The Day of the Three Thunderstorms may sound like the title of an ancient fable, or a mystical tale of mother earth and winds and messages sent down from above.
A 23 year old Kent man was arrested by Issaquah Police on Monday, May 11, for investigation of “Aiming or Discharging a Firearm” and “Reckless Endangerment,” following an incident in Issaquah last month.
Both charges are misdemeanors.
As the City continues its work to update Issaquah’s Shoreline Master Program (SMP) – which is required by the state – members of the public are invited to share their input during several upcoming meetings.
A pile of freshly cooked pancakes is always going to draw a crowd.
And that’s what the members of the Issaquah Valley Seniors Center found out on Saturday when they held their annual fundraising pancake breakfast.
At the age of 36, Mark Mullet has already been through the kind of career realization that typically comes only later in life.
Traveling the world at the very pinnacle of the financial services industry, as a top executive of Bank of America and a foreign exchange trader with Swiss banks in New York and London, for Mullet the fiscal rewards were handsome.
Lake Washington School District (LWSD) Superintendent Chip Kimball has announced that the district has been able to cut the $7.7 million from its budget required by the state government without laying off any teachers or increasing class sizes.
Harvey Manning — an environmental advocate who was instrumental in the preservation of mountains and wilderness areas around Issaquah — was honored posthumously this week with the 2009 Ruth Kees Award for a Sustainable Community.
School funding advocates are celebrating the passage of a bill which they say will guarantee the protection of school programs and funding levels in the future.
The City of Sammamish’s next “Fourth on the Plateau” production — an Independence Day gathering featuring fireworks, food, music and big crowds — will once again rely on the contributions of volunteers and community-minded businesses.
The King Conservation District (King CD) will hold a series of six public comment sessions in May and June to gather citizen input on conservation priorities and programs that would be funded by the reauthorization of the district’s special assessment.
Thanks to the members of the Pine Lake Covenant Church, there are 300 children in an impoverished village in Kenya who today receive an excellent education, in classrooms with furniture and teaching materials and, incredibly, a warm, nutritionally supplemented breakfast and lunch at school.
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A longtime Issaquah resident just turned 80, but retirement, golf courses and Florida aren’t anywhere in its future.
Instead, the Kiwanis Club of Issaquah will keep pushing forward with its strong history of service and supporting the community.
The club celebrated its 80th anniversary April 25 with a community auction at the Hilton Garden Inn to raise money for the local groups and organizations it supports.
Seattle-bound drivers are slicing their commute times during Interstate 90 construction by leaving early and staying late.
Wednesday’s peak commute time from Issaquah to Seattle was about 37 minutes, down from Monday’s peak of 57 minutes.
An update on Issaquah Highlands growth at the May 5 Urban Village Development Commission meeting revealed that while the economy may be slowing development, Port Blakely isn’t backing away from its efforts to keep pushing forward.
Issaquah City Council members voted unanimously to approve the 2010-2015 Transportation Improvement Program Monday, May 4.
Issaquah city staff came out in full force Saturday, May 2 for the annual City Council goal setting retreat where the mayor, City Council members and all department heads spent from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. reviewing 2009 goals, hashing out 2010 goals, and discussing budget priorities.
Families giving less away as economy puts the squeeze on charitable giving
As the population of Washington continues to grow by more than half a million people each decade, city planners are constantly looking at new and more effective ways to reduce the negative impact of urban sprawl on the state’s environmentally significant areas.
An Issaquah doctor believes that the effects of cuts to the state’s Basic Health Care Plan will spread throughout the health care industry, and could harm the ability of hospitals to efficiently treat emergency room patients.
