Monday was the first Ellensburg Memorial Day celebration I’ve attended — the first event related to that day that I’ve been to since my grandfather died seven years ago. The ceremony brought back fond memories of volunteering at the Maple Valley VFW chapter — countless spaghetti feeds where I spent my afternoons running around a [...]

Talk about bad luck. I walk into one of Ellensburg’s smoke shops this afternoon to interview the manager (I’m working on a story about the state’s new candy, cigarette and soda taxes) and there is this guy hanging around the porn section. Now, mind you, it’s Ellensburg. The chances of you running into someone you [...]

We got a report this morning that a pair of deer were wandering around Chestnut Street and Poplar Street. Upon further investigation, no deer were to be found. If anyone out there saw such deer and have a photo, go ahead and send it in to the Daily Record. Isn’t it rather strange for them [...]

You see interesting things on your way to interviews — especially in lobbies. Earlier this year, the Ellensburg Police Department installed a metal detection system in the lobby of the building. The purpose is to screen people before coming into the back where officers, and some of the public, are located. In light of the [...]

Today is what we in the Daily Record biz call “Tasty Tuesday” — a day when we one department buys the food while our publisher delivers the quarterly company news. For the past year or so, that news hasn’t been the best or worst news — furloughs, a few layoffs and peppered in with the [...]

Dusty and I were thinking of bringing our bikes down the ceiling of our garage this weekend — spruce them up, put some air in the tires and prepare to head out on the roadways of Ellensburg. Doing so brought back a memory from last year, around this time.  Dusty and I were living over [...]

Hello all — I do apologize for the delay on these photos. I was only able to upload two last night while I was at the city council meeting, but not all of the photos that I have. Here are some more of Tucker’s new friends that he met at the doggie biscuit hunt Friday [...]

Tucker is a spoiled rotten Bagel (beagle-basset hound) who, along with several other dogs, participated in a biscuit hunt Friday in Ellensburg. Well, he was supposed to be hunting. Despite his efforts, and frankly his breeding, he was more into the social aspect of the evening rather than the treats. Regardless, he still had a [...]

Ah, Ellensburg and its ever changing weather system. I woke up to a foggy and slightly frosted morning on my  way to work, only to be attacked by a rainstorm on my way to lunch. On the way back to work from lunch, it was sunny — simply beautiful. Yet, it did not last. I [...]

I’ve spent this week toying with a “Facebook Landing Page,” which will basically just be an exciting photo that our Facebook fans can see when they visit our site. If all goes well, the page should change with different seasons. Let’s see how it goes!