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Fourteen screen cinema a boost for idling Highlands

Port Blakely Communities took another important step forward in their cultivation of a residential and commercial community in…

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New day, same story in Executive primary

As the mail ballots continue to come in, little is changing in the primary election for King County…

Kamuron Gurol said that while he had not had any feedback from the Sammamish Homeowners Association or individual property owners

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Sammamish SMP draft goes some way to smooth the waters

City of Sammamish Director Community Development Kamuron Gurol, the man at the center of the city’s development of…

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Health care a moral issue

I thought it would be a good idea to pick up the health care discussion from the letter…

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City of Sammamish to launch e-mail info service for residents

Want to know what’s happening on East Lake Sammamish Parkway? Worried you’re going to miss a meeting on…

AmeriCorps volunteers Liz Nixon and Susannah Zeveloff take a look at plans for the five unit site to be built in the Issaquah Highlands by Habitat for Humanity.

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Volunteer half a day at a Habitat for Humanity building site

The slowed economy and a rise in unemployment has meant that more people are taking advantage of volunteering…

23 year old Alexis Chavez got up close and personal with the wild animals of Africa working with a wildlife refuge in Namibia. An exhibition of photographs from her travels in Africa will open in Issaquah next week.

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Images of Africa to premiere in Issaquah

From the very moment Alexis Chavez set foot on the African plains, she knew she was looking at…

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Issaquah in line for light rail

Light rail is coming to Issaquah. And the sooner the better. That is the view of a number…

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City of Sammamish releases draft of shoreline plan

The City of Sammamish has taken an important step in the creation of a new policy document regulating…

Sammamish Little League players Hunter Brazier

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New local companies a part of green business revolution

America is in a period of reinvention. Not only is there plenty of change in the political landscape,…

Construction Manager Bob Carns takes a look at plans for the new Sammamish branch of the King County Library

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Green designs in Sammamish library could save up to 50 percent on energy costs

The new library currently being built next to city hall in Sammamish is being constructed to cutting edge…

Emma Young

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Sammamish Police and fire service work to forge tighter bonds with the community

“I have a question - are there many criminals around here?” The young boy looked up at Sammamish…

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New Eyman initiative could paralyze cities

City governments on the Eastside are eyeing warily another move by professional initiative promoter Tim Eyman that aims…

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Builders praise city decision to defer fee collection in Sammamish

The City of Sammamish was praised by builders and developers for passing an amendment to its municipal ordinance…

Dan Burden

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Democracy and information the keys in barricade process

In considering how they will go about opening or maintaining the 30 or so barricades which are currently…

Ike Balmer as Sparky the Phoenix in the Reach for the Sky July production of 'One Tribe

Life

Theater camp about more than just the arts

The Dreamers lived up in the clouds. Looking down from on high at the strange world below them,…

In the reflection of his sunglasses

Life

It’s a long way to the top

In the reflection of his sunglasses, Ironix guitarist Robert Auerbach gets a glimpse of his rock future at…

Al Jokisch

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Barricade tour ignites passions as city swelters

There is hardly a stronger symbol of division than a barricade across a street, dividing one neighbor from…

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Week-long closure on parkway will require new travel plans

Motorists in Sammamish and Issaquah will need to make alternate travel plans between Aug. 12 and 17, with…

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Transportation group launches legal action to stop light rail

The Eastside Transportation Association (ETA) announced Tuesday that they had filed a writ of prohibition against Washington Governor,…