Gun violence awareness is such a critical issue that Mercer Island City Councilmember Craig Reynolds suggested that a ...

Expect mostly sunny and warm weather for the Fourth of July weekend in the Puget Sound region. Below is the forecast for July 4-7, 2025, according to the National Weather Service. • Friday, July 4: ...

June 24 Pride flags stolen: A resident in the 8300 block of Southeast 42nd Street reported that 80-90 Pride flags were stolen from their property line overnight. Fraud: A resident in the 6500 block of ...

Northwood Elementary School student Mikhail Zulaev notched a pair of gold medals at the Junior Olympic Judo Championships in Bedford Park, Illinois, from June 20-22. In the USA Judo Federation event, ...

MIVAL, a cornerstone of the Mercer Island arts community for more than 60 years, has supported the visual arts and fostered a creative environment for artists of all levels. MIVAL’s dedication to the ...

Northwest Yeshiva High School’s Class of 2025 graduation ceremony took place on June 5 at Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation in Seward Park. Eighteen of the 19 graduates are pictured. They are: Front ...

PEPS (Program for Early Parent Support) will be launching a group for parents of newborns 2-20 months on Mercer Island this September. Newborn group gatherings will take place at 10 a.m. Mondays ...

As I settled into a balcony pew in Queen Anne’s First Free Methodist Church, the woman to my left apologized. “I’ll have to beat a hasty retreat as soon as intermission starts so I can get into ...

Washington’s century-old fuel tax is going up again. On July 1, the gasoline tax will rise by 6 cents a gallon, the first increase in nine years for the primary revenue source sustaining Washington’s ...

Additional public outreach could be holding some open houses with residents and obtaining their thoughts on housing types, building design and more, Van Gorp said. Van Gorp explained that the passage ...

According to Public Health — Seattle & King County, it has been informed of two new measles cases in King County residents from the same household. One of the individuals — either a child or an adult ...

The city reminds residents that the sale and discharge of consumer fireworks are permanently prohibited on Mercer Island, following city council’s unanimous adoption of a ban ordinance at its May 7, ...