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Finding Kind filmakers talks about why girls are mean | Q&A

Issaquah & Sammamish Reporter writer Celeste Gracey spoke with filmmaker Lauren Parsekian about her documentary, Finding Kind. A…

Jema Hayes

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Conservation begins at native plant nursery | Photo Gallery

Grasping the 2-foot saplings by their tender trunks, the gardener moved them to make room for the day's…

Business

Have a Mondo Coffee stamp card? Woman asks people to stop calling the number on it

When Mondo's coffee first opened it accidentally printed the wrong number on its stamp cards for free coffee,…

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Father beats son for not accepting homework help | The Issaquah Blotter

A father beat up his son, after he refused help studying AP biology in Issaquah Jan. 17.He told…

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Businesses face thousands in losses after outage

A picture of a melting snowman decorated a paper sign in Georgia Manning's gift shop window – Snowmaggedon…

Brad Liljequist explains how the water cisterns at the Issaquah ZHomes work. The project was the first to receive the EPA's WaterSense award.

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A flush for the future, ZHomes moves beyond energy with new EPA award

National attention for the ZHome community’s energy efficiency shifted with a flush of a toilet Wednesday. “It’s .8…

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Get a camera ticket on Issaquah’s Second Avenue? So did 5,580 others

A few weeks ago I received an inglorious photo in the mail of my Outback speeding along Second…

Audry Sammons packs up a laptop in the lobby of the Issaquah Community Center. A Red Cross Shelter was allowing residents charge their electronics in the lobby.

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Issaquah shelter provides warm place, charging center for those without power

It was 43 degrees in Yvonne Coder's home, when she decided to take her family to the Red…

A snarly mess of broken branches and split trees covers a sidewalk on Front Street in Issaquah.

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Weight of slush splits trees, blocks seven roads in Issaquah

Rain topping off snow and ice on Issaquah trees has left numerable trees damaged and block seven roads…

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Issaquah and Lake Washington school districts closed Friday

Both Issaquah and Sammamish announced that they plan to cancel classes Friday, after a snow storm last a…

Mark Barfield plows Front Street with a dump truck modified for the weather. While most of Issaquah stayed home Wednesday

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Possibly 3-4 days before 18,000 in Issaquah get power back

About 18,000 people are without power in Issaquah today, and Puget Sound Energy won't have an idea of…

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Downed tree kills a man near Issaquah

A 60-year-old May Valley man died Thursday after being struck by a falling tree while he was rolling…

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Downed trees cause road closures in Issaquah

Road closures, city closures and service cancellations for Thursday

A tractor fills a dump truck

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Making Way: Issaquah plow trucks to dump 250 tons of sand today | Photos

While most of Issaquah slept Tuesday night, Mark Barfield, a 19-year veteran of the city's maintenance department said…

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Issaquah and Sammamish are still in for more snow, but not Snowmagedon

Forecasts for Wednesay's "Snowmagedon" scaled back Tuesday afternoon with more meteorologists calling for 2-6 inches instead of 5-14…

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Need to know cancellations for Issaquah Tuesday

In addition to the Issaquah School District canceling classes today, the city plans to shut down a number…

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Issaquah museum presents winter history program

The Issaquah History Museum is planning a winter program with an illustrated lecture on the city’s history since…

Julie Hunter

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Giving history: unique finds this year for Issaquah’s museum

or a museum that relies solely on the generosity of others to fill its exhibits, last year produced…

Mark Mullet

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Mullet to challenge Sen. Cheryl Pflug’s seat as Democrat

Mark Mullet, owner of Zeek’s Pizza in the Highlands, will challenge a longstanding Republican for her state Senate…

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High court takes charge of making sure lawmakers give more money to education

Education advocates are hoping a ruling from Washington State Supreme Court, which called the legislature's underfunding of schools…