Tom Vance’s last Sammamish City Council meeting was Dec. 1. Looking back, he said he’s likely most proud of the work that helped make the Klahanie annexation a reality.
An adjusted 2015-2016 biennium budget of $220.5 million reflects the additional 2-square-mile area in the city’s revenue and expenditures. The Sammamish City Council approved the updated budget Dec. 1.
More than 30 Eastlake High School students were tasked to find solutions to real-world issues the EvergreenHealth Clinic is currently working to solve. Students presented their solutions at the Dec. 17 Sammamish Chamber of Commerce meeting.
On Dec. 16, a jury found Erik C. Luden guilty of second-degree murder for the May 30 slaying of his father, Sammamish business owner and resident Virgil “Cliff” Luden.
“I’m excited to get started,” said Jeff Clark of the Chandler Fire, Health & Medical Department in Chandler, Arizona, Monday. “Overall, it’s not my goals that are important, but what we do as an entity.”
Founder of Auspicious Homes, Mike Stewart’s mission to build Vaastu-inspired homes throughout the Eastside took shape while he worked as a realtor in the Issaquah Highlands area. He realized at least half of the people coming through were tech professionals from India — and they were all asking for things the current cookie-cutter industry does not supply, he said.
The commission is seeking public input on the eligible names at its next meeting Jan. 12 and 13, in Olympia. The commission will make its final selection in March 2016.
For the fourth year in a row, Evergreen Academy Preschool students visited the nearby retirement community, Spiritwood at Pine Lake, to carol for residents Friday afternoon.
Louis Thompson Hill Road safe after November washout into creek, city says
Reports were taken from King County Sheriff’s Office incident logs
Twenty-four students with Athletes for Kids, a local nonprofit, had the opportunity to attend the Nov. 29 Seattle Seahawks game and meet former Seahawk Sidney Rice.
Everything from hula hoops, to board games, sports equipment and Star Wars toys were packed into a U-Haul truck Tuesday ready to make a child’s Christmas morning.
The Sammamish Police Department asks people to bring new, unwrapped gifts to its front office, located just inside Sammamish City Hall, at 801 228th Ave. S.E.
These donations will go toward the February 2016 one-day event that serves more than 1,000 low-income families and individuals each year.
A barricade on 42nd Street in Sammamish failed to open for the Redmond Fire Department Nov. 25, when emergency responders attempted to transport a resident from his nearby home to medical aid.
Kevin J. Gilmore reportedly told officers he was doing drugs on the 3100 block of 213th Place Southeast in Sammamish Nov. 18 because his dog was going to be put down and he was sad.
Waste Management takes legal action against city of Sammamish for rejecting its solid waste bid
Since it was during a special council meeting Tuesday, council members could not take any final action on the item. The council will officially vote to reconsider the $100,000 next year, likely in February 2016.
Some schools within the Lake Washington School District are closed due to power outages.
The method is less labor intensive and reduces the risk of puncturing underground utilities and infrastructure.
