Zoe Vierling-Coulter honored at 5th Avenue Awards

Eastside Catholic student Zoe Vierling-Coulter was recognized June 11 during the 11th Annual 5th Avenue High School Musical Theater Awards. She received an award for Student Achievement, along with 22 other students from around the state.

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3:06 PM June 18, 2013

TeenFest returns to Sammamish

Sixth annual event focused on local music, building community for teen population.

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updated 2:45 PM June 18, 2013

287 graduate from area graduate from Bellevue College

Bellevue College held its 46th annual commencement ceremony on Friday, June 14, in Seattle’s KeyArena in front of the largest audience ever, conferring more than 2,600 awards to the Class of 2013.

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2:18 PM June 18, 2013

Issaquah Women's Club installs new officers

Marianne Crane has been elected president of the Issaquah Women's Club for 2013-14.

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updated 2:00 PM June 18, 2013

Free workshop offered parents

Parents looking for a smarter way to parent their young children will be able to get step-by-step, in-person help, during a free, six-part workshop series presented by Encompass at Virginia Mason Medical Center Issaquah.

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10:31 AM June 18, 2013

Summer Thunderstorms

An area of summer thunderstorms and cumulus convection is moving through tonight, and for many of you this is the first rain in weeks.Let's look at recent radar imagery every two hours.5 PM:  lots of showers on the coast and offshore.7 PM:  the coastal showers moved inland and substantial thunderstorms hit eastern WA.9 PM:  Puget...

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Blogs 10:58 PM June 17, 2013 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Halos and contrails: Is there a connection?

The short answer is YES!Today I received pictures from several of you regarding some wondrous halos in the sky.  Others noted an  impressive collection of contrails...and there is no accident that both apparitions appeared at the same time:  the ultimate cause is the same.Here is a very nice picture from Brendan Fields showing both appearing...

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Blogs 10:23 PM June 15, 2013 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Can You Get More than 100% Solar Energy? The Answer is Yes!

More and more folks are putting up rooftop solar panels here in the Northwest.  And some of them are getting results that seem bizarre.Take the case of Ted Weiler of Kenmore, WA, who sent me a note that other day wondering why he sometimes gets higher peak solar output from his panels during partly cloudy...

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Blogs 3:00 AM June 14, 2013 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Matthew William Hjelm on dean's list

Matthew William Hjelm of Issaquah has been named to the dean's list at Norwich University for the spring 2013 semester.

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10:16 AM June 12, 2013

Parenting series starts July 11

Parents looking for a smarter way to parent their young children will be able to get step-by-step, in-person help, during a free, six-part workshop series presented by Encompass at Virginia Mason Medical Center Issaquah.

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9:02 AM June 12, 2013

Rainier’s Shadow

Mount Rainier is perhaps the most famous landmark in our state...and it can cast the most amazing shadows.  This morning with a relatively uniform cloud deck that topped out around 6500 ft, the mountain's shadow was quite evident. For example, the 5:30 AM visible satellite image clearly showed Rainier's shadow and that of Mt. Adam.And...

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Blogs 1:00 AM June 12, 2013 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

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    Cliff Mass is a UW professor of Atmospheric Sciences. He blogs about the local in the Pacific Northwest.