The League of Women Voters of Kittitas County and The Ellensburg Daily Record are cosponsoring a virtual candidate forum for the Nov 3 election. This forum will present candidates for the Kittitas County PUD Commissioner race between Rick Catlin and Patrick Kelleher. It will be live-streamed on the LWVKC YouTube channel and may be viewed afterwards on the YouTube channel, ECTV and Inland Networks. Community members are encouraged to submit questions for the candidates ahead of time at info@kittitasleague.org.

Join the archives and history museums of Ellensburg for a virtual tour and panel! The panel will consist of archivists and museum curators and directors as they share about their repositories and collections and how they are providing services during COVID-19. Virtual tours of the repositories will be available to watch following the panel. Sponsored by Central Washington University Archives & Special Collections, Ellensburg Public Library Archives, Kittitas County Historical Museum, Kittitas County Genealogy Society, CWU Museum of Culture & Environment, and Washington State Archives. Registration is required. To register, email archive@cwu.edu or call (509) 963-1717.

The League of Women Voters of Kittitas County and The Ellensburg Daily Record are cosponsoring a virtual candidate forum for the Nov 3 election. This forum will present candidates for Kittitas County Commissioner Position 2: Laura Osiadacz vs Jerry Martens. The forum will be live-streamed on the LWVKC YouTube channel and may be viewed afterwards on ECTV and Inland Network. Community members may submit questions for the candidates ahead of time at info@kittitasleague.org.

The League of Women Voters of Kittitas County and The Ellensburg Daily Record are sponsoring candidate forums for the November 3 election. This virtual forum will present candidates for Kittitas County Position #1: Kristin Ashley vs. Cory Wright. The forum will be live-streamed on the LWVKC YouTube channel, and the recording will also be available on ECTV and Inland Networks afterwards. Community members may submit questions for the candidates ahead of time to info@kittitasleague.org.

The League of Women Voters of Kittitas County and The Ellensburg Daily Record are cosponsoring a virtual candidate forum for the Nov 3 election. This forum will present candidates for Kittitas County Sheriff: Bart Olson vs Clay Myers The forum will be live-streamed on the LWVKC YouTube channel and may be viewed afterwards on ECTV and Inland Networks. Community members are encouraged to submit questions for the candidates ahead of time at info@kittitasleague.org.

The League of Women Voters of Kittitas County and The Ellensburg Daily Record are cosponsoring a virtual candidate forum for the Nov 3 election. This forum will present candidates for Washington Legislative District 13: Tom Dent vs Eduardo Castañeda-Diaz. The forum will be live-streamed on the LWVKC YouTube channel and may be viewed afterwards on ECTV and Inland Networks. Community members are encouraged to submit questions for the candidates ahead of time at info@kittitasleague.org.

WorkSource will be at the Kittitas County Chamber Business Development Center every first and third Wednesday for the rest of 2020 to help will professional development opportunities for those seeking work or training in Upper Kittitas County. 

WorkSource Contract: Laura Chouinard, lchouinard@pfp.org. 

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, observed every October, was created to ensure every American has the resources they need be safer and more secure online. The keynote speaker for this event will be threat hunter, Kellon Benson. Kellon began IT work at CWUs Help Desk as a student and shortly after became an intern in the Information Security Department. Soon Kellon was a full-time security analyst where responsibilities included DFIR, network security monitoring, risk assessment and security reviews, security awareness training, and security provisioning. Currently, Kellon works on behalf of Atos as a threat hunter for major organization.

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, observed every October, was created to ensure every American has the resources they need be safer and more secure online. The keynote speaker for the virtual "COVID-19 & Data Privacy" event is a Senior Lecturer at CWU in the ITAM department, Dr. David Douglas. Tune in to listen to David speak about data privacy in during COVID-19.

Get your FREE books and educational tools at the Kittitas County Early Learning Coalition's Drive-Thru event. Masks are required for vehicle driver and volunteers. If you are unable to come, send a friend! 

Home Delivery available- email earlylearningkittitas@gmail.com and include the names and birthdays of your children and address. 

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, observed every October, was created to ensure every American has the resources they need be safer and more secure online. The keynote speaker of the virtual "Security & Privacy" event will be the Founder and CISO of CI Security, Michael Hamilton. Michael has served as a Cybersecurity Policy Advisor for Washington State, is the former Chief Information Security Officer for the City of Seattle, and former Managing Consultant for VeriSign Global Security Consulting. In a previous life, he was an ocean scientist at NASA/JPL.

WorkSource will be at the Kittitas County Chamber Business Development Center every first and third Wednesday for the rest of 2020 to help will professional development opportunities for those seeking work or training in Upper Kittitas County. 

WorkSource Contract: Laura Chouinard, lchouinard@pfp.org. 

This year we're going virtual, and although we can't provide an elephant ear or Ferris wheel ride, there are a variety of other ways to participate. Kittitas County residents can choose to enter as an exhibitor online, but please note, there are only a limited amount of departments to choose from this year. We encourage everyone to tune in to our Facebook page daily over Labor Day weekend to support our local youth and community. We'll be showcasing entries virtually, and hope to live stream if possible. To learn more and to enter as an exhibitor, please visit: https://www.kittitasvalleyeventcenter.com/p/getinvolved/fair-exhibitors/exhibitor-guidebook VIRTUAL FAIR SCHEDULE
Still Life:
Entries Open - August 10
Entries Close - August 21   We want to extend a HUGE thank you to our Kittitas County Fair Board and Valley event Center staff. They all have been working tirelessly since March to come up with plan after plan during this unprecedented time. We appreciate our community's support as well.

We've been dreaming of getting our Fair Food Fix all year ling! How about you?

With the cancellation of the Central Washington State Fair this fall, Yakima Valley will be missing out on some serious Fair Food and fun. However, while we won't be hosting our annual Fair, your Fair Food cravings can be satisfied! 

We would like to invite you to our first ever drive-thru "Fair Food Fest -2020"! From Thursday, Sept. 17th- Sunday, Sept. 20th, nearly a dozen vendors will be at State Fair Park serving up fair classics such as Young Life burgers, funnel cakes, corn dogs, cotton candy, roasted corn, and more. We may even have some fun surprises along the drive-thru route! 

Help us spread the word! We are on a mission to invite the entire community to come out and get their "fair food fix", so please forward to everyone you know! 

One free 2021 Fair Admission Ticket per car with donation of 3 cans of food! 

The Dispute Resolution Center of Yakima and Kittitas Counties is offering a 40-hour Basic Mediation Training where trainees will receive  instruction in the skills necessary to serve as a neutral third-party mediator, including hands-on experience in mediation and invaluable communication and listening tools that can help in every aspect of their work and home lives.   Additional training that leads to mediator certification will be available to those who complete the course and volunteer for the DRC.
  Cultivate Non-adversarial Dispute Resolution Skills Mediation is an effective way to resolve disputes as an alternative to court, a way where people in the midst of a conflict sit down together to discuss the conflict and develop their own solutions.   With the current divisive atmosphere in the nation, mediation is a great way to cultivate neutral and nonviolent dispute resolution in our community and bring people together. 
  Volunteer Mediators Needed At the DRC, mediators help resolve many types of disputes, including small claims court cases, par­enting plans and parenting issues, marriage dissolutions, landlord/tenant issues, consumer/business issues, family caregiver and other senior issues, parent/teen conflicts, victim/offender meetings, foreclosure cases, and employment, neighborhood, and family disagreements.

Gallery One's Paint Ellensburg LIVE auction. Visit www.paintellensburg.com for more information!