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. Denis Hayes, also a Stanford student, organized the original celebration. As ...

One of Mercer Island’s most beloved playgrounds is due for a complete makeover – and citizens can help decide its future.

A Mercer Island Police Department (MIPD) diver removed a 52-year-old male from a vehicle that sunk into Lake Washington near ...

The individual traveled through Sea-Tac Airport and stayed overnight at a nearby hotel, on April 6 and 7, while infectious, ...

As the city of Mercer Island continuously searches for new and innovative solutions around sustainability, it linked up with ...

Longtime Mercer Island resident and city councilmember Ted Weinberg announced he is running for re-election to Mercer Island ...

Other top seniors leading the way to victory are midfielders (or middies) Ryder Davis and Robbie Curry, defenseman Sebastian ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson says federal funds are needed to address $34 million in damage caused by the storm, and that the state will ...

While conducting a routine check of the city’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system at about 7:30 a.m. on ...

The Washington state Senate on Monday, April 14, approved legislation to require a new state permit to buy guns. The debate ...

When the 14-year-old Islander Middle School eighth-grader learned from two of her classmates that she notched an honorable mention award in the third annual New York Times Tiny Memoir Contest, she was ...