We’re a week away from one of the grandest days in the year – the Fourth of July. The day offers a variety of exciting community activities in both Issaquah and Sammamish. It also presents an unnecessary danger to the community in the form of illegal fireworks.
Technology comes to the aid of shooting off fireworks.
One has to like the move by Starbucks to pay tuition for employees to attend Arizona State University Online as juniors and seniors.
Background checks to buy guns won’t prevent violence.
Establishing a commission to examine the causes and consequences of the Oso mudslide is taking longer than Snohomish County Executive John Lovick and Gov. Jay Inslee imagined.
It’s a sad commentary that as we note the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, France, our country is caught up in the scandal involving our Veteran’s Administration hospitals.
A $15-an-hour burger-flipper will make about as much as a starting teacher.
The Inspector General preliminary report is confirming dozens of VA clinics and hospitals are gaming the system at the expense of sick veterans. It has also come out that the Obama transition team was warned in 2008 that appointment wait time problems had been festering for decades.
By the end of next week, Washington will learn how often tank cars of oil siphoned from North Dakota’s Bakken Shale are getting shipped through the state.
A recent Education Lab blog post asked a provocative question, “Is teacher diversity a problem in Washington?” Often times the discourse on education is locked into discussions and debates that focus on K-12 and four-year colleges and universities. Surprisingly, community colleges are often omitted or marginalized within dialogues about the state and national educational system.
Teens often turn to self-harming behaviors to cope with difficult and painful emotions. Average statistics indicate that one in 12 teens deliberately cut or harm themselves.
The library system recognizes that kids who continue to learn, read and experiment throughout summer break are better prepared for the next school year. What was once considered the summer reading program has expanded into a Summer Learning Program.
Among the many capabilities that distinguish us humans from other earthly creatures is the ability to forecast future events and prepare accordingly. However, this unique gift also has a downside: We worry. And sometimes we worry too much.
Cascade Water Alliance ensures that each of you — more than 350,000 residents and 20,000 businesses — have clean, safe and reliable water every day. Our membership, consisting of the cities of Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah, Tukwila, and the Sammamish Plateau and Skyway Water and Sewer districts, works to produce water of the highest quality.
It’s easy to spot the people in Seattle who ride the bus.
The “Click it or Ticket” program is returning to the Issaquah and Sammamish area starting Monday. Safe drivers everywhere should cheer.
In our busy lives, getting enough rest can be challenging at any age. But for older people it becomes even more difficult.As we age, we not only need less sleep, we also don’t sleep as deeply and wake up more often during the night.
Despite the fact that people live longer and are more active in their later years, aging is still associated with decline, loss, and debilitation. That’s nature’s way, like it or not. But does that mean older folks should despair? Perhaps, but few actually do.
According to family lore, my father would routinely return from school with a note pinned to his shirt by an exasperated teacher. Much to my amusement, my grandmother saved these notes, which were scrawled on school letterhead and reported dastardly wrongdoings like “Gary refused to wear his snow boots at recess” or “Gary hasn’t done his homework – again.”
Metro Transit recently proposed cutting service to the busiest bus stop on the Bellevue College campus as a result of the April 22 voter decision to reject a proposition addressing transit budget shortfalls.