Three houses were evacuated and a section of streets blocked off after a car accident broke a natural gas device on 248th Avenue Southeast, near Southeast 17th Street, on Monday night.
As the residents of Issaquah and Sammamish begin weighing up the candidates for positions on their own city councils, at the same time another election race is unfolding that may have a great impact on the lives of Eastside residents.
Rarely does there spring up so tangible a piece of evidence of the power of community.
Just a few months ago the idea of a community garden in Issaquah was just that, an idea.
On a wall at the City of Issaquah council chambers on East Sunset Way hangs a board decorated with 27 gold plaques.
The plaques bear a list of names, names that are synonymous with the recent history of the city, men and women who have become known as remarkable contributors to the lives of the people that live here.
At the Issaquah History Museums’ night of nights on Thursday evening, Eric Martin was honored for contributing more than 200 hours of his own time to the museum in 2008.
At the City of Sammamish annual retreat four months ago, Council member Nancy Whitten suggested that city staff consider combining the celebrations for the city’s upcoming 10th Birthday in August, and the annual Fourth of the Plateau event in July, as a way of cutting expenditure.
For most of us, for whom theater is an entertainment, the rising of the curtain represents the beginning, the revealing of the entertainment, the start of the event.
Council to consider just what it is worth to restore historic Freed farmhouse
The poor economy and difficult environment for business has again proved to be a windfall for the City of Sammamish, with bids for the 244th Avenue Improvement project coming in at up to $3.5 million less than was budgeted.
King County has offered the city of Sammamish $750,000 to help create a program which aims to protect environmentally sensitive and significant land.
“I’m so proud I could just die,” said Amy Moe. She is sitting at one of the tables right at the back of the crowded room.
As a student and young professional in the twin cities of Minnesota, Tola Marts saw the devastating and permanent effect that the economic cycle can have on small cities and towns.
Hard-working family has the rug pulled out from under them as owners of their rental home foreclose
The opening day of the market was blessed by good weather, with the sun breaking through the clouds just minutes before it was due to open.
‘From the mouths of babes’ — Mead students join UK children in Wish Flag initiative
As schools in the Issaquah and Lake Washington school districts struggle to deal with recent budget cuts which have reduced teacher numbers and funding for a number of core programs, the fundraising efforts of Parents Teacher Associations are now seen as being crucial to sustaining quality of education.
Police continue investigation of handgun incident in downtown Issaquah
Students take on recycling program and reduce waste, boost reuse,
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The Day of the Three Thunderstorms may sound like the title of an ancient fable, or a mythical tale of mother earth and winds and messages sent down from above.
“Many native people, such as the Tlingit people, believe that each generation is responsible for the seven generations that come after them.”
