Volunteers are needed to help out at the annual Issaquah Highlands Day, Friday, June 25 and Saturday, June 26.
The Issaquah Amateur Radio Club will work around the clock on the weekend of June 26 and 27 to contact hundreds of other operators in the US and Canada as part of the American Radio Relay League’s (ARRL) annual Field Day.
Much is heard these days about the Great Depression of the 1930s, and how it might compare to the present day. Over a cup of coffee recently, Donna Pedegana Arndt, a lifelong Issaquah resident, provided a glimpse of daily life in Issaquah during the Depression era.
King County Councilmembers Reagan Dunn and Kathy Lambert say they have found a way to fully fund the county’s criminal justice system with a revenue neutral tax increase.
Go up to the new Duthie Hill Mountain Bike Park any day of the week and you will see riders from all over Western Washington. Young and old, male and female, they come from Tacoma, Bellevue, West Seattle, and Bellingham, to use what is gathering a reputation as one of the best forested mountain bike parks in the state.
Getting involved with these volunteer programs is a great way to stay fit, get some fresh air in the great outdoors, meet new people, as well as doing a good thing for the city, its residents, and the greater environment.
King County prosecutors have charged a Kirkland man with the second-degree rape of an Issaquah woman.
Kirkland resident Steven McCanless was badly beaten by the victim’s husband and a friend following the incident in downtown Issaquah on May 23, and spent much of the past four weeks in a coma in a Seattle hospital.
Thanks to the magnificent setting, and the timely beginning of summer, Friday’s graduation ceremony will be a day the students will long remember.
To instill the importance of bike safety and rules of the road in children of elementary school age, free helmets will be made available to children in need.
With our state’s troubled education system likely to be a key issue in the upcoming election race for Washington’s 5th Legislative District, the Issaquah Valley Elementary School’s PTA will host a forum for the four leading candidates in October.
Friends of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery (FISH) is holding a fundraising rummage sale Saturday, June 19, and Sunday, June 20, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The City of Issaquah took an important step Monday night toward improving one of the most dangerous intersections in the city.
By unanimous vote, the full council approved completing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) study and mapping that would preclude a complete realignment of the intersection, and the installation of traffic lights, at the turn out for Providence Point along SE 43rd Way.
At the latest meeting of the Central Issaquah Plan (CIP) Advisory Task Force on Tuesday night, members laid out an ambitious blueprint for how they want the city to look and feel in 20, 30, or 50 years time.
On Tuesday morning, Issaquah High School’s Class of 2010 poured out of the Issaquah Community Center and through a tunnel of their (long suffering) teachers.
Issaquah High School students matched the performances of other area high schools by releasing their own lip-dub video.
Anyone traveling along Klahanie Boulevard in recent months will have noticed dozens of sawn off trees stumps and holes in the ground.
The removal of 179 trees was part of the Klahanie Homeowners Association’s (KHA) five year plan to re-landscape the boulevard.
On the back of an almost 20 percent decrease in assessed home values, the people of Issaquah will pay an average of 2 percent less property tax than they did last year.
But in Sammamish, a similar fall in assessed values has been countered by an increase in school levy payments and the amount collected by the city to result in a marginal increase in taxes for 2010 – an average of $64 for the year.
The Issaquah Salmon Days Festival has been named 2010 Event Recycler of the Year by the Washington State Recycling Association.
The Issaquah Salmon Days Festival has been named 2010 Event Recycler of the Year by the Washington State Recycling Association.
Old habits die hard – but a $124 fine is sure to encourage Washington motorists to stop texting and talking on the cell phones while driving.
