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Elena Lill and her dog Mac won best junior handler at 2023 Scottish Deerhound National Specialty. (Photo by Turley Photography)

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Elena and Mac win first place in national dog show

Mercer Island High School student attends Scottish Deerhound competition in West Virginia.

Mercer Island musician Henry Mansfield. (Courtesy photo)

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Mercer Island musician Henry Mansfield gears up for new album

His new album is called “Nothing But the Myths We Make.”

Check Out Washington’s Adventure packs come with a Discover Pass educational materials, pocket guides, and a pair of binoculars. Photo courtesy Washington State Parks

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“Check Out Washington” with more Adventure Packs this summer

You can borrow a free Discover Pass, educational materials about state parks, and a pair of binoculars with…

Volunteers of the Pipe Organ Foundation. Seated in the first row and on the right is President Carl Dodrill. (Photos courtesy of Carl Dodrill)

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Mercer Island’s Pipe Organ Foundation has joyful celebration

Nonprofit foundation started its work on Mercer Island in November 2000.

Swami Satyamayananda. (Courtesy photo)

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Into the mind of a Yogi: Conversation with an Indian monk

By Jayendrina Singha Ray, guest columnist, in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

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Fleur-Anne Serre’s Mercer Island-based yoga practice, Fleur-Anne YogaThai, began operation in August 2022.

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Introducing Mercer Island’s first French-speaking yoga studio

By Kienan Briscoe

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Residents are invited to participate in the city’s Island Lanterns event.

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Don’t miss: City and MIVAL light up Island Lanterns event

The city and the Mercer Island Visual Arts League (MIVAL) are lighting up another Island Lanterns event. Community…

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Gabriel Andrews of Mercer Island is pictured second from left. “I hold the Navy in my heart for many reasons, but a large part of it is just saving my life,” said Andrews.

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How the U.S. Navy helped turn a Mercer Islander’s life around

By Kienan Briscoe, For the Reporter

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Joni’s son Dale, born in 2021, strides across a blanket of snow on Mount Rainier in January of this year. He now has at least three other siblings who share the mountain, not to mention his mom and dad.

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Joni the wolverine does it again – and makes babies on Mt. Rainier

For the third year in a row, she’s the MVP — Mom, Very Proud — of Mount Rainier’s…

High Priest Kalu and High Preistess Syleena “Call The Corners,” a small ritual where a candle is lit at each direction of the Earth as the elements of each direction is called upon. Here they call on the guardian of the watchtower of the South, represented by red which symbolizes fire. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Yule in the PNW: How witches, pagans, Wiccans celebrate winter holidays

Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year, which has been celebrated for thousands of years all…

Families watch the Lion Dance performance. (Photos courtesy of Soyun Chow)

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West Mercer Culture Fair celebrates Mercer Island’s diverse community

By Soyun Chow

Hilde at her 103rd birthday party. Photo by Alex Bruell.

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Lessons from Hilde, who fled Nazi Germany for a better life

Here’s a few things my great-aunt would have liked you to know.

Diabetes. (Credit: Pixabay/stevepb)

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Understanding diabetes beyond National Diabetes Awareness Month

“We’ve been trying to educate people and treat people for many years,” said Andrew Thurman, MD.