Seven people are seeking appointment to the Issaquah City Council to fill the seat vacated by Fred Butler when he became mayor. The term expires in December 2015.
Sister Mary Tracy, the president of Eastside Catholic School, submitted her letter of resignation to the Eastside Catholic School board of directors Monday, Jan. 20. The board released the news Tuesday with a statement that it had accepted her resignation, which was effective immediately.
The Issaquah City Council’s Land and Shore committee plans to recommend an extension of a moratorium that for now bans recreational marijuana growing, processing and any retail establishment in the city. The current moratorium expires March 3.
After 21,000-plus signatures on a petition signed by people all over the country and world were presented to the Archdiocese of Seattle and Eastside Catholic School administration Jan. 15, the office of the Archdiocese responded.
With Fred Butler’s resignation from the Issaquah City Council, due to his election as the new mayor, a new council member will be appointed to complete his term which expires in Dec. 2015.
Eastside Catholic alumni join student protest to support vice principal.
Issaquah has abandoned plans to inject polluted storm water from the Issaquah Highlands into the ground above an aquifer, which is also near a well used by the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District to provide water to its customers.
Both sides of the issue share their side – why Klahanie residents should or should not vote for annexation of the Klahanie Potential Annexation Area to the city of Issaquah.
Margaret Macleod helped secure grants for land and trails in and around Issaquah.
Although he said he was sad to leave his post on the Issaquah City Council, Fred Butler, the new mayor of Issaquah, said he was honored in the trust the citizens of Issaquah have placed in him.
A look back at all the major stories in Issaquah and Sammamish in 2013.
Eastside Catholic students and alumni keep the pressure on.
The plan has changed a bit since the original concept for a new Issaquah Middle School, Clark Elementary and Tiger Mountain High School.
Friday demonstration at the Archdiocese of Seattle calls for the church to change.
The final Issaquah City Council wrapped up a number of issues in its last meeting of 2013.
Changes requested to the Eastside Fire and Rescue inter-local agreement by the city of Sammamish turned out to be no more than clarifications.
It was a bittersweet moment when retiring Issaquah Mayor Ava Frisinger, addressing the city council and many citizens, said although she doesn’t express emotions publicly, she loved them all.
Although she was dealing with a rough case of laryngitis, the newest member of the Issaquah School District’s board of directors, Lisa Callan, took the oath of office, albeit quietly.
Open for only six months, Dickey’s Barbecue behind Bartells at 5704 E. Lake Sammamish Drive, in Issaquah is temporarily closed.
Bellevue College has submitted its site master plan to the city of Issaquah for its campus in the Issaquah Highlands.
