The Northwest Paragliding Club began in the mid 90s, as just a group of local enthusiasts throwing themselves off Tiger Mountain with modified parachutes and enjoying the silence and serenity of a glide around the Issaquah Alps.
The Sammamish City Council Tuesday night voted unanimously to approve the annexation of the Rosemont at Timberline subdivision into the city.
The City of Sammamish will need to come up with about $500,000 in additional operating revenue each year in order to comply with new storm water regulations now being passed down by the Department of Ecology.
The City of Issaquah is currently in negotiations with The Green Car Company, which is considering a move from their current Bellevue headquarters.
Every good band scene needs a focal point – a store, a club, or a gallery – a venue around which budding musicians gather to tell war stories, jam, share ideas, make plans.
There are about 30 barricades currently blocking streets around Sammamish.
Some of these date back to the days before incorporation, and are the work of King County planners, or projects initiated by the county. Some were installed by the City of Sammamish.
The labors of those involved in the Issaquah Flatlands Community Garden are starting to bear fruit, in more ways than one.
It isn’t easy to find a good news story in the American car industry these days.
The Federal government is currently working on restructuring a market which has been one of the hardest hit, by not just the current recession, but also a growing awareness of shrinking oil reserves around the world.
The weather gods were once again smiling on Issaquah Rotary and Life Enrichment Options with their annual soapbox derby held in brilliant sunshine on Saturday.
I received a good bit of direct feedback this week regarding a story I had written about the Shoreline Master Plan, property owners, and the ecology of Lake Sammamish.
Typically when we consider the work done by community volunteers and service groups we think local — repairs to a local church, fundraising for a local school, sponsorship of local students.
It is not often that the wider community gets to hear the opinions of children on an issue that affects them — drug and alcohol abuse.
Issaquah’s Gary Wood points what looks like a radar gun at a seemingly innocuous corner of the room. We are standing in a home in the Seattle neighborhood of Maple Leaf.
The real estate market in Issaquah, in many ways an indicator of consumer confidence and the economic realities of area residents, is showing some signs of recovery.
Sammamish Council, other landowners, are intimidated by development advocates, and lakes will suffer, says founder of Save Lake Sammamish
Sammamish schools may have to make do with their manual lettering signs, at least for the time being, after the City of Sammamish Planning Commission voted last Thursday to recommend that the city not amend its sign code.
Engraved into the footpath leading up to the front entrance of Eastside Catholic High School in Sammamish are some words of wisdom, in bronze, the gift of the class of 2008 to their future fellow alumni.
The City of Issaquah and the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District have signed an agreement to explore jointly funding construction of a water treatment system specifically for urban storm water runoff.
Despite the support of only about 30 percent of the owners of the 74 properties around the planned Southeast 20th Street sewer system construction, the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District will go ahead with the project.
Schools in Sammamish may have to make do with their manual lettering signs, at least for the time being, after the City of Sammamish Planning Commission voted last Thursday to recommend that the city not amend its sign code.
