Islander Rich Roodman, the CEO of Valley Medical Center, will celebrate 30 years as the organization’s chief executive — the longest-tenured public hospital district CEO in the state of Washington.
Island resident, Louise Chiprut Berman, has been named Washington School Counselors Association’s Elementary School Counselor of the year.
Everyone knows and loves Girl Scout cookies, but not everyone knows that sale dates, prices and cookie varieties vary from state to state.
Earlier in February, a fire in the engine room of a Carnival cruise ship, Triumph, left the boat without power and working bathrooms for days.
The Mercer Island City Council and Mercer Island School District will hold regular meetings next week.
Each week view the cartoon of the week by the Reporter’s cartoonist Jeff Johnson.
Acting upon recommendations from a citizen task force, King County Executive Dow Constantine on Thursday sent the King County Council a proposed a six-year, $360 million Parks Levy for the August primary that would enable voters to replace two parks levies that will expire at the end of this year.
In 2012, Microsoft Corp. employees raised $105 million for nearly 19,000 nonprofit organizations through individual donations, volunteer efforts and company-wide fundraising activities. Of the total amount raised by employees, $60 million went to nonprofits in the state of Washington.
The Washington State Department of Transportation relamped the I-90 Lid Tunnel over the weekend.
Youth Theatre Northwest will host its annual fundraising event on Saturday, March 2, at the Mercer Island Community and Event Center. This year’s theme is ‘Starry Night.’
The Mercer Island Sister City Association will host a French conversation evening on Feb. 26 as an informal event for anyone desiring to improve their French.
Gary Plano has withdrawn his application for the position of superintendent of schools in Ashland, Oregon.
Comcast will unveil its new XFINITY Store in Factoria on Saturday, Feb. 23, which will serve Bellevue, Mercer Island and the surrounding areas. The new store is the first of its kind on the Eastside.