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FINAL UPDATE | Sammamish, Issaquah city council election results

Results in all King County races will are official Nov. 24. To view the results, visit http://kingcounty.gov/elections/election-info/2015/201511/results.aspx.

A kokanee salmon swims up Ebright Creek in Sammamish Tuesday.

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Kokanee salmon return to creeks

Watch a live feed of Ebright Creek to catch a glimpse of spawning kokanee: www.kingcounty.gov/environment/animalsAndPlants/salmon-and-trout/kokanee/kokanee-cam.aspx.

Longtime Plateau resident Wally Pereyra stands in Zaccuse Creek in late July. Pereyra hopes the kokanee will one day spawn in this stream

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Zaccuse Creek could prove a boon for kokanee

Longtime Plateau resident aims to rehabilitate the creek and introduce the freshwater species to it, but he needs…

Sammamish Citizen Corp information hub coordinator Barb Clayton

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No power, no cell, kids in school — now what?

Sammamish participates in citywide emergency preparedness drill Oct. 31

Cascade Ridge Elementary School students and green team members Elani Rocker and Lex Martinkosky help their peers sort trash from recyclable goods this year. Students have kept thousands of apple sauce and drink pouches out of the landfill since the school joined TerraCycle’s national recycling program last year.

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Sammamish elementary school participates in national recycling program

Cascade Ridge Elementary School students have kept thousands of apple sauce and drink pouches out of the landfill…

Sammamish City Council candidates Ramiro Valderrama-Aramayo (Position 4)

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Election update | Aligned Sammamish City Council candidates lead in election; mayor holds out ‘faint hope’ after initial results

Tom Hornish leads in Position 6 against Mayor Tom Vance; Christie Malchow leads in Position 2 against Mark…

Mushroom expert Daniel Winkler spoke to more than 60 people about mushrooms’ favorite hide-outs

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Eastside branch aims to bring native plant meetings closer to home

Washington Native Plant Society members are establishing an Eastside branch that meets in Bellevue to make the commute…

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UPDATE | Chipotle voluntarily closes 43 restaurants as officials investigate E. coli outbreak

Twenty-five cases reported in Washington and 12 cases in Oregon; six people in King County are reportedly infected

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Carol Fedigan sentenced to more than 6 years Friday

On Friday, a King County judge sentenced the Sammamish woman who drove through her lakefront home killing two…

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Sammamish YMCA to hold job fair

The Sammamish YMCA is looking to fill 150-200 full- and part-time positions at the new Sammamish Community &…

Sammamish police.

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Wicker furniture tossed out of second-story apartment window | Sammamish Police Blotter Oct. 16-24

The police blotter consists of officers' accounts of crimes and incidents in the city of Sammamish. Anyone arrested…

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City hopes to bid for website update

The city of Sammamish has $75,000 in the 2015-16 budget earmarked for an upgrade to the city’s website,…

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Sammamish continues to move forward on annexation process

Transition committee to hear from police chief, census to begin in mid-December

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City to hold Sahalee Way open house

The city of Sammamish will hold a second open house for the Sahalee Way project, which is estimated…

Irish President Michael Higgins shakes hands with a Skyline High School student during Higgins time on the Plateau to watch students play Gaelic football Oct. 22.

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Irish president visits Skyline High

The visit is a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity,’ Skyline PE teacher says.

From left to right

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A look at Sammamish City Council candidates’ campaign funding

In all, Sammamish City Council candidates have raised more than $50,000 for this campaign season, according to the…

At Nightmare at Beaver Lake Park shrieks could be heard last week as attendees walked through 33 sets

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The nightmare continues through Halloween

Nightmare at Beaver Lake kicked off its 12th annual scare Oct. 16. It will continue Thursday through Sunday;…

Six-year-old Emily Alexander holds the book she wrote

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First grader publishes Amazon best-seller

Emily Alexander of Sammamish wrote and illustrated “The Cheese Stick and the Mountain,” which she self-published through CreateSpace,…

Eastlake High School students walk out to the campus sports field during the 2015 Great Washington ShakeOut Earthquake drill Oct. 15 shortly after 10:15 a.m.

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City, schools participate in statewide earthquake drill

Students, teachers and staff members practiced how to drop, cover and hold on Oct. 15 at 10:15 a.m.

Donations for the 2016 Hope Festival collected after three days. The EX3 Teen & Recreation Center is accepting new or gently used clothing through Nov. 6 on weekdays 1-6:30 p.m.

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Hope Festival clothing drive collecting items now

A clothing drop-off site in Sammamish is collecting donations in preparation for the 2016 Hope Festival. The Redmond/Sammamish…