When the Washington state Youth Legislature session begins next week, two Sammamish teens will hold positions in the mock government.
The snow may have been falling and the water may have been freezing, but that didn’t stop firefighters from Eastside Fire and Rescue and the Woodinville Fire Department from taking the plunge and floating through their swiftwater rescue drills last Friday.
Nearly 700 people attended a town hall meeting last week to discuss the embattled King County animal-shelter system, with dozens speaking their piece before the County Metropolitan Council.
Slashes in the King County budget may force Sheriff Sue Rahr to cut as many as 100 deputies from the county roster, she told members of the Sammamish Chamber of Commerce last week.
When an Eastside woman lost her son and business partner and was stuck paying to store unused inventory, members of the Eastlake DECA team saw an opportunity to not only help but learn about business, marketing and liquidation.
The Issaquah School District and the Educational Assistants have reached an agreement on their contract.
It was the protest that wasn’t. Or, at least it wasn’t the scale that was expected.
Sixth-graders at Christa McAuliffe Elementary School are learning to dance the salsa, waltz and merengue, all thanks to a $800 grant from the Lake Washington Schools Foundation.
The theme of the night was the environment.
Agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency and local law enforcement on Wednesday indicted more than a dozen people for involvement in marijuana growing operations as well as three businesses during a raid they’re calling “Operation Green Reaper.”
Slip on your wooden shoes and start tilting at windmills, because April is the month for tulips and I was recently honored to be in the land of Windmills, wooden shoes and tulips.
•Sorella Salon & Spa: This salon just opened in December and offers a range of services, including styling to facials and spa treatments. 1220 10th Ave. N.E., or call (425) 392-9299.
Eastside Catholic Middle School Curriculum Nights: 7 p.m. April 24 at St. Jude Parish, 10526 166th Ave. N.E., Redmond; 6:30 p.m. May 8 at North Bend Library, 115 E. Fourth St., North Bend; 7 p.m. May 14 at Mary Queen of Peace Church, 1121 228th Ave. S.E., Sammamish. www.eastsidecatholic.org.
Neighbors within an unincorporated area called the Duthie Hill “Notch” are not of one mind on the question of whether they should be included in the potential annexation area for Sammamish.
Packed shoulder to shoulder in a 15-person van with city officials and two reporters, members of the Sammamish City Council last week toured portions of the Town Center planning area.
It’s not far as the crow flies from City Hall to the home where Helen and Donovan Albrecht have lived since 1976.
Life is the craziest it has ever been for Mona Locke, even more so than her eight years serving as Washington’s first lady.
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