcrest Mobile Home Park in northwest Ellensburg just after 7:00 p

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/mobile-home-fire-claims-the-life-of-ellensburg/feed/ 0 kima Kittitas County Satellite TV Users Seeing Outdated Law Updated http://newstalkkit.com/kittitas-county-satellite-tv-users-seeing-outdated-law-updated/ http://newstalkkit.com/kittitas-county-satellite-tv-users-seeing-outdated-law-updated/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:42:43 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=201313 Rep. Matt Manweller has drafted a bill that would allow, but not require, the Kittitas County TV Reception Improvement District to provide an excise tax exemption to television owners receiving satellite television service

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/kittitas-county-satellite-tv-users-seeing-outdated-law-updated/feed/ 0 kit Rep. Warnick to be in Ellensburg to Answer Question About State Government http://newstalkkit.com/rep-warnick-to-be-in-ellensburg-to-answer-question-about-state-government/ http://newstalkkit.com/rep-warnick-to-be-in-ellensburg-to-answer-question-about-state-government/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:27:20 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=181928 Rep. Judy Warnick will be holding office hours in Ellensburg Wednesday, Oct. 17. She invites people to drop in, ask questions, share ideas, or just say “hi” to their 13th District representative.

“Sometimes it’s not easy for folks from Kittitas Co

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/rep-warnick-to-be-in-ellensburg-to-answer-question-about-state-government/feed/ 0 flickr Gov. Gregoire Extends Eastern Washington Burn Ban http://newstalkkit.com/gov-gregoire-extends-eastern-washington-burn-ban/ http://newstalkkit.com/gov-gregoire-extends-eastern-washington-burn-ban/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:55:05 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=178318 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire tonight extended a burn ban for all counties east of the Cascade crest, prohibiting all outdoor burning through midnight Sunday, Sept. 30. An emergency proclamation declaring a State of Emergency remains in effect, and allows continued air support from Washington’s National Guard to help fight ongoing wildfires

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/gov-gregoire-extends-eastern-washington-burn-ban/feed/ 0 kimatv Ellensburg Park Named in Honored of Washoe http://newstalkkit.com/177626/ http://newstalkkit.com/177626/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:28:49 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=177626 Ellensburg-(AP) A park in downtown Ellensburg will be dedicated Saturday in memory of Washoe, the first chimpanzee to communicate with American Sign Language.

Washoe came to Central Washington University in 1980 with Professors Roger and Debbie Fouts who researched communication with chimpanzees

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/177626/feed/ 0 kit Wildfire Smoke Forces CWU Football Game to be Moved http://newstalkkit.com/wildfire-smoke-forces-cwu-football-game-to-be-moved/ http://newstalkkit.com/wildfire-smoke-forces-cwu-football-game-to-be-moved/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:21:30 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=177289 ELLENSBURG, Wash. (AP) — Central Washington University says thick smoke from wildfires has prompted it to move Saturday's home football game against Azusa Pacific University from the CWU campus in Ellensburg, Wash

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/wildfire-smoke-forces-cwu-football-game-to-be-moved/feed/ 0 kima Air Quality Reaching Hazardous Levels in Ellensburg http://newstalkkit.com/air-quality-reaching-hazardous-levels-in-ellensburg/ http://newstalkkit.com/air-quality-reaching-hazardous-levels-in-ellensburg/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:48:25 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=177039 Air quality in Ellensburg has reached hazardous levels as a result of smoke from north and central Washington fires.

Wenatchee air quality has been hazardous since Sept. 12, according to data gathered by the Washington Department of Ecology

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/air-quality-reaching-hazardous-levels-in-ellensburg/feed/ 0 facebook More Wildfires in Yakima and Kittitas Counties http://newstalkkit.com/more-wildfires-in-yakima-and-kittitas-counties/ http://newstalkkit.com/more-wildfires-in-yakima-and-kittitas-counties/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:28:08 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=176610 Nearly a thousand boots are on the ground fighting fires scattered across Yakima and Kittitas Counties. At this time, the largest one is only 10 percent contained. Poor air quality and heavy smoke is making life in Ellensbu

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/more-wildfires-in-yakima-and-kittitas-counties/feed/ 0 kit Another Major Marijuana Plant Bust In Kittitas County http://newstalkkit.com/another-major-marijuana-plant-bust-in-kittitas-county/ http://newstalkkit.com/another-major-marijuana-plant-bust-in-kittitas-county/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:41:15 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=175966 KITTITAS COUNTY NEWS RELEASE -- The Kittitas County Sheriff’s Office
busted another marijuana grow shortly after 8 AM Monday.  This one, just
two weeks following the harvest of a major grow operation a few miles away in
the Manastash Canyon southwest of Ellensburg

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/another-major-marijuana-plant-bust-in-kittitas-county/feed/ 0 flickr Firefighters Busy Containing Northwest Wildfires http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-busy-containing-northwest-wildfires/ http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-busy-containing-northwest-wildfires/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:40:25 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=175208 YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters have fully contained a wildfire that burned across a square mile near Ellensburg.

The fire was reported at about midnight Wednesday and blackened an estimated 700 acres before firefighters contained it Thursday

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-busy-containing-northwest-wildfires/feed/ 0 Taylor Bridge Fire Fully Contained http://newstalkkit.com/taylor-bridge-fire-fully-contained/ http://newstalkkit.com/taylor-bridge-fire-fully-contained/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:45:32 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=172759 AP-Firefighting officials say a stubborn wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes in central Washington has been completely contained after a two-week fight.

Spokesmen for the Taylor Bridge Fire announced full containment Tuesday evening

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/taylor-bridge-fire-fully-contained/feed/ 0 Containment Date of Taylor Bridge Fire Pushed Back http://newstalkkit.com/containment-date-of-taylor-bridge-fire-pushed-back/ http://newstalkkit.com/containment-date-of-taylor-bridge-fire-pushed-back/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:00:55 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=171269 It's a tough fight with the Taylor Bridge fire and it's not yet under control. Firefighters were hoping that would happen today. But that target date for full containment has now been pushed back to August 29 that's next Wednesday

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/containment-date-of-taylor-bridge-fire-pushed-back/feed/ 0 kima Taylor Bridge Fire Nearly Full Containment http://newstalkkit.com/taylor-bridge-fire-nearly-full-containment/ http://newstalkkit.com/taylor-bridge-fire-nearly-full-containment/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:30:36 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=170162 Washington (AP) Fire crews have reached 57 percent containment on a central Washington wildfire that has burned dozens of homes.

The Taylor Bridge fire east of Cle Elum, Wash., has burned across more than 36 square miles or 23,000 acres of grass, sagebrush and timber

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/taylor-bridge-fire-nearly-full-containment/feed/ 0 kima tv Some Taylor Bridge Residents Returning to Their Homes http://newstalkkit.com/some-taylor-bridge-residents-returning-to-their-homes/ http://newstalkkit.com/some-taylor-bridge-residents-returning-to-their-homes/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:12:55 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=169083 Some residents forced to flee the Taylor Bridge Fire were allowed to return home on Thursday, but the fire raged on, leaving much of Kittitas County on edge.

Fueled by hotter temperatures and shifting winds, new flames advanced north toward Bettas Road

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/some-taylor-bridge-residents-returning-to-their-homes/feed/ 0 kima Cle Elum and Ellensburg Residents get Details About Taylor Bridge Fire http://newstalkkit.com/cle-elum-and-ellensburg-residents-get-details-about-taylor-bridge-fire/ http://newstalkkit.com/cle-elum-and-ellensburg-residents-get-details-about-taylor-bridge-fire/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:59:08 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=168803 Residents lined up Wednesday evening, just hoping for any more news on the fire that has literally changed their lives.

"It used to be right in the valley could see it from my house but I can’t now just basically trying to get some more information on it," said Conner Thompson, a resident of Ellensburg

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/cle-elum-and-ellensburg-residents-get-details-about-taylor-bridge-fire/feed/ 0 flickr Firefighters Battles on the Cle Elum's Taylor Bridge Wildfire http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-battles-on-the-cle-elums-taylor-bridge-wildfire/ http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-battles-on-the-cle-elums-taylor-bridge-wildfire/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:12:09 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=168380 Firefighters continue to battle the Taylor Bridge fire burned across more than 40 square miles and now at 10 percent containment. Investigators are confident that it started a bridge construction site on Taylor Road in Cle Elum

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/firefighters-battles-on-the-cle-elums-taylor-bridge-wildfire/feed/ 0 kima Crews Clearing Rockslides That Block Canyon Highway http://newstalkkit.com/crews-clearing-rockslides-that-block-canyon-highway/ http://newstalkkit.com/crews-clearing-rockslides-that-block-canyon-highway/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:53:00 +0000 Brian Teegarden http://newstalkkit.com/?p=159523  

The Department of Transportation hopes to have SR 821 open by late Thursday.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://newstalkkit.com/crews-clearing-rockslides-that-block-canyon-highway/feed/ 0 WSDOT Image