The Mercer Island School District is in the midst of a review of programs available to different learners at all grade levels.
Craig Stone, Toll Division assistant secretary, and John White, Toll Division tolled corridor director, will speak briefly at 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. to give a brief overview of what WSDOT hopes to accomplish during this first phase of the project.
Detectives working on a regional investigation team have arrested two men suspected of burglarizing approximately 100 residences from King County to Thurston County, including several on Mercer Island.
At the last City Council meeting, it was moved by Deputy Mayor Dan Grausz and seconded by Councilmember Jane Meyer Brahm to approve a performance payment for City Manager Rich Conrad.
On Saturday, Jan. 26 over 700 guns were collected by Seattle Police as part of the city’s first gun buyback program since the early 1990s.
An Albertsons employee witnessed a 35-year-old customer stealing liquor at 10:30 p.m. The suspect’s vehicle, a Ford pickup truck, was located and the suspect was identified.
Local public health officials have learned of a diagnosed case of measles in a contagious traveler who made a stop at Sea-Tac airport on Jan. 18. Measles is a highly contagious and potentially severe disease caused by the measles virus. It is mainly spread through the air after a person with measles coughs or sneezes.
A poll of 600 registered Washington voters conducted by the Alison Peters Consulting of Woodinville, Wash., showed strong support for what they refer to as “sensible gun law reforms.”
Metro is looking to change several bus routes and schedules along the Interstate 90 corridor.
Two Mercer Island High School graduates, Denny Chapin and Jason Gamrath, class of 2005, are putting together a documentary film, entitled ‘GLASS.’
Mercer Island High School seniors Emily Morse and Nicholas Chandler were named as the Rotary Islanders of January.
The Council will meet with former mayors of Mercer Island to discuss past policies, agreements and interests of Mercer Island regarding I-90 design, construction and operations, including WSDOT’s proposal to study tolling of I-90.
Zane Khatib, a senior at Mercer Island High School, flew to Washington, D.C., to take part in the five-day high school Presidential Inaugural Conference.