Ella Whitaker looks to go past a Wolverine defender. Ben Ray / The Reporter

Sports

Hoops: Liberty girls win fifth straight to start season over Bellevue

Patriots are off to their best start since 2011.

The Auburn Symphony Orchestra is among King County organizations that will benefit from the recently passed Doors Open levy. “The passage of this legislation validates the role we play and the impact we have. We’re grateful and hopeful for the future,” said Rachel Perry, executive director, Auburn Symphony Orchestra. (Courtesy photo)

News

King County Council passes $782 million arts and culture levy

Levy is intended to increase access to science, heritage and the arts.

Bernard Garbusjuk stands outside of Boehm’s Candies, 255 NE Gilman Boulevard in Issaquah. (Photo by Cameron Sires/Sound Publishing)

Business

Issaquah staple Boehm’s Candies has stayed tried and true for 81 years

Business was founded by an Austrian-born candymaker who was also an Olympian and an avid outdoorsman.

Santa at Cougar Mountain Zoo (Photo courtesy Cougar Mountain Zoo)

Life

Ring in the holidays at these Issaquah events

These events welcome all ages to join the family-friendly festive fun.

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Northwest

Vandals spray-paint demands for Gaza cease-fire on U.S. Rep. Adam Smith’s Bellevue home

9th Congressional District covers parts of Bellevue, Renton, Kent, Federal Way and Auburn

The city council gathers at Issaquah City Hall south for their meetings. (Photo courtesy of Joe Mabel)

News

Issaquah council approves new High Street Collection development agreement

Also: Council grapples with free speech over a revision of rules regarding general audience comments at city council…

Jakob Two Trees in Issaquah (Photo by Cameron Sires/ Sound Publishing)

Life

Trolls from Denmark make their mark across Puget Sound

Coastal Salish tribes also embrace the project.

News

Fatal shooting between two exes in Issaquah

More information will be reported when available.

Rylee Booth goes up for a kill in practice before the Spartans matchup with Olympia. (Photos by Ben Ray / Sound Publishing)

Sports

Skyline volleyball makes state in back-to-back years

For the second straight year, the Spartans enter as the No. 16 seed in the year-end tournament.

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News

KC Auditors report code enforcement backlog poses safety, environmental risks

Auditors say code enforcement office needs to prioritize riskiest cases, allow discretion for others

Green Issaquah Day. (Photo courtesy of the City of Issaquah)

News

Green Issaquah gets to the root of local conservation

Project leads to planting of more than 300 trees at recent event.

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News

KC Council will consider reparations over historic redlining

Race-based restrictive real estate practices estimated to have prevented billions in wealth.

(Photo courtesy of James Michael Thomas)

News

Issaquah teen distributes AI-generated nude photos of female students

A recent ongoing investigation has Issaquah High School students involved in the creation and distribution of AI-generated pornographic…

Renton police and fire and hazmat crews arrived at the scene of the King County Elections building at 919 Southwest Grady after receiving reports of an unknown substance delivered to the building. According to Sara Morris of the Renton Regional Fire Authority, an employee discovered white powder in a parcel. (Courtesy of the Renton Regional Fire Authority.)

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Substance delivered to KC election office tests positive for fentanyl

Additional deliveries of unknown substances to the Pierce County and Spokane County elections buildings resulted in evacuations also.

Issaquah City Council candidates from left to right: Zach Hall (top left), Landon Halverson (bottom left), Sam Sheehan (top right), Victoria Hunt (bottom right) and Lindsey Walsh. Candidate Mike Palm did not provide a photo. (Photo courtesy of King County)

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Issaquah 2023 election results

Ballot covered candidates for Issaquah City Council and Issaquah School District positions.

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News

Election 2023 results: King County Council, Port of Seattle commissioners

The following results were posted Nov. 7 on the King County Elections website.

Prison bars (File photo)

News

WA to invest $200 million to address disparities created by “war on drugs”

Dept. of Commerce to establish 17 different grant programs to invest in communities impacted.

King County Sheriff’s Office deputies discovered 26-year-old Tyair M. Stump lying on the ground outside of the Newcastle Library, located in the 12900 block of Newcastle Way Southeast, with a gunshot wound to his chest (Courtesy of Google Maps)

News

Woman, 23, charged in fatal Newcastle shooting

A King County Superior Court judge found probable cause for murder in the first degree.

Kate Krug, KCSARC’s new CEO. (Courtesy of KCSARC)

News

King County Sexual Assault Resource Center hires new CEO

“Every year, KCSARC supports 5,000 survivors and their families, helping them find their own resilience to recover, and…

The city council gathers at Issaquah City Hall south for their meetings. (Photo courtesy of Joe Mabel)

News

Issaquah council update: New ADA plan; design contract for Black Nugget Road retaining wall

The city council approved the adoption of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan, which…