Issaquah News

After more than three hours of math, geography and history lessons, dealt out and received by Eastside Fire and Rescue officials and Sammamish City Councilors at a Nov.

Issaquah has joined the likes of Portland, Ore. and San Francisco, Calif. by banning the use of polystyrene restaurant food containers.

No, he's not following Kenji Johjima back to Japan. But Ichiro Suzuki is trying to unload his Issaquah home, and it's not a good time to be a seller in the luxury market.

Following Seattle's leading, last night the Issaquah City Council voted 6-1 in favor of banning polystyrene food containers.

Will Issaquah develop into another Bellevue? Or should the city go back to becoming a oeMayberrya ? The hypothetical question was one of many addressed by city planners Nov.

The Issaquah Schools Foundationa s annual Calling for Kids fundraiser raised more than $235,200 this year.

New: Nov. 13, 3:22 p.m. The Issaquah school District has narrowed the list of names for Sammamisha s new elementary school to five, Creekside, Ebright Creek, Lake Vista, Opportunity and Samena.

'Peter Pan': Fridays-Sundays through Jan. 10 at Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle Center; $18-$42 . 'Meet Me in St.

Alcott fifth-grader Sebastian Chai finished drawing an alien insect for warm-ups and immediately switched over to another project Nov.

Planners said the Swedish Medical Center campus under construction in the Issaquah Highlands would serve as a community hub, with a lush courtyard and free Wi-Fi to lure visitors.

Issaquah and Sammamish are among a coalition of cities in the Puget Sound area to split $15 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop alternative fuel and vehicle projects.

To provide another option for people prioritized to receive H1N1 vaccine, selected King County pharmacies are receiving limited supplies to begin vaccinating.

City of Issaquah Councilmember Fred Butler has been picked by King County Executive elect Dow Constantine to help with his transition into office later this month.

The City of Issaquah is keeping a wary eye on the potential for flooding in the Green River valley, which flows through southern King County and passes through Auburn, Kent and Tukwila downstream.

The best bank in Issaquah just became a bit better. We always gave them top ranking in cutomer service and friendliness but now the new remodel, at the Gilman branch, makes the interiors fresh, bright and cheery.

Just days after the Professional Developer Conference we are organizing a Software Architecture Workshop for our managed partners and independent experts.

A group effort helped Bellevue resident, Ben Lawry, complete his Boy Scout Eagle project on Halloween.

On Saturday, Dec. 5, the Issaquah History Museums will host its annual holiday open house at the Issaquah Train Depot, 50 Rainier Boulevard North.

As of 9 o'clock Tuesday night, the picture was beginning to emerge in a number of races for city council seats in Issaquah and Sammamish.

In the past two years, the City of Issaquah's Lodging Tax Advisory Committee has invested $40,000 in a new tourism web site, discoveroutsideseattle.com , which features a number of cities clustered around Interstate 90 and State Route 202, east of Seattle.