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    Articles by Kailan Manandic
    Eastside business booms with summer options
    Eastside business booms with summer options
    By Kailan Manandic • June 21, 2019 1:30 am

    Locals can visit numerous new developments this summer, all within Eastside communities.

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    City staff began work on Issaquah Mobility Master Plan
    City staff began work on Issaquah Mobility Master...
    By Kailan Manandic • June 5, 2019 1:30 am

    The master plan will be built primarily on community feedback as it develops throughout 2019.

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    Kailan Manandic / staff photos                                 The new Issaquah Tibbetts Valley Skate Park sits next to the Issaquah Transit Center. The park opened in 2017 and was built by Grindline Skateparks, Inc.
    Issaquah began old skate park removal
    By Kailan Manandic • May 27, 2019 1:30 am

    Community will shape how how the city uses the old space. The new skate park opened in 2017.

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    Legislators budgeted more than $900 million for the Eastside
    Legislators budgeted more than $900 million for the...
    By Kailan Manandic • May 13, 2019 3:30 am

    Issaquah residents will see the state invest $68.4 million in capital and transportation projects.

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    Snoqualmie Casino executive chef Justin Lee and pastry chef Chuck Dugo created a blackberry cheesecake push-pop that one the people’s choice and best dessert award in the Issaquah Epicurean Experience contest. Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce / courtesy photo
    Issaquah has crowned the best local appetizer and...
    By Kailan Manandic • May 3, 2019 1:30 am

    The chamber of commerce hosted a month-long contest to find the best dishes among local restaurants.

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    Kailan Manandic/staff photo                                Officials break ground outside Salt House Church for the Eastside’s first permanent women and family shelter. Workers hope to complete construction in 2020.
    Eastside’s first permanent shelter breaks ground in Kirkland
    By Kailan Manandic • April 22, 2019 8:30 am

    The shelter will serve single women and families with children who are experiencing homelessness.

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    EvergreenHealth seeks to secure funding through a voter-approved bond measure that would pay for critical upgrades at the Kirkland medical center. The Family Maternity Center was last renovated in 1996 and officials hope to modernize the space for new families. Kailan Manandic/staff photo
    EvergreenHealth seeks support in upcoming ballot measure
    By Kailan Manandic • April 19, 2019 8:30 am

    The health system is asking for local voters to approve a bond measure of $345 million over 20 years.

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    Eastside chambers to gather for inaugural business summit
    Eastside chambers to gather for inaugural business summit
    By Kailan Manandic • April 19, 2019 1:30 am

    Five Eastside chambers of commerce collaborated to host the Eastside Regional Business Summit.

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    Seattle Cancer Care Alliance comes to Issaquah
    Seattle Cancer Care Alliance comes to Issaquah
    By Kailan Manandic • April 11, 2019 1:30 am

    The nationally accredited care provider recently opened its Issaquah clinic to serve Eastsiders.

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    Photo courtesy of                                 State Trooper Rick Johnson                                 A DUI collision on state Route 18 that pinned a driver in their car. The 7-mile stretch of SR 18 between Issaquah-Hobart Road and Raging River hosts a disproportionate number of crashes for the amount of traffic it carries, according to state traffic data.
    State transportation budget to fund SR 18 widening
    By Kailan Manandic • April 9, 2019 1:30 am

    If the budget passes through the State House and Senate, it would provide $26 million.

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    Kailan Manandic / staff photo                                Kirkland Urban, the nearly completed mixed-use development in downtown Kirkland, will host Shake Shack along with about a dozen other tenants.
    Shake Shack to open in Kirkland
    By Kailan Manandic • April 1, 2019 8:30 am

    The East Coast burger chain will open in Kirkland Urban, the nearly completed mixed-use development.

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    The downtown flower baskets in Issaquah are funded entirely through donations and maintained by the Downtown Issaquah Association. Photo courtesy of the Downtown Issaquah Association
    Downtown Issaquah launches annual Flowers on Front Street
    By Kailan Manandic • March 16, 2019 11:30 am

    The flowers are funded entirely through donations and locals can make donations for Mother’s Day.

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    Local women’s boutique throws party for first spring lineup
    Local women’s boutique throws party for first spring...
    By Kailan Manandic • March 8, 2019 5:30 pm

    The local Scout and Molly’s franchise recently opened and is hosting a preview party Saturday.

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    Rising rat populations cost Eastsiders thousands in repairs
    Rising rat populations cost Eastsiders thousands in repairs
    By Kailan Manandic • January 28, 2019 5:30 am

    The widespread increase in rat populations has been wreaking havoc in previously untouched areas.

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    Yoga studio expands to Issaquah, serves Eastside students
    Yoga studio expands to Issaquah, serves Eastside students
    By Kailan Manandic • January 25, 2019 4:00 pm

    Spira Power Yoga expanded to Issaquah to offer closer classes for local students.

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    Reporter File Photos
    Bellevue maintains highest Eastside median rent as others...
    By Kailan Manandic • January 23, 2019 6:30 am

    The Eastside sees some of the biggest differences in median rent rate year to year.

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    9Round trainer Cisco helps train trainer Staci at Truong Luu’s Issaquah Highlands location which recently celebrated a year of operation. Photo courtesy of Truong Luu and 9Round
    Issaquah business owner spreads fitness, healthy living
    By Kailan Manandic • January 19, 2019 6:30 am

    Truong Luu recently celebrated the first anniversary of his Issaquah Highlands 9Round franchise.

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    A woman takes a photo toward Elliott Bay as Alaskan Way Viaduct traffic rolls past her below ahead of an upcoming closure of the roadway, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
    Week one of “Viadoom” is viadud on Eastside
    By Kailan Manandic • January 18, 2019 1:30 am

    WSDOT works with commuters to minimize impacts during Seattle’s longest major highway closure.

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    Issaquah highlights resources for storm debris removal
    Issaquah highlights resources for storm debris removal
    By Kailan Manandic • January 11, 2019 5:30 am

    Locals can get rid of storm debris for no extra charge on regular yard-waste removal days.

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    Reporter File Photo
    Eastside lawmakers sponsor Attorney General bills
    By Kailan Manandic • January 4, 2019 6:30 am

    The bills focus on gun control, consumer protection and raising vape and tobacco product age limits.

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    Juvenile Diversion keeps kids out of court and away from crime
    Juvenile Diversion keeps kids out of court and...
    By Kailan Manandic • December 28, 2018 1:30 am

    The diversion program recruits community volunteers to oversee local juvenile cases.

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    Kailan Manandic, photo illustration
    UPDATE: 911 services partially back online
    By Kailan Manandic • December 28, 2018 1:30 am

    CenturyLink and King County report most 911 calls are getting through.

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    Porch pirates strike at an Issaquah Highlands home. Police arrested the two and personally returned numerous packages. Photos courtesy of the city of Issaquah
    Police arrest porch pirates, redeliver stolen gifts
    By Kailan Manandic • December 26, 2018 1:30 pm

    The two suspects were stealing boxes from Issaquah Highlands residents when a local called 911.

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