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Sidewalks now, circles later for North Bend Way
‘AK-47 Bandit’ still on the run
KingCo starts: Mount Si girls soccer can hang with the best Page 10
BY CAROL LADWIG Staff Reporter
Work is under way on new sidewalks, a proposed roundabout, and on a pedestrian-friendly plaza, all on North Bend Way. The sidewalk project is a long-delayed reality that’s almost complete. The roundabout work could happen in two years, and the plaza could happen somewhere in between. “We still have the grant money for the plaza,” says North Bend Community and Economic Development Director Gina Estep, adding that the city should soon get the results from a traffic study of the area, needed to plan and design the project.
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SEE SIDEWALKS, 5
Take Back Day: 160 pounds of drugs, safely out of the Valley Page 2
Seth Truscott/Staff Photo
Traffic moves through downtown North Bend on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 2. Downtown will change with new projects now beginning, including a pedestrian plaza, new, wider sidewalks between Bendigo and Ballarat avenues, and a possible roundabout at Downing and Park
SEE BANDIT, 3
Hospital sale: Preserve Valley role, residents say
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Speakers want programs preserved, local voice at meeting on Overlake sale
Opinion 4 On The Scanner 7 9 Calendar 13 Obituary 14 Legal Notices Classifieds 15-18
BY SETH TRUSCOTT Editor
Vol. 101, No. 20 Del Moore of Fall City wants senior health programs protected in the event of a hospital sale.
Residents told King County Public Hospital District 4’s board of commissioners Thursday, Oct. 2, to protect of local rights and services at the first public hearing on the hospital’s affiliation with Overlake Hospital of Bellevue. SEE HOSPITAL, 3
Echoes of the steam age Photo by Tami Barber
The signature sound of a steam whistle was heard Sunday, Oct. 5, as the Santa Cruz Portland Cement No. 2 steam engine chugged between Snoqualmie and North Bend. Driven by volunteers, the 1909 engine is a rare survivor of the steam era. The Northwest Railway Museum hosted a special weekend of steam train rides last week. The museum is now getting ready for its annual Halloween Train rides. See more on Scene, page 12.
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Plaza, roundabout are meant to ease travel for downtown walkers, drivers
The assault-riflewielding man who robbed the Chase Bank in North Bend July 6, 2012, may have struck again, prompting the Federal Bureau of Investigation to renew its efforts to find the subject. A branch of the First Nebraska Bank in Nebraska City was robbed Aug. 22, by a man matching the description of the AK-47 bandit who robbed the North Bend bank, along with several others in California.