The next meeting is set for Jan. 8, 2013, and will feature a talk about crime and crime prevention on Mercer Island. Mercer Island police officers Griffin and Jira will speak.
A new requirement for carbon monoxide detectors in Washington homes takes effect on Jan. 1.
After two deadly shootings in the last week, the nation has once again begun wrestling with heavy issues such as gun control and health care.
Seattle resident and UW professor emeritus Eugene S. Hunn has updated his classic bird reference for Seattle and King County.
In their second invitational meet in as many weeks, the Mercer Island wrestling team finished 13th as a team at the Hammerhead Invitational in Bremerton, Wash., on Saturday, Dec. 15. The team earned 123 points. Eastmont won overall with 251 points.
I want to see Mercer Island better plan for our urban forest and stormwater runoff.
Tips on ways to help kids process terrible news such as the Sandy Hook School shootings and similar incidents
The Mercer Island High School Jazz choir will perform at the Dec. 18 Rotary meeting at the MICEC
Bellevue College has installed a direct current DC ‘fast charger’ for electric vehicles on its campus
The Mercer Island School District is prepared for an emergency situation.
Firefighters responded to a small fire in a Newell Court apartment unit on 78th Avenue S.E. early Friday morning just before 9 a.m.
More copper pipe has been stolen from the Aviara construction site in the 2400 block of 76th Avenue S.E. The total loss is now $14,700.
The number of Washington retailers selling tobacco to underage minors spiked considerably in 2012 to 16 percent, up from 11 percent last year and 10 percent two years ago, according to the Washington State Department of Health (DOH).