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Infants from Evergreen Academy Preschool in Issaquah standby as their peers sing classic holiday carols to residents at Spiritwood at Pine Lake

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Preschoolers serenade elderly with holiday classics | Slideshow

For the fourth year in a row, Evergreen Academy Preschool students visited the nearby retirement community, Spiritwood at…

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Talk on Vaastu-inspired homes, a family movie night and coding for children at the library | Community events Dec. 19-23

The Reporter welcomes calendar items for nonprofit groups and community events. This list highlights the upcoming weekly community…

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Issaquah allotted second marijuana retailer

The increased allotments are the result of work by the Board, the state Department of Health and other…

A before (left) and after (right) shot of the mid section of Zaccuse creek. Sammamish resident Gary Mahn took the more recent photo on his property after last week’s rain.

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Zaccuse Creek fares through heavy winter rains, washout

Louis Thompson Hill Road safe after November washout into creek, city says

The Sammamish Police Department is located at Sammamish City Hall off of 228th Avenue Southeast.

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Thief punches way into home, takes jewelry | Sammamish Police blotter Nov. 24-Dec. 5

Reports were taken from King County Sheriff's Office incident logs

The Issaquah Senior Center

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Proceeding With Caution | Council committee recommends senior center contract with further conditions

A committee of Issaquah city councilors are leaning toward continuing their contract with the managers of the city’s…

James Buettgen

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Police searching for missing 83-year-old man

James Buettgen is described as a 6-foot-4-inch and 240-pound white male with brown eyes. He last spoke to…

Rey Daoed (right) from Pine Lake Middle School and Ivory Randle (left) of Skyline High School pose with former Seahawk Sidney Rice Nov. 29.

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Eastside students participate in Legion of Youth program, attend Seattle Seahawks game | Slideshow

Twenty-four students with Athletes for Kids, a local nonprofit, had the opportunity to attend the Nov. 29 Seattle…

Detective Amy Jarboe of the Woodinville Police Department stands with the collection of Toys for Tots donations in the Sammamish Police Department Friday.

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Toys for Tots donations ready to ‘make a lot of kids happy’

Everything from hula hoops, to board games, sports equipment and Star Wars toys were packed into a U-Haul…

Pedestrian Park

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Pedestrian Park renovated | Celebration to be held Thursday

A small patch of grass landscaping in the park was paved with concrete and walking barriers were removed,…

The east fork of Issaquah Creek on Thursday

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Creek adjusting to new floodplain after heavy rains

The rains, which caused Issaquah Creek to enter flood warning Dec. 9, were the first instance of extreme…

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Sammamish Toys for Tots deadline extended to Tuesday morning

The Sammamish Police Department asks people to bring new, unwrapped gifts to its front office, located just inside…

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Teen Center accepting food donations for Hope Festival

These donations will go toward the February 2016 one-day event that serves more than 1,000 low-income families and…

The neighborhood barricade on 42nd Street.

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42nd Street barricade in Sammamish fails for Redmond aid unit | City says the gate has worked every time since

A barricade on 42nd Street in Sammamish failed to open for the Redmond Fire Department Nov. 25, when…

Parcel 9 in Issaquah's Talus community shortly after crews worked to contain the November landslide. The movement caused the road to buckle at the location of the stop sign in the photo above.

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National Weather Service issues extensive landslide warning

Issaquah staff reported Dec. 9 the site had remained stable through recent heavy rains. Dewatering wells and other…

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Holiday Lighted Boats Parade canceled

The parade had originally been scheduled for Dec. 5 before being postponed to Dec. 12 due to expected…

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Property, business owners can submit storm damage reports for possible reimbursement, assistance

Individuals and businesses can submit reports to King County Emergency Management via a webpage, www.kingcounty.gov/damage. The webpage is…

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Sammamish man awaits charges for possession of narcotics

Kevin J. Gilmore reportedly told officers he was doing drugs on the 3100 block of 213th Place Southeast…

A worker repairs a power pole on Southeast 20th Street Thursday afternoon.

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Fallen power poles close part of SE 20th Street | Scattered outages in Sammamish and Issaquah

After restoring power to all but 5,000 customers, a PSE spokesperson reports a localized wind storm hit at…

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Every Student Succeeds Act signed by Obama | End of No Child Left Behind marks end for ‘failure’ of many Washington schools

The end of No Child Left Behind by itself could spell good news for Washington state schools, 90…