Many low-income families and individuals in King County are unaware of the government assistance for which they qualify – assistance that may help them achieve financial stability. To counter that, United Way has created a new program, Bridge the Basics.
When Margaret Schwender broke her ankle a few months ago, she couldn’t cook, clean or take care of other household chores that needed to be done. But rather than sit around and watch her post-injury to-do list grow, she utilized the Eastside Timebank to complete these normally easy tasks.
Pushing Boundaries, a nonprofit located in Redmond, will host a community walkathon Aug. 28 to benefit people living with paralysis.
Pushing Boundaries, a nonprofit located in Redmond, will host a community walkathon Aug. 28 to benefit people living with paralysis.
The American Red Cross Serving King & Kitsap Counties is looking for ordinary individuals who have performed extraordinary deeds.
The state’s primary election deadline is Tuesday and Secretary of State Sam Reed is urging voters not to wait until the 11th hour, but to get their ballots in so they are definitely counted.
Editor’s note: This is the first story of two-part series on the rising popularity of mountain biking in Puget Sound and what it means for the community.
Kicked out of one of the military’s most elite training programs, Lance Heim was at the lowest point in his life when he discovered mountain biking.
A Seattle man accused of selling heroin to a former Issaquah football player who overdosed was charged with homicide.
Prosecutors say that Adam Pepka, age 20, sold Zachary Lyter the drugs that killed him. His father found the 19-year-old’s body at their Bellevue home May 4.
The charges, controlled substance homicide, are similar to manslaughter and could come with four to five and a half years in prison.
The following information was compiled from city of Issaquah police report: Police booked a man for having a baggy of marijuana in his pockets, after a judge sentenced him to spend time in the Issaquah jail Aug. 5.
At first glance, nothing unique stands out about Tom Gilchrist’s garden, but given a few seconds one might hear a “choo-choo” or “chug” rise from behind the potted petunias.
When the Fairwood man’s model train hobby started as a Christmas gift 20 years ago, little did he know that it would take over his backyard.
Issaquah will host the opening leg of the Mountains to Sound Greenway inaugural traveling photo exhibition.
Hayley Rose Beck, a 2011 graduate of Issaquah High School, has received a $6,975 Mildred M. Bain Scholarship for the 2011-2012 academic year at Western Washington University. The scholarship is awarded to students planning to study in the teacher education program.
Extra law enforcement officers will be out looking for drunk drivers Aug. 19 through Sept. 5 as the annual Drive Hammered, Get Nailed DUI campaign returns to King County. The Bellevue Police Department will be part of the effort.
A paraglider plummeted to his death after his wing collapsed on the southwest side of Squak Mountain Sunday night.
A woman was reportedly stabbed and robbed in the Issaquah Highlands early Monday morning in an unusual crime for such a peaceful community.
The Highlands Soccer Club is holding registration for its fall season through Friday.
A compilation of events according to Issaquah police reports.
Downtown plan embraces new type of suburbia – one with an urban core
Seeing officers face to face in a cheery environment was a change for Dan Pusceddu, who usually only sees them helping people in car wrecks.
Tuesday’s National Night Out was a chance to put “a human face” on Issaquah’s police force, he said. “It’s a great idea.”
Five students from the Issaquah/Sammamish area have been named to the honor roll at Oregon State University.