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Hydro project goes underground
Black Canyon proposal in final stages before license application By CAROL LADWIG
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Snoqualmie Hurricanes make opportunities for athletes Page 21
A lot has changed in the four-plus years since Black Canyon Hydro, a hydropower development firm, began talks about a proposed power plant on the North Fork of the Snoqualmie River. Two things, though, Black Canyon’s intentions to pursue the project, and affected residents’ opposition to it, have stayed consistent. A handful of residents, mostly from the Ernie’s Grove neighborhood, shared their concerns about the project at the July 13 Snoqualmie City Council meeting. Citing property rights and environmental concerns, they urged the city to use its influence to stop the project. Concerns raised by citizens and local government have already changed the project. Black Canyon’s initial proposal, for a 25-megawatt-capacity plant, included a seven-foot inflatable dam at the intake, a powerhouse 2.4 river miles downstream and a 150-foot tailrace to return water to the stream. SEE HYDRO, 2
A musical Grand Marshal
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Danny Kolke, left, founder of Boxley’s Place jazz club, has been named this year’s Grand Marshal for the Festival at Mount Si 2015. “My reaction was ‘wow’. I think I said that seven times in a row,” Kolke said. Learn about Kolke’s efforts to bring music to North Bend inside on page 12, part of the Festival at Mount Si section, starting on page 9.
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