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Competitors sprint from the water en route to the bicycle transition area during last Saturday’s Issaquah Triathlon.

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Triathletes kick off season at Lake Sammamish event

More than 1,100 participants swarmed the shores and waters of Lake Sammamish Saturday for the eighth annual Issaquah…

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Mariners’ ball girls are also Eastlake fastpitch state champs

Eastlake’s “fearsome foursome” of Stephanie Fox, Kaitlyn Bunger, Kelsey Leaverenz and Kimi Pohlman know what it’s like to…

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Donations could save Sammamish $50K on 4th | Community Briefs

City may save $50,000 on Fourth; IHS Relay for Life; Public invited to 'Rockin' Evening;' Museums announce summer…

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School board to sell bonds for construction projects

The Issaquah School Board is getting ready to sell some of its bonds to make money for the…

Firefighter Kevin Fefvem will retire from his position as volunteer firefighter after serving the city for 30 years.

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Eastside Firefighter announces his retirement after 30 years

Eastside Fire & Rescue Volunteer Fireighter Kevin Refvem will retire on June 10 after 30 years in the…

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iPods stolen at Relay for Life cancer walk | Issaquah Police Blotter

That and many more incidents in this week's police blotter.

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Redmond man charged with vehicular homicide in death of Sammamish man

King County Prosecutors last week charged 26-year-old Redmond resident Kyle Dalan with vehicular homicide. Dalan’s vehicle crossed the…

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Issaquah School Board prepares to cash in bonds for construction projects

The Issaquah School Board is getting ready to sell some of its bonds to make money for the…

Bill Shultz said

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Community holds farewell for Issaquah High School

Purple and gold dominated as hundreds gathered to say goodbye to the old Issaquah High School building at…

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Issaquah approves $1M for health and human services center

Issaquah may have a health and human services campus in the near future. After hearing from several community…

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Town Center vote Tuesday

After years of planning, public meetings and studies by various groups and commissions, the City Council on Tuesday…

Laquita Crumwell sorts incoming ballots from the May 20 election at the King County Elections Building last week.

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Lock it up — new King County elections center in Renton is air tight

A King County Sheriff’s deputy sits just beyond the turnstiles, beeping because someone didn’t have a key card.…

Tomatoes are an easy choice for an enterprising gardener.

Opinion

Looking to grow fresh produce? Try some tomatoes

The first week of June is “tomato time.” It is also the first week to think about setting…

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Tonsillectomy improves boy’s sleep, grades, sports

This time last year, 12-year-old Robert Heimerman’s grades and sports playing abilities were hovering around average. He got…

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Sammamish considering using eminent domain to take part of residents’ yard

When Manoj Gupta and his wife Vinaya Kulkarni purchased their home at 103 245th Place S.E. in 2003,…

Opinion

Don’t let alcohol stand in way of graduates’ future

Thousands of mortar boards will be tossed into the air across Washington this June; a time-honored sign that…

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Tastin’ n Racin’ coming to Lake Sammamish State Park

Hydroplanes, hot rods and hogs will converge next weekend at the Tastin’ n Racin’ festival at Lake Sammamish…

Jack Edmonds

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Buhner, Nelson donate time for Costco Children’s fundraiser

Their old team might be in the dumps, but that didn’t stop former Mariners Jeff Nelson and Jay…

Sean Kinnear checks out some crystals through the lens of a microscope as Cale Smith looks on during a recent science fair at Margaret Mead Elementary School in Sammamish. Both students are first-graders.

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Margaret Mead students play ‘mad scientist’ for the day

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Letters to the Editor

Not all trees provide value

I wanted to offer a few comments on the tree issue as both a homeowner and a landscape…