The Daily Record

KITTITAS COUNTY — Armed with a stack of $2 bills, my friend Janelle Holzer and I hopped in the car to go Christmas shopping. Full Story »

KITTITAS COUNTY — A state senator says Kittitas County government should work to grant lowered property values to all Upper County rural property owners adversely affected by the state’s moratorium on new, exempt wells. Full Story »

CLE ELUM — The Board of Commissioners of Hospital District 2 has voted to place an emergency medical services (EMS) levy which failed to gain voter approval in November back on the Feb. 9 ballot. Full Story »

ELLENSBURG — Bertha Morrison, 91, was just a teenager when her class went through Morgan Middle School. Full Story »

CLE ELUM — He made his first official appearances of the holiday season this past weekend in Roslyn and Suncadia resort. Full Story »

For THE DAILY RECORD ELLENSBURG — The Ellensburg Police Department is actively searching for a man who allegedly broke into Happy's Market on the 200 block of West University Way at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday. Full Story »

KITTITAS COUNTY — Kittitas County government officials will meet Wednesday with state Department of Ecology representatives on what is hoped will be an agreement to end a moratorium on drilling new, permit-exempt wells in Upper County. Full Story »

KITTITAS — There’s more than just a new mayor taking office with the Kittitas City Council. Full Story »

(Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment in a seven-part Daily Record series looking at charitable efforts in Kittitas County during the holiday season.) Full Story »

KITTITAS COUNTY — A 62-year-old Tukwila man has been reported missing since 11:30 a.m. Monday. Full Story »

ROSLYN — Prancer knows a thing or two about the art of public relations. Full Story »

KITTITAS COUNTY — Kittitas Valley rancher Sam Kayser knows there’s a right way and a wrong way to deal with a dying or dead horse. Full Story »

ELLENSBURG — Pre-Thanksgiving polls may have indicated many shoppers in the state would spend less this holiday season, but it didn’t look that way in downtown Ellensburg last weekend as some retailers reported higher than usual customer traffic on Friday and stronger sales than last year after Thanksgiving. Full Story »

For THE DAILY RECORD ELLENSBURG — The Ellensburg Police Department is actively searching for a man who allegedly broke into a business on the 200 block of West University Way at 12:50 a.m. today. Full Story »

ELLENSBURG- It started as an organization raising food for families in need more than 40 years ago. Full Story »

For the Daily Record KITTITAS COUNTY- A large swap of land between two state agencies, involving property in Kittitas County, is under scrutiny and the public is asked to comment on the proposed action. Full Story »

For the Daily Record ELLENSBURG- Gov. Chris Gregoire has appointed two new members to serve on Central Washington University's Board of Trustees and has reappointed current board chairperson, Sid Morrison, for another six-year term. Full Story »

ELLENSBURG — It’s not just a dream anymore. Full Story »

CLE ELUM — Call it a gift from the community’s heart, tied up in ribbon — often literally — by local elves. Full Story »

ELLENSBURG — Central Washington University jazz legend John Moawad, a retired music professor and well-known as director of the Jazz in the Valley music festival’s big band in Ellensburg, died Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, according to close friends. Full Story »

ELLENSBURG — Central Washington University jazz legend John Moawad, retired music professor and well-known as director of the Jazz in the Valley music festival's big-band in Ellensburg, died Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, according to close friends. He was 72. Full Story »

ELLENSBURG — Those lights you remember from years past? Gone. Full Story »

KITTITAS COUNTY — It isn’t enough for state Department of Transportation officials to warn drivers that the Thanksgiving holiday is annually the heaviest traveled days and weekend on Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass. Full Story »

ELLENSBURG — The court system can be a confusing and even frightening place — especially if you are a child and a victim of abuse and neglect. Full Story »

ELLENSBURG — Robert Daniel Webb, 42, of Everett was sentenced to 94 months — almost 8 years — in prison for first-degree robbery and first-degree reckless endangerment Monday afternoon. Full Story »