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Lambda Pi Eta commencement

Rey Green, Reporter
February 27, 2021

Earlier this year CWU announced that graduation will be virtual for the second year in a row. This sparked the idea of a smaller commencement ceremony. Associate professor, Dr. Joshua Nelson-Ichido,...

Demolition of old Kittitas High School

Peighton Bortle, Staff Reporter
February 20, 2021

https://youtu.be/Ci4YlnS6CBY A pile of bricks and rubble marks where the old Kittitas High School building used to stand. Many locals took the time to drive by and see it before it was gone. Others...

The mathematics of finding love

Rey Green, Staff Reporter
February 20, 2021

For some, the Covid-19 pandemic adds difficulty to dating and getting to know someone. Common ways to spend a date night, like going to the movies or dining out, aren't options. Payton Glasser,...

Snowy Summit

Samantha Cabeza, Staff Reporter
February 19, 2021

For some CWU students, it takes a dangerous drive in snowy conditions to get to their part-time job. Samantha Cabeza spoke to workers at The Summit at Snoqualmie ski resort about how they balance a...

Basketball game postponed

February 18, 2021

CWU Men’s Basketball was scheduled to play a scrimmage against Northwest Nazarene University last Saturday before the teams began their official seasons against each other Sunday. But after a positive...

Avalanche kills off-duty state patrolman

Tamara Sevao, News Director/Staff Reporter
February 17, 2021

Steve Houle, a Washington State trooper, was killed in an avalanche on Monday, February 8th. Houle was snowmobiling recreationally in Cle Elum near the French Cabin Creek area when the snow crumbled underneath...

Galentine’s Day

Laynie Erickson, Staff Reporter
February 16, 2021

There is a new holiday on Feb. 13, one that takes the pressure off single ladies going into Valentine's Day. "Galentine's Day" is about female friendships, and since the idea debuted in a 2010 episode...

Traditional Eaton family cattle drive lives on

Laynie Erickson, Reporter
February 13, 2021

Every year just outside of Ellensburg in the Yakima River Canyon, over 200 cows make their way down state route 821. The annual Eaton family cattle drive has been a Kittitas County tradition for well over...

Local radio host Steve Scellick retires after decades on-air

David Snyder, News Director
February 12, 2021

On New Year’s Eve, local country radio host Steve Scellick retired from his long-running morning show on KXLE-Ellensburg. However, he’s not quite riding off into the sunset yet. Scellick plans to...

False spike in COVID-19 registration caused by computer error

Mitchell Roland, Reporter
February 12, 2021

A drastic spike in COVID-19 vaccine registration in Kittitas County last week was caused by computer error, not by people from outside the county coming to register for the vaccine. The Kittitas County...

CWU Grad Turned Tik Tok Star

Tamara Sevao, News Director/Staff Reporter
February 6, 2021

All it took was one Tik Tok video for CWU alum Mackenzie Adams to get on national television. A video that started as a way for Adams to see how her virtual lessons would look and sound. Adams said...

Black History Month Proclamation

Rey Green, Staff Reporter
February 4, 2021

Protests and rallies have raised tension in Ellensburg and caught the attention of the city council. Mayor Bruce Tabb said he believes the Black History Month proclamation city council made on Feb....