Mercer Island architect and resident Suzanne Zahr’s home will be featured in the Northwest Green Home Tour from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 26. This abode is located at 8110 SE 70th St. and is ...

Transportation budget writers in the state Legislature are settling on a revenue package that would hike the state’s gasoline tax 6 cents a gallon beginning July 1. The potential gas tax increase, the ...

A property tax levy that funds a fingerprint identification system for local law enforcement agencies in King County is ...

King County Elections has released the early results for the April 22 special election, which includes the Proposition No. 1 ...

Public Health – Seattle & King County was notified of a confirmed measles case in a King County infant.

Philip Brewer and Christina Hardy, the defendants who pleaded not guilty in the homicide of Mercer Island resident Curtis ...

Missing person: In the 3000 block of 78th Avenue Southeast, police received a call about a woman in distress. The on-scene ...

Mercer Island City Council will hold a pair of public hearings at its May 6 regular meeting. The hearings are regarding ...

A group of residents from Mercer Island’s Covenant Living at the Shores known as “Yarn Buddies” donated nearly two dozen ...

Vauhini Vara is a polymath of the writing world. She is a journalist, editor, fiction writer and mentor.

The WIAA (Washington Interscholastic Activities Association) has announced that girls flag football is officially a school sport beginning on Aug. 1 at all schools that offer the sport.

I vividly remember the very first Earth Day: April 22, 1970. I was a graduate student in journalism at Stanford University.