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A photo showing some of the items recovered during a 2011 task force raid.

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Eastside Narcotics Task Force disbanding | Marijuana legalization, lack of funding posed problems

After 25 years of work combatting drug-related crimes, the Eastside Narcotics Task Force will be disbanding in June.

Eastside Fire and Rescue firefighters demonstrate climbing stairs in full gear on a stair machine in front of the Sammamish Safeway Feb. 13. They will be fundraising in Issaquah Feb. 20 before heading to the “Climb for the Cure” competition March 6.

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Eastside Fire and Rescue firefighters to take on ‘Climb for the Cure’ competition in Seattle March 6

EF&R to fundraise for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Issaquah Feb. 20

Jennifer Sutton on election night in November.

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Jennifer Sutton to resign from Issaquah City Council three months from entering office

Sutton will take a diplomatic position with the U.S. Foreign Service.

William “Reed” Probus is 5 feet 9 inches with brown hair and blue eyes.

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Man, 27, reported missing from parents’ Sammamish home

As of Tuesday afternoon, William “Reed” Probus has not been located, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office.…

Twenty-two Eastside Catholic students qualify for DECA State Championship in March 3-5.

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Twenty-two Eastside Catholic students qualify for DECA State Championship in March

The Eastside Catholic students who qualified this year will compete against 3,600 students from across the state at…

King County Fire Districts 10 and 38 will ask voters to approve forming a new Eastside fire authority during the April 26 special election.

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King County Fire Districts 10, 38 seek voter approval for regional fire authority

“People want to protect emergency service levels long-term, and combining our two fire districts is the way to…

Sammamish Police Department

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Two elementary schools vandalized | Sammamish police blotter Jan. 31-Feb. 5

Feb. 1: An unknown suspect slung an unknown object through a window at Samantha Smith Elementary School, 23305…

Ben Yazici with Ron Bayley

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The business of building community

Ben Yazici retires as Sammamish's city manager, reflects on 15-year career

Issaquah Police Department

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Missing child located by police | Issaquah Police Blotter, Feb. 5-10

The blotter consists of officers’ accounts of crimes and incidents in the city of Issaquah. Anyone arrested is…

The fourth annual Beat the Winter Brews Festival returns to Issaquah Feb. 12 from 6-9 p.m.

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Beat the Winter Brews returns tonight

The fifth annual Beat the Winter Brews Festival returns to Gilman Village in Issaquah tonight.

A sketch of the suspect in a recent house burglary in the Issaquah Highlands.

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Issaquah police searching for suspect in Highlands house burglary

At 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 6, an Issaquah Highlands resident was in their home when an unknown male…

Issaquah School District

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Issaquah Valley and Maple Hills elementary school principals stepping down

The district is conducting surveys to determine what qualities families want in the administrators of their children's schools.…

The Father-Daughter Valentine Dance held annually at the Issaquah Community Center has expanded to include kindergarten students.

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Issaquah Father-Daughter Dance expands to two dances

Citing increasing popularity, the organizers of the Issaquah Father-Daughter Valentine Dance have expanded the event to include kindergarten-age…

Wendell Hansen

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Tent City 4 returns to Mary, Queen of Peace in Sammamish

The mobile homeless encampment — which regularly moves to Eastside locations donated on a temporary basis — set…

Sammamish Police Department asks residents to keep a sharp eye out for mail theft.

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Sammamish police ask residents to report suspicious vehicles, curb mail theft

Since Dec. 14, 2015, the department has received 34 reports of someone prying open locked mailboxes within the…

Issaquah School District

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Issaquah School District nears finish line on setting school start times

The community input process ends Sunday, Feb. 14. Results would be available no earlier than Feb. 22, Superintendent…

Master Chorus Eastside

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Master Chorus Eastside presents ‘Sound Imaginarium: Things That Go Bump in the Night’

The performance will be held at the Bellevue Presbyterian Church March 13 at 3 p.m.

Unlike it is today

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Hearing examiner rules on appeals to southern segment of East Lake Sammamish Trail permit

The ruling, in part, struck some conditions from the permit the city of Sammamish issued in July 2015…

Eastside Catholic students Abigail Kirsten

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Four Eastside Catholic students win National Scholastic Art and Writing Competition awards

Since 1923, the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards have provided an opportunity to celebrate creative teenagers. Today the…

The semitruck that had blocked Sahalee Way Northeast in the afternoon Thursday is being towed away. City crews reroute traffic while the roadway was blocked.

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Sammamish man ‘lucky’ to be alive after hitting semi on Sahalee Way | Update

A semitruck rolled over just north of the Sammamish city limits shut down Sahalee Way Northeast Thursday afternoon…