Each week view the cartoon of the week by the Reporter’s cartoonist Jeff Johnson.
Property tax bills, sent out to residents on Feb. 13, are mixed in King County for 2013.
The Mercer Island High School mock trial varsity and JV teams recently participated in the South King County district competition on Saturday, Feb. 23. The teams finished in first and second place.
State Supreme Court rules that state must change constitution in order to require a two-thirds majority vote on new taxes
The Seattle Jewish Film Festival (SJFF) celebrates its 18th “chai-life” milestone on March 2-10 at various locations around Seattle. “Chai,” or 18, means “life” in Hebrew.
Mercer Island resident Erin Scannell, financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial in Bellevue, has been named to the Barron’s “Top 1,000 Advisers: State-by-State Listings” list in Barron’s Magazine, a publication covering business and finance
The Association of Washington Business, Washington state’s largest private employer association, was one of several stakeholder groups invited to participate at the press conference where Rep. Judy Clibborn announced the transportation bill.
On Monday morning, Feb. 25, a barge with a crane removes a crashed limousine from city property in the 7700 block of West Mercer Way.
Police stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation on Saturday, Feb. 16, in the 2700 block of 77th Avenue S.E. Both occupants were suspects in a recent liquor theft at Albertsons.
A new scholarship offers high school students interested in engineering, the environment or art the chance to earn money for college.
Washington state’s 2010 ban on the use of the chemical BPA in baby bottles, children’s cups and sports bottles appears to be working. The Department of Ecology recently tested a number of these products on retail shelves in Washington and found that BPA has nearly disappeared.
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.