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FBI renews search for AK-47 bandit who hit NB bank, offers $100K reward By Carol Ladwig
BUSINESS
Staff Reporter
As law enforcement followed the trail of the armed bank robber called the AK-47 Bandit, who robbed North Bend’s Chase bank last July 6, the amount of reward money has increased.
Snoqualmie woman’s journey brings handmade jewels to town Page 6
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Top, photo by Sandy Horvath | Below, photo by Trisha Miller
A group of spooked elk run through a construction site in North Bend. New housing developments in elk foraging grounds tend to push elk out of their territory, but they usually come back. Below, the Upper Snoqualmie Valley Elk Management Group, serving dinner to the homeless. Pictured from left are Jerry Koepping, Sharen Koepping, Sam Metzler, Lynn Brechtel, Alan Fletcher, Nicole Pemsel, Phil Cassady and Mike Walter.
Flooring it: Mount Si gymnasts put in season’s best performance Page 9
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Local groups work on ways to protect elk, homeowners, in the city they share By Carol Ladwig Staff Reporter
A group of North Bend home-owners is hoping to train the local elk herd to avoid their yards, in favor of a nearby swath of trees. Wildlife experts, though, are skeptical about their chances, and lack of intelligence has nothing to do with it.
Elk are smart, say Department of Fish and Wildlife Officer Chris Moszeter, and Jim Gildersleeve and Harold Erland of the Upper Snoqualmie Valley Elk Management Group. So smart, they can work through almost any elk deterrent people have tried, including a locked gate to a fenced golf course. “For some reason, they enjoy those flags on the greens,” Moszeter says. Or, maybe the grass just tastes better, because elk will do a lot to get on a golf course. See ELK, 7
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North Bend Police Chief Mark Toner, right, with Chino Police Chief Miles Pruitt, at a press conference on the search for the AK-47 Bandit.
North Bend bans homeless camping on public grounds By Valley Record Staff
A new ordinance, making camping on city property a fineable offense, takes effect in North Bend next week. The ordinance, enacting the new Chapter 9.60 of North Bend Municipal Code, specifically refers to issues with homeless encampments, such as trash, human waste and discarded hypodermic needles. See CAMPING, 19
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