News - Issaquah Reporter

City urges residents to check toilets for 'Fix-a-Leak' week

He died four times in three days - this week he thanked those who saved him

Sammamish resident Larry Larsen ought to go and get some lottery tickets. On Jan. 13. Larsen's heart stopped beating when he suffered a cardiac arrest. He was saved by emergency CPR administered by a team of nearby veterinarians. But it was to be just the first of four occasions over the next three days when Larsen would clinically die.

Larsen thanks bystanders, EMS and docs for saving his life

New gym, new access road, part of Sammamish recreation center draft plan

A new 7,000 square foot gymnasium, a recording studio, a teaching kitchen, and space for both seniors and teens to hang out are the main features of draft plans to turn the old Sammamish Library into a Recreation Center.

Issaquah School District musicians donate extraordinary talents for Haiti fundraiser

Launching their own version of Band Aid, young musicians from all over the Issaquah School District put on a show on the Plateau on Thursday night to raise money for Red Cross' efforts in Haiti.

Annexing Aldarra/Montaine would have positive financial impact says Sammamish Finance Director

Annexing the 273 homes in the Aldarra/Montaine estates would bring in $75,000 a year for the City of Sammamish of about $75,000, according to revised figures from the city's Finance Department.

$3 million a year to keep Sammamish roads from deteriorating

With a Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of 71, the quality of Sammamish roads sits toward the lower end in a ranking of comparable cities, higher than Kirkland and Auburn, but below Redmond, Issaquah, Mukilteo, Newcastle and Olympia, which have PCI's between 84 and 76.

Waiting for word from Olympia, Lake Washington School District postpones budget meetings

As the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) awaits word from Olympia on how state funding for the district will change next year, school administrators have decided to postpone some of the public meetings which were planned for coming weeks to discuss the budget.

Sammamish council to study barricades tonight

The Sammamish City Council will continue their study of the barricades/connectivity issue at their regularly scheduled study session tonight, March 15.

Crews to flush Issaquah water mains for two weeks, starting March 15

Thanks to the unique geology of wells that feed Issaquah's water supply, the City of Issaquah’s Public Works Operations Department will be conducting routine water main flushing over a period of two weeks, starting March 15. Crews will conduct the annual maintenance on the mains in the northwest part of the city. The water lines serve neighborhoods that lie near the Interstate 90 corridor including Lakemont, Montreux, Talus, Pickering, Tibbetts Creek, Gilman and Newport.