What do you think of a proposal to do away with the county's Board of Adjustment and shifting responsibilities to the county's land-use hearings examiner?

The county commissioners rejected the idea 2-1 in December, but have reworked the proposal. Final decisions would be made the county commissioners.

Read story here.

Were you surprised by Tuesday's election results? Yes? No? Why?

What’s the biggest issue facing Kittitas County right now? The economy? The well moratorium? Health care? Alternative energy? Something else?

Share your thoughts here. And let us know what you picked what you did.

While trying to respond to an article, I got the following error message:

An error occurred: preg_match_all() [function.preg-match-all]: Unknown modifier '\'

What is the problem? Also is there an email address that should be used to report problem instead of using kvtalks?

When grilling a hamburger, you put cheese on one, then the wind lifts it off the chosen burger, and flips it onto an adjacent one.  Yes, it happened.  It's a true story.  

Have you changed your daily routines because of the E. coli outbreak in Ellensburg? Are you washing your hands more frequently? Making other changes?

Kittitas County's recycling rate is 34 percent. The state average is 45 percent. The county's solid waste department estimates every person in the county discards the equivalent of 5.45 pounds of solid waste daily. And it's estimated that more than 50 percent of that waste is reusable or recyclable....

Why is it that when I go to any of the opinion pages there is nothing listed?

What is going on with the water park?  Why did they stopped developing this property?

What do you think about a proposal to annex Vista View Estates, a subdivision on the corner of Kittitas Highway and Pfenning Road, along with four additional properties nearby? The Ellensburg City Council is considering the issue.

Read more here.

A new law making it a primary offense to use a cell phone while driving takes effect June 10 in Washington. How are you responding?

Are you buying a handsfree device? Do...

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Armando Gallaraga, a relative unknown, missed being a permanent part of baseball history due to a pair of extremely bad eyes.

Is Jim Joyce'...

Ken Griffey Jr. has said so long to the baseball diamond. What are your thoughts as baseball witnesses the end of a long, mostly glorious career?

Are nostalgic for the force that was Ken Griffey Jr. circa 1997? Are you happy to see a .184 hitter go? Let's hear it.

It's graduation season in the Kittitas Valley. What advice do you have for local graduates headed out into the world?

What do you think of the Ellensburg City Council's decision not to waive fees for the Head Start building?

Read the story here.

What do you think of proposals on the ballot to privatize state liquor stores?

Click here for a link of proposed ballot initiatives this year.

Is there a list of profanity that we can access? It would be nice to have the list with suggested alternatives to words like He!! where !=L and ar$e where $=S.

I see where He!! is ok in a letter to the editor but not in a response. Ar%e was an alternative to A$$ but ar$e also became profane. I could use "behind" to replace ar$e or a$$ but then I would come off like I was talking to toddlers and I assume I am talking to adults.

There must be a secure, hidden drawer of place where this list can be seen and those words can then be avoided.

Tuesday, May 18th, is the 30th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens.

The blast killed 57 people, obliterated a forest, filled local rivers with mud and spewed ash for miles.

What do you remember from that time? Share stories and photos here.

Okay, what the *#$! is going on with the M's this year? When they're hitting, their relievers give up slams in the 8th. When our pitchers like Vargas and Fister are dialing in, we can't even execute a squeeze. I really like this lineup, but they better start playing up to their potential soon...

A breakdown of bad faith talks between DOE and the Kittitas County Commissioners resulted in an exempt well moratorium in the upper county. Supposedly, it all has to do with the results of a study, already funded by the legislature, on the effects of ground water extraction and surface water....

Did you attend Thursday's speech by Ralph Nader at CWU? What did you think?

What are you doing to celebrate this Mother's Day this weekend? What are your favorite memories of your mom?

Its another Tea Party Day.   Last year Kittitas County had its own Tea Party in Cle Elum.  Not much going on this year.  Yakima though has had several tea party rallies in the past year.   There was a Tea Party rally a few days ago in Yakima.  I found some photos and Youtube links to the rally.  Its pretty interesting stuff.  Why dont our local "Tea Party leaders try to get some traction with coming out with positions on cutting the military budget, medicare etc?   A true Libertarian position would probably have clear positions on Medicare, military spending and our over seas wars....

I was sitting on the couch and felt a jolt. I thought it was my dog jumping agaisnt the back of the couch and I realized he was outside. It felt like an earthquake so I looked on the WSDOT site and it said there was a 3.1 magnitude earthquake 21 miles south of Cle Elum at 2:27 this afternoon. (it's Monday the 29th) and it was only 1.5 miles deep....... so there you go...........

I lost an antique silver moon necklace piece about 1 inch in length somewhere doing errands in Ellensburg. 

Somehow it got off of my silver chain on my neck, and it seems it was the circular ring that held it on that may have caught on something, opened, and let it fall.

This silver moon has a number of holes in it shaped exactly like stars, it has some weight to it due to the time period...