College football scholarships are nothing new at Skyline High School. Since 2000, the successful program has sent 29 players to the next level.
The Sammamish City Council on Tuesday held a first reading of ordinances to place a $19 million bond measure and accompanying operations levy on the fall ballot. The second reading and decision about whether to send the two propositions to a vote will happen at the council’s next meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the council chambers at City Hall.
Nearly two years’ work, $10,000 worth of fundraising and a considerable amount of donated labor went up in flames last week when the greenhouse at Sunny Hills Elementary School burned to the ground in what some believe was an arson.
At just over $27 million, Spokane’s Lydig Construction, won the bid to remodel Skyline High School.
If you build it, they will come — then judge your designs and use that information to “build it better.”
Barack Obama and “change.” The two are inextricably linked. In his remarkably successful run for the Democratic nomination for president, regardless of where he campaigns, the senator constantly, ceaselessly promises change.
Alarming gas prices and painful levels of pollution are pushing people to explore eco-friendly modes of transportation. Issaquah’s Resource Conservation Office is making that easier by hosting Green My Ride Eastside, a fair showcasing alternative ways to get around. The event will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Pickering Barn, as part of the Issaquah Farmers Market.
At a time when camping trips and swimming lessons often distract consistent blood donors from continuing to donate, the Puget Sound Blood Center launched a new project to encourage people to not just give blood this summer, but give twice.
Sun, sun, sun … at last! After speculation that summer would be cancelled, the sun is blazing down again. And of course, not moments after the sun arrived, so did the chorus of “It’s too hot!”
As the third of five children, I learned to live in the middle, working both sides to my advantage and negotiating — always negotiating.
If you’ve been watching the steady climb of gasoline prices, you may have missed the latest gas tax boost by the state. Effective July 1, the state added the final 1.5-cent increase from the 2005 transportation revenue package passed by the Legislature.
The pregnant mother was first spotted wandering the roadside somewhere along the North Olympic Peninsula.
Issaquah resident Evelyn Zabo was recently elected to the board of directors for the American Red Cross Serving King & Kitsap Counties.
The “Four Seasons in Sammamish” art installation that was initially placed near the children’s area in the Lower Commons has been moved up closer to City Hall because it was damaged repeatedly.
George Crowder officially resigned from his position as Eastlake High School’s head softball coach last week after 16 years at the helm. He is moving on to teach history at Lake Washington High School next fall.
The Issaquah Dragon 11-and-under baseball team ended another impressive regular season July 6, with another tournament championship and a 25-2 record.
