Due to the economic hardships of 2009 and the resultant cut in city services, Mayor Ava Frisinger said this week that the City of Issaquah would remain focused on “the City’s essential services” in 2010.
Despite its failure to adhere to the city’s own tree ordinance, and the concerns of a number of councilors that it didn’t fit in with the city’s vision, the Issaquah council still voted 7-0 to approve an amended plan for a new pair of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) buildings on Gilman Boulevard.
“Yana,” is one of several dozen children local non-profit organization Children of the World hope to bring to the Puget Sound this summer as part of a “health respite” visit.
Inside a Sammamish City Hall meeting room on Sunday, Jan. 17, representatives of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and the Bahai Faith gathered to celebrate the community’s third annual World Religion Day.
Federal Way police released a local resident Monday after raiding his Issaquah apartment in connection with a Jan. 17 Federal Way shooting.
Sammamish resident Ivan Leniski, 15, was awarded the Congressional Award Bronze Medal Jan. 15 by local U.S. Representative Dave Reichert at his U.S. 8th District offices on Mercer Island
For two consecutive evenings Jan. 13 and 14, about 230 volunteers called nearly 12,000 school district residents and urged them to vote ‘Yes’ for three school levy measures in the upcoming Feb. 9 special election.
Clark Elementary students were encouraged to don strange chapeau and coiffure alike on Jan. 13 for “Crazy Hat and Hair…
Leniski, 15, will today be awarded a Congressional Award Bronze Medal by U.S. Representative Dave Reichert, recognizing his dedication to the spirit of volunteerism.
Port Blakely Communities President Alan Boeker is stepping down after two years at the helm of the company that developed the master-planned Issaquah Highlands community, effective Jan. 15.
Owners of Issaquah’s HighMark Medical Center announced Jan. 6 signing a lease with local medical services provider Washington Imaging Services….
A regional coalition of public and private environmental interests recently announced continuing publicity efforts to draw attention to water pollution in both Issaquah and Sammamish.
With Martin Luther King Jr. Day this Monday, Jan. 18, fast approaching, nature conservation group Mountains to Sound Greenway is hoping the spirit of volunteerism will help them kick-start their annual potting of vulnerable seedlings this weekend at Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah.
A Jan. 11 early morning fire in Downtown Issaquah caused severe damage to two local businesses, forcing them to close indefinitely.
The Census is looking to hire temporary workers to ensure the 2010 Census is a success.
Each of the school’s 35 homerooms took part in the team-building exercise just before Christmas.
The City of Issaquah publicly released a proposed list of amendments to Issaquah’s Comprehensive Plan – a long-range planning document that helps guide future land use decisions – was recently released for review by the public and the Planning Policy Commission.
Tired of what he viewed as an “offensive” practice, Highlands resident Matthew Barry followed a recent request at the Issaquah School District to drop the Pledge of Allegiance with the same request to Issaquah City Council on Jan. 4.
Worried that voters aren’t aware of an important school levy election this February, volunteers are getting the word out across the Issaquah School District to help pass the tax measures.
After swearing in two new members to its fold, Issaquah City Council’s selected new leadership for 2010 at their first meeting for the year on Monday night.
