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City council removes Issaquah Valley Seniors from nonprofit funding, direct administration to come up with ‘Plan B’ for senior services

Signaling the culmination of a year of controversy surrounding its senior center and the banishment of two members,…

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Issaquah School District makes College Board’s AP District Honor Roll for fifth consecutive year

The Issaquah School District announced Monday it had made the College Board's "honor roll" for Advanced Placement-friendly school…

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Kirkland to Issaquah light rail line estimated at $3.3 billion | Sound Transit board faces hectic seven months toward ST3 plan

The Sound Transit board held its first workshop Friday for ST3, the agency’s planned next step in expanding…

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Editorial Cartoon: Outlook hazy for Seahawks

Frank Shiers Jr. has lost optimism for the Seahawks' playoff chances following news that Marshawn Lynch and Jimmy…

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Sammamish water and sewer rates could rise | Public hearing to be held this month

District staff surmised that more water may have been consumed in 2015 than any other year in the…

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No new movement at Talus landslide site | More data needed before safe, city says

Monitoring devices installed outside the site of the Northwest Talus Drive landslide were showing no new perceptible movement…

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Issaquah Cannabis Company cited for underage sale | First and only violation for city’s only recreational marijuana store

The Issaquah Cannabis Company has been cited by the state Liquor and Cannabis Board after a compliance check…

The suspect in Tuesday's robbery of the Bank of America on Front Street North.

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Bank of America robbed

An unknown man robbed the Bank of America in Issaquah’s Olde Town neighborhood Tuesday.

Local items like kokanee salmon replace the familiar die-cast Monopoly pieces in Issaquah-opoly.

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Chamber revives Issaquah-opoly board game for Christmas season

"It's the type of thing you can bring home once every generation," she said.

Battalion Chief Glenn Huffman and his son camped out on top of a truck over the weekend to collect donations for two area food banks.

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Firefighters collect 12 tons of goods for food banks

Battalion Chief Glenn Huffman and his son camped out on top of a semitruck trailer parked in the…

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Inside Issaquah PD’s Citizens Academy | Part 4: Cops in Schools

If an officer can successfully relate to students, students are more likely to help that officer keep the…

A scene from the Issaquah Turkey Trot Thursday morning.

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Issaquah Turkey Trot

Hundreds gathered for the Issaquah Turkey Trot to walk and run the morning of Thanksgiving.

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Editorial Cartoon: Front of the line

This week's editorial cartoon by Frank Shiers looks at REI's headline-grabbing Black Friday decision.

Equipment on Parcel 9 in Talus was vandalized over the weekend

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City establishes Talus information page for updates at site of earth movement

Following hillside movement on a parcel under construction in the Talus community — and subsequent criticisms from area…

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TONIGHT: Special briefing on Talus hillside

The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. in City Hall South, 135 E. Sunset Way.

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Issaquah Council authorizes property tax increase

In the run-up to approval of the city’s 2016 budget, the Issaquah City Council voted to approve a…

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Inspectors to assess property values in Issaquah and North Sammamish

The inspections, which will also include the Lakemont neighborhood of Bellevue, will determine property valuations that go on…

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Maple Valley man arrested for DUI following collision | Issaquah Police Blotter Nov. 13-19

The blotter consists of officers' accounts of crimes and incidents in the city of Issaquah. Any person arrested…

Eastside Baby Corner raised more than $300

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Eastside Baby Corner raises more than $300,000

In 2014, Eastside Baby Corner provided nearly 800,000 diapers and 8,118 "Big Bundles" — packages containing a week's…

Mayor Fred Butler said farewell to Councilmember Nina Milligan Monday night.

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Nina Milligan says farewell to city council

"She has done an outstanding job for our citizens," Mayor Fred Butler said at the councilor's last meeting…