All persons in the police blotter are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
Faced with heavy snowfall, avalanche risk and the subsequent hazardous driving conditions, authorities decided to close Chinook and Cayuse passes for the season the morning of Nov. 12.
SCAM ALERT: A city man told police Nov. 12 his mother was a victim of an Internet scam and had already wired a large sum of money to a suspect. A report was taken.
Searchers at Mount Rainier National Park were not able to locate two missing snowboarders today before night and poor weather drove them off the mountain.
TOO FAST: Police responded at 2:11 a.m. Nov. 11 to a report of a recklessly-driven vehicle on Roosevelt Avenue. After locating the suspect vehicle, officers arrested and booked the motorist for driving under the influence. Passengers were released at the scene and the vehicle was impounded.
A pork loin meal will be served from 4 to 6 p.m., to be followed by both silent and live auctions. The evening will be capped with a karaoke session.
In Enumclaw, there will be no garbage or yard waste collection on Nov. 22, Thanksgiving Day. Those with a normal Thursday pick-up will have service a day early, so trash and yard waste should be at the curb by 6 a.m. Nov. 21.
Weldon Marc Gilbert, 52, of Lake Tapps, on Nov. 6 pleaded guilty to 14 counts of child molestation and was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison, to be served consecutively to the 25-year sentence he received in federal court in 2009 for possession of child pornography.
Entering into the busy season for food banks everywhere, the folks at Plateau Outreach Ministries and Enumclaw Kiwanis Food Bank have seen an increase in clients coming through their doors but, so far, not an increase in donations.
Bonney Lake Community Resources, which encompasses the Bonney Lake Food Bank on Veterans Memorial Drive East and Bread of Life Food Bank in South Prairie, is facing low food supplies and a number of other headaches. Ebbs and flows in donations and available food are typical but, if the present status quo holds, this is the first year they will be unable to supply Thanksgiving baskets to clients.
At 4:30 pm on Sunday, Nov. 11, two snowboarders, ages 20 and 21, called 911 to report that they had become lost in a winter storm while descending from Camp Muir in Mount Rainier National Park.
Average retail gasoline prices in Washington have fallen 8.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.56/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has fallen 3.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.46/g, according to gasoline price website WashingtonGasPrices.com.
Preserving critical treatment funding for youth, adults tops list of priorities
