Mercer Island News

Day two of construction on I-90 got underway Tuesday, as as crews worked to replace the bridge's aging expansion joints.

The summer vacation season has a way of bringing old friends and family back to their roots.

The boom growth of outer suburbs like Issaquah is starting to look a lot more like Mercer Island, according to an annual report released last week in Olympia.

I recently returned from a trip to Iran . I was traveling with an education tour sponsored by the United Nations Association of Seattle, which is dedicated to the encouragement of understandings between countries.

Westbound commuters can expect delays for the next two weeks on the I-90 floating bridge on Lake Washington at Seattle.

Severe backups are predicted both westbound and eastbound on the I-90 bridge across Lake Washington when the westbound lanes are closed July 6 for two weeks for major safety repairs.

An annual tradition, the Mercer Island Kiwanis Club has set up its famous fireworks stand in the Rite Aid parking lot once again.

Mercer Island might be known for large homes, and affluent residents, but it has also been hard hit by the recession.

After a long career of volunteer involvement in the Mercer Island PTA, estate planning and probate attorney Terri Caditz decided to run for the Mercer Island School Board of Directors Position Two this November.

Mark Yuasa covers fishing and outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. A Seattle native, Mark is a lifelong angler who grew up near the banks of Lake Washington, and has been covering fishing and outdoors for more than 18 years for The Seattle Times.

The 2009 population estimate, prepared annually by the Office of Financial Management, places Washington state's population at 6,668,200 as of April 1, 2009.

Until yesterday, if you dialed 911 in Mercer Island, your call was answered by an operator in Kirkland.

The Dore brothers, Barry and David, raised on Mercer Island, are in the top 10 of the first Homecookingstar.com recipe contest.

The City of Mercer Island is fully compliant under government auditing standards and has received a oeunqualifieda audit opinions since at least 1995, according to a recent report.

What do you do when you look up from cleaning your boat to see four frantic people in a classic wooden boat waving their arms and screaming, a oeWea re sinking! Wea re sinking!a ? You wave them on in and try to get them as close to shore as possible.

The City of Gig Harbor scored a victory last week when a hearing examiner ruled against a rezone application for the Ancich property.

Commuters and nighttime drivers who use the I-90 floating bridge should plan for delays starting this Monday as crews begin construction work that will prepare for major closures July 5 and 6. Karin Czulik / KING5.com I-90 bridge over Lake Washington Demolition of concrete barrier is planned Monday through Thursday during the middle of the day in ...

Competitors in the Test of Metal mountain bike event jockey for positions just after the start of the epic, 67-kilometre Squamish race.

Jesus Sanchez stands in a hop yard near the Toppenish home where he grew up. Sanchez, now the operations manager for the city of Shoreline, is among the first group of Mexican-Americans who went to college in the state.

Mercer Island mother of two, Tracy Drinkwater, graduated from Seattle University on June 14 with a mastera s in teaching degree.