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Petting zoo fun at Leap for Green Earth Day Fair

People visit with pigs, goats and ducks at the city of Mercer Island’s annual Leap for Green Earth…

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Powell breaks national high school record

Mercer Island High School junior Owen Powell broke a 21-year-old national high school record in the 1,000-meter race…

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Baker is crowned Miss Black Washington USA

Mercer Island resident discusses the pageant and life.

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MI still receiving water through backup line/ Update

Mercer Island is still receiving water through its backup line more than two weeks after its main water…

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City council delves into proposal for planning commission reconstitution

Mercer Island City Council revisited a proposed reconstitution of the city’s planning commission at council’s April 16 regular…

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Mailbox break-ins occur on Island | Mercer Island police blotter

Selected reports April 9-15.

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Eastside Earth Day events

As Earth Day approaches, numerous Eastside cities aim to celebrate, educate and foster a positive environmental impact through…

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Crews conduct geotechnical work at Mercerdale Park

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Food in a foam takeout container. Sound Publishing file photo

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Foam coolers, takeout containers will be banned in WA

The prohibition on the sale and distribution of these products will take effect June 1 under a law…

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Let’s dance: Seniors step it up at Musical Fitness class / Senior focus

As a Frank Sinatra tune fills the air, the seniors’ shoes start tapping and it’s fitness — and…

Chef Shiro Kashiba, seen in conversation with Jayendrina Singha Ray, opened the first traditional Tokyo-style sushi counter of the city at Maneki restaurant in the 1970s. (Courtesy photo)

Life

Eating Japan: Seattle’s historic encounter with Chef Shiro Kashiba

Shiro moved to Seattle at a time when the exoticism of Japanese cuisine had suddenly begun finding favorable…

Issaquah High School. (Photo courtesy by James Michael Thomas)

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Schools navigate the new world of explicit AI-generated images

Deepfake photos at Issaquah High School prompt review of policies and procedures.

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Grad Grams are now on sale

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