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The Issaquah Valley Trolly was moved last week onto this truck to be restored in Iowa.

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Trolly moved to Iowa for restoration

The Issaquah Valley Trolley rolled out of Issaquah Monday to begin a six-month restoration process in Iowa.

The gym at Sunny Hills Elementary School was built as cheaply as possible

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Bond would rebuild Issaquah’s oldest schoolhouses | Photos

A waterfall of rain pours down on Sunny Hills Elementary, slops over the gutters and splashes onto its…

A Liberty High School student refused to be confined by the snowy weather Tuesday and chose to wear fashionable spring stilettos.

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Stilettos on ice | Photos

The Issaquah School District delayed school for two hours because of a snow drift, which quickly melted. However,…

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Man plummets to his death off Rattlesnake Ridge

An Auburn man plummeted to his death off Rattlesnake Ridge on March 9 in what so far appears…

Sasha Visconty holds a hen inside a pen attached to her coop at her Tiger Mountain home.

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Urban poultry farming flocks Issaquah | Pictures

As interest in sustainable food grows, urban poultry farming has had a major upswing over the past four…

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A state trooper’s sacrifice | Celeste Gracey | Reporter’s Notebook

I never met Trooper Tony Radulescu, whose life was snatched away at the hands of a thief two…

Dave Reichert

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Rep. Dave Reichert centers on Issaquah

Congressional redistricting has pushed Rep. Dave Reichert’s district from Mercer Island and Bellevue. He’s now moved his office…

Teachers at Creekside Elementary School celebrate receiving a grant from the Issaquah Schools Foundation. From the left are teachers Megan Norman

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Foundation awards 10 grants for the classroom

The third graders won a $550 grant from the foundation to improve the schools’ Northwest Indian curriculum, a…

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Fundraiser would help prevent extinction of Kokanee Salmon

The Issaquah Salmon Hatchery is hosting its first major fundraiser for saving the Kokanee Salmon.

Stephan Daghofer finds the maple syrup at a grocery store in Issaquah. The ACT program

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Breaking Barriers: How a vocational program helped integrate the disabled into Issaquah | Photos

For 23 years now ISD has been giving students like Boss an opportunity to transcend her disability and…

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Issaquah mountain bike recommendations pass through board, barely

Issaquah’s Park Board moved along a study that would improve mountain biking in the city, but not without…

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Issaquah hopes to recover $380,000 from its half-million dollar storm

Issaquah is hoping to recover $380,000 from the federal government after it shelled out a half million dollars…

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DNR hopes to reopen Mt. Si and Little Si hiking trails by Saturday

The Department of Natural Resources plans to continue its closure of the Mount Si and Little Si trailheads…

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Experimental program frees firefighters from non-emergency medical calls

Eastside Fire and Rescue will no longer be sending out fire trucks to every medical call.

Preschool students line up outside Sunset Elementary School. It's one of three in the district that offers special needs programming before the kindergarten roundup. From the left

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Special needs preschool program gives kids a head start | Photos

Over the past 40 years, institutions for the “retarded” have transformed into special education programs for the disabled.…

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Investigators close Mt. Si and Little Si trails through President’s Day after plane crash

The Mount Si and Little Si trailheads will be closed through President's Day weekend, while investigators continue to…

Sam Jarrett

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Raging River Forest full of recreational potential in plan | Photos

Surveying a path through the ravine, Sam Jarrett stands on the edge of a clearing. A screen of…

Rich Weyls

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Healing hands | Issaquah-Swedish chaplain meets spiritual needs in illness and death

The light-footed chaplain slips open a curtain and pokes his head into Room 3306. His lips form a…

Mayor Ava Frisinger delivers her State of the City address at Issaquah City Hall Monday night. She focused on the city’s economic development.

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Issaquah in a ‘pivotal’ moment of economic development with new department, commission

The city of Issaquah is embarking on a year of economic development, or so it hopes.

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Drive to benefit men and boys in need of warm clothing

Churches are pulling together in a citywide effort to help keep homeless boys and men warm for the…