Last week Q13 Fox released a video about Doug Crandall, the Issaquah High School Girls Basketball Coach, who was placed on paid administrative leave on December 6, 2021 for “non-disciplinary reasons” and without explanation. Players from the team also spoke out on a KIRO News radio interview. Last Thursday, Issaquah Daily submitted a request for information to Donna Hood, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources for the Issaquah School District about...

The crime wave continues at Target’s Issaquah location despite assurances by the national retailer earlier this month that it would take action to address the criminal activity that City leaders are calling a crisis. However, on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, the Issaquah City Council unanimously adopted new code language allowing the City to suspend or revoke the business license of any local business that fails to address rampant crime.  The...

Arena Sports Issaquah, one of five company locations around the Puget Sound area, provides a warm, indoor facility for soccer players to play year-round. The Issaquah location will add a myriad of new attractions in 2022, as they convert the former Issaquah Fitness space into a ‘Family Entertainment Center.’ In addition to the existing Inflatable FunZone, the first phase of the new Center buildout, planned for midyear (pending permits),...

The Issaquah City Council on Tuesday Jan. 18, 2022 will consider two new regulations that would affect local businesses. Together the new codes would require larger businesses to better manage their own shopping carts and also allow the City to suspend or revoke a business license if necessary to protect the public health or if a business operates in a manner that allows chronic criminal activity. Agenda Bill 8316 would...