Students and families on Mercer Island are gearing up for the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year.
Upcoming events at Mercer Island High School will require parking beyond the capacity of school district parking lots.
Mercer Island resident Szu-Raj Kothari, of Boy Scout Troop 624, is holding a clothes collection drive for his Eagle Scout project.
Issues, hardships stymie healthy communities. Last week, King County Executive Dow Constantine called for a community-wide effort to make the county a place where everyone has access to opportunities.
As the Mercer Island School District considers its options for the North Mercer Campus, one option is to build a new high school and use the old building as either a middle school or elementary.
Kemper Development Company is moving forward on the long-awaited expansion of Lincoln Square in Bellevue.
Smog pollution in King and Pierce counties could reach unhealthy levels this week as temperatures rise throughout the region, according to forecasters at the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency.
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for the greater Seattle area, including Mercer Island, as well as a red flag warning for fire danger.
A large drinking party was held in a vacant house on S.E. 40th Street after a 2-by-4-foot back window was broken for entry.
For nearly 20 years, the Mercer Island Rotary Club has hosted one student every year from another country who comes and stays on Mercer Island to attend Island schools.
More than 1,000 people affected by the Taylor Bridge fire between Cle Elum and Ellensburg
Mercer Island public school students will return to school on Wednesday, Aug. 29, for the 2012-2013 school year.
Islanders Connor Brown and his brother, Aidan Brown, participated in the Aspen Camp of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Colorado.