Sammamish News

Having to pay upwards of $35,000 per household to be connected to a new sewer system may not seem like a prudent financial decision for many residents of Southeast 20th Street in Sammamish.

Whether or not the modern economy has much to do with ancient greek mythology, these days economists and analysts are remembering the story about the phoenix rising from the ashes.

City officials say Eastside Fire and Rescue has been charging people extra for fire code inspection fees.

When 10-year-old Ashley Tsai wanted to help her Dad's band, Experimental Reality, get into the Pine Lake summer concert series, she contacted the city to nominate them.

A world-traveling frog expert is making a Northwest house call this week. Dr. Kerry Kriger is in Washington to spread the word about his specialty: frogs.

New June 27, 1:39 p.m. When Margaret Rosenow bought her single-family home with her husband Gary in 1980, the house was worth about $170,000. Like many families in Sammamish, the Rosenows have seen their home increase in value over the years, but that trend halted this summer.

On Wednesday night the City of Sammamish unveiled a remarkable new art exhibition at City Hall.

The City of Issaquah and the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District have signed an agreement to explore jointly funding construction of a water treatment system specifically for urban storm water runoff.

Richard Stearns, the president of the nonprofit organization World Vision, will speak on Sunday at the Sammamish Presbyterian Church .

A Redmond man has emerged unscathed after the experimental aircraft he had designed and built crashed into Lake Sammamish during a test flight this afternoon, Wednesday.

In 40 years, will we still have flash drives and DVDs? It's a silly question, but it will matter in Sammamish.

Stephanie Murphy wouldn't be too worried if King County Metro cuts the 216 bus route.

Higher taxes, less direct contact with the governing body and less say in how the body operates - those were some of the issues that caused residents in Sammamish to form its own city 10 years ago.

There are numerous government agency programs the public has come to depend on, but budget cuts have put them on hold or dropped them altogether.

It was an important day in the continued transformation of the Issaquah Highlands from development-in-progress to active community, with the groundbreaking ceremony on Habitat for Humanity's 10 home site last Thursday.

The City of Redmond will develop a Master Plan for Sammamish Valley Park, an undeveloped park at the corner of Northeast 116th Street and Willows Road Northeast, north of the Willows Run Golf Course.

Visitors to the Sammamish City Hall will have noticed the place got a bit of a facelift recently, utilizing the expertise of local company Fishtail Construction.

With kids almost out of school and more free time on their hands, parents are often worried about their safety on the computer.

Please don't get me wrong: I really have nothing against clocks, per se. Indeed, as I sit here at the South Sammamish Park and Ride waiting for my bus to Seattle, in the all-too-small bus shelter, writing this on my laptop, I have an analog watch on my wrist, a digital clock in my cell phone, and a digital clock on my computer's taskbar.

To spend or not to spend - that was the question being pondered by City of Sammamish councilors at Monday night's capital project budget study session.