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Rodeo grandstands still on track for end-of-July finish
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (240+ words) The Ellensburg Rodeo grandstands reconstruction project is galloping to the finish. Kittitas Valley Event Center Director Kady Porterfield said construction crews wrapped up pouring the last of the flat work for concrete on Thursday and premium seats are being installed…...
PENNED-UP DEMAND: Kittitas County seals deal for new cattle pens for rodeo
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (363+ words) A system of pens on the west end of the Ellensburg Rodeo Arena are used to hold cattle before rodeo roping events. Kittitas County hired an Oklahoma company this week to build new pens as part of the $14 million grandstand…...
All hail the new 2026 Ellensburg Rodeo Queen: Sky-Lynne Trevino
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (487+ words) The new 2026 Ellensburg Rodeo Queen, Sky-Lynne Trevino. Sky-Lynne Trevino walks arm-and-arm through a tunnel made by the Ellensburg Rodeo Posse with her father, Jeremy Nylund. Former Ellensburg Rodeo Queen Katie Blume stands next to the new queen to wear the…...
Ellensburg Rodeo to crown this year's Rodeo Queen
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (356+ words) The Ellensburg Rodeo will crown its new queen at the close of the 2026 Ellensburg Rodeo Queen Pageant later this month. The pageant is planned for Saturday, Jan. 24, and three candidates are vying for the crown: Peyton Jones, Sky-Lynne Trevino and…...
Ellensburg Rodeo finals end in three-way tie in bareback riding
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (414+ words) Stenson Wright rides Hell Ya Roscoe in a 91. 5 ride on Saturday in Xtreme Bulls at the 2025 Ellensburg Rodeo. Colton Byram of Mound City, Kansas gets tossed from Peace Out during Saturday's bull riding competition. The bareback riding finals ended with…...
Boy, oh boy, and another little boy! : Tex Taliaferro to be inducted into Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (862+ words) HALL OF FAME Special to the Record Thelma and Tex Taliaferro, c. 1950. Tex Taliaferro at his 1989 Ellensburg Rodeo show dedication. Thelma, Ken, and Tex Taliaferro, c. 1953. The old Highway Grille restaurant at the corner of Eighth and Main is gone now, but…...
Mike Beers, Palmer Smith Cattle Company and Tex Taliaferro to join Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (511+ words) HALL OF FAME Special to the Record Oregon roper Mike Beers is a 2017 inductee to the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame and 2025 inductee to the Ellensburg Rodeo Hall of Fame. Tex Taliaferro was a mid-20th century Ellensburg Rodeo board member and…...