Thanks to the unique geology of wells that feed Issaquah’s water supply, the City of Issaquah’s Public Works Operations Department will be conducting routine water main flushing over a period of two weeks, starting March 15.
Crews will conduct the annual maintenance on the mains in the northwest part of the city. The water lines serve neighborhoods that lie near the Interstate 90 corridor including Lakemont, Montreux, Talus, Pickering, Tibbetts Creek, Gilman and Newport.
Firefighters with Eastside Fire & Rescue (EFR) and Redmond Fire Department last night rescued a mountain biker at Soaring Eagle Park.
A 21-year-old Seattle man is in custody after pointing a loaded pistol at another driver on I-90 in Seattle during…
Sammamish Girl Scout Troop 41938 continued their great program of community service, serving a delicious hot dinner to the residents of Tent City 4 in Issaquah recently.
Hearings examiner rules for communications company despite residents objection to 120 foot cell tower in their neighborhood.
Habitat for Humanity AmeriCorps Program is now accepting applications for the 2010-2011 AmeriCorps team.
Citizens in the Issaquah School District have a long history of supporting their schools. During the “Boeing Recession” of the l970s, however, school levies all over the state failed in l976 and 1977.
Issaquah was no exception. Levies then needed 60 percent to pass. Though more than 50 percent of Issaquah district’s voters voted yes, the levies failed.
Construction of “Phase 1B” of the East Lake Sammamish Parkway project will begin in April. It will widen and make seismic improvements to an existing bridge along the parkway and extend other road improvements about an eighth of a mile north of where the “Phase 1A” ended at Northeast 18th Place.
The reputation of Issaquah’s Salmon Days Festival is growing.
Intertwined with the issue of who will look after the park is the bigger issue of whether Klahanie will be annexed to Issaquah or Sammamish in the future, remain as a neighborhood of unincorporated King County, or incorporate itself to become the City of Klahanie.
Visioning long-range plans for redeveloping the city, a citizen’s panel is trying to incorporate a significant “green necklace” concept into…
The Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank is in need of a driver to pick up donations on Wednesday mornings from…
Issaquah, get ready to increase your natural Vitamin D high. Daylight Saving Time is set to begin this Sunday, March…
Washington State Department of Transportation bridge crews will perform monthly maintenance work on the State Route 520 Evergreen Point floating bridge early Thursday morning.
The SAMMI Awards of Distinction will be held this Saturday night.
A Snoqualmie man involved in a Feb. 22 vehicle rollover on Interstate 90 in Issaquah has succumbed to his injuries,…
For years since her diagnosis of terminal cancer, Tiger Mountain resident Kathy Sparks has been fighting an uncertain and losing battle to stay alive. But she’s grateful a new law – The Death With Dignity Act – will at least allow her to control when and how she dies.
Speaking publicly at a March 4 press conference at the Seattle Public Library almost a year after the law took effect, Sparks, 56, told the audience that once all other options were exhausted, the ability to control her end-of-life care gave her the ”peace of mind” she desired.
A 60-year-old Sammamish man, Daniel Kruse, died in a cabin in a remote area along the Columbia River, north of Vantage, on Sunday morning.
The City of Sammamish will hold a number of recycling, waste reduction, and hazardous waste collection programs in 2010.
The programs are a part of the city’s efforts to reduce the amount of waste going to landfills as well as to properly collect and dispose of household hazardous and moderate risk wastes.
Concerned by frequent reports that motorists were ignoring speed limits outside Discovery Elementary School on 228th Avenue, Sammamish Police will be conducting random traffic patrols in the area until the end of the school year.