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Mercer Island Auto Spa receives $10K small business grant

Comcast awards 100 grants in King and Pierce counties.

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SJCC shifts focus to group swim lessons only in 2023

Pools nationwide have been facing lifeguard shortage.

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King County audit finds difficulty tracking effectiveness of adult diversion programs

The auditors say the county lacks the strategy, coordination and data to measure cost-effectiveness.

Homeless encampment in a wooded area in Auburn. (Sound Publishing file photo)

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Gov. Inslee proposes $4 billion bond to assist homeless, build housing

WA voters would get the final say.

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Robbery suspects steal cash and cigarettes from store | Mercer Island police blotter

Selected reports Nov. 22-Dec. 13.

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Fish consumption advisory issued for several King County lakes

Traces of dangerous “forever chemicals” found in Lake Washington, Lake Meridian and Lake Sammamish

King County Councilmember Dave Upthegrove. (Screenshot from King County Council Facebook page.

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King County Council names Upthegrove new Chair as part of annual reorganization

Upthegrove has represented District 5, which includes parts of Kent and Renton, since 2014.

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Rotary honors MIHS students Chew and Bluming

Mercer Island High School students Samara Bluming and Sophia Chew have been named the December Rotary Islanders of…

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Northwood students support Mary’s Place

Beth Christofferson’s first-grade class at Northwood Elementary worked together to support the Mary’s Place Holiday Giving Program. This…

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Bell-ringing for Salvation Army fundraiser

Rotary Club of Mercer Island members, from left, Greg Asimakoupoulos, Petra Walker and John Howe, and Michael Finn…

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Rev. Eastman installed as Shores’ new associate chaplain

Mercer Island’s Covenant Living at the Shores recently held an installation ceremony for the senior living community’s new…

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

The only dinosaur discovered in Washington state was discovered by paleontologists who found a portion of a left femur of a therapod dinosaur at Sucia Island state park in the San Juan Islands. While scientists are unsure exactly what type of therapod the fossil belongs to, evidence suggests it is a Daspletosaurus. The dinosaur has been nicknamed Suciasaurus rex. This image shows a Daspletosaurus torosus restoration. (Wikipedia)

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Dinosaurs, drug laws and police pursuits on lawmaker to-do lists

WA legislators are queuing up bills they want to debate next year. Here are 8 certain to garner…