Investigators said the fire that destroyed the Ames Lake home of Eighth Congressional District candidate Darcy Burner was caused by a malfunctioning electrical device, according to Sgt. John Urquhart of the King County Sheriff’s Office.
School Board member Mike Winkler announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from the Issaquah School Board effective Sept. 10, 2008.
Winkler said in a press release that he wants to spend more time with his family.
It’s been a whirlwind of activity, but the Lakeside Senior Legion baseball team came out of the first wave of storms virtually unscathed.
A great ride is about to come to an end for one Issaquah mother-daughter duo.
Dawn and Ryann Bluhm stepped into the equestrian world together and, in the process, they have reached the pinnacle of the sport, winning a combined 16 world titles on their 8-year-old Appaloosa, “I’m a Chocolate Chip” — better known as Jalapeno.
Drivers should plan for delays this weekend on State Route 900 – Sunset Highway – east of Interstate 405 in Renton.
Crews working for Washington state Department of Transportation will close lanes on the highway to hook up new drainage pipes to a catch basin.
Stop with this propaganda being spewed by the likes of Reagan Dunn about biodiesel.
As someone who has used 100 percent biodiesel for seven years, I must reply to this irrational grouping of biodiesel in the same category such as ethanol. There is a concerted effort by the media, politicians and industries to trash biofuels and it is just wrong.
Thinking of buying a new television? Well, apparently you are not alone if a new jumbo-tronic video monster is calling your name. According to a consumer survey taken this May, more Americans than ever are thinking of getting a new TV.
Many things are behind the allure of a new television, from life-like pictures to thundering sound. But there’s another twist I noticed in this survey: the high cost of gasoline is causing us to hit the couch rather than hit the highway. In a quest to save energy, we’re choosing entertainment that doesn’t come with a $4.50-per-gallon price tag.
Most of the public generally believes the state Legislature can probably do better.
However, most of the public also tends to believe their legislators are doing a good job. It’s those legislators from other areas that are the problem. Therein rests the likely outcome for this year’s legislative races. When the votes are tabulated, most incumbents will probably be re-elected and the Democrats will retain comfortable margins in both the House and the Senate.
Every candidate for president, the U.S. Senate and Congress should be asked the following question this year: “Do you want the price of gasoline to come down?”
When people in Spokane say “I’ll meet you at the fireplace,” they mean the one at the Davenport Hotel in the heart of the city. Lit by hotelier Louis Davenport in 1914 when the hotel first opened, the fireplace had been constantly kept burning until the hotel closed in 1985.
Atmosphere: The Coho Cafe has excellent decor. The walls are painted in a bright rainbow of colors that all slide together, reminiscent of fish scales. The restaurant has a lot of open space and feels huge. My favorite aspect was the metalwork sculptures, especially the chandeliers, which had metal cutouts of wavy forks hanging from them. The lighting was excellent, with both pinkish- and blueish-tinged lights. The cooking area is open to the view of the public. Jazz music plays in the background, but the most common noise is that of the many conversations that buzz about in the packed cafe.
For Tiger Mountain Community High School student Victoria Krantz, graduation was history in the making.
Krantz was the first in her family to ever graduate high school.
“It feels pretty good,” Krantz said. “My parents are really proud of me.”
Krantz began attending Tiger Mountain during her freshman year, after falling behind in her classes at Liberty High School.
The blustering winds and swirling snow may have forced the small group to turn back from the summit, but nothing will stop them from reaching their goal of raising money for kids.
“It got a little bit brisk,” climb leader and Issaquah resident Tom Varga said. “Brisk” meant winds of up to 40-50 miles per hour. “We decided to play it safe,” he added.
Varga and his group of five other climbers were forced to turn back at 12,600 feet up on Mount Rainier after the weather got too bad on June 19.
The group of climbers were raising money for a charity group called CFOS Foundation, a grant giving organization created by company Varga works at, CFO Selections financial consulting group based out of Bellevue.
Chris Bohner, a 2002 graduate of Eastlake High School, received his Air Force Pilot wings April 11 as a graduate of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Ice cream, fireworks and fun are in the forecast, beginning tomorrow and lasting all week as the community gears up for a number of festivals leading up to the Fourth of July.
Strength Team, a professional stunt group, performed for free admission June 22-25 at Eastridge Christian Assembly. They combined their impressive feats with an inspirational, faith-driven message.
Geo stretched out toward the new summer sun, calling to the captivated crowd.
A 1993 Honda Accord was stolen sometime between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on June 19 at the Costco Corporate office at 999 Lake Drive. Loss was estimated at $6,000.
An 18-year-old Sammamish woman was arrested at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday for the investigation of driving under the influence, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after Washington State Patrol and Issaquah Police Department responded to a one-car collision on the 1700 block of Northwest Maple Street.
That and a few other tidbits from the Sammamish Police Department’s incident reports.
