Uniquely Issaquah

Snoqualmie Tribe Councilmembers Suzanne Sailto and Jolene Williams sat down with Mayor Mary Lou Pauly to discuss the Ancestral Lands Movement, collaborations between the Snoqualmie Tribe and the City of Issaquah, the Tribe's rich history and what they have planned for the future.

Issaquah Mayor Mary Lou Pauly sits down with Village Theatre's Managing Director Laura Lee to discuss everything Village Theatre. The current season, the process of developing the plays and musicals for each season and all that goes into creating the magic that is Village Theatre.

Mayor Pauly sits down with a founding member of the Issaquah Sister City Commission Mohamed Belali to discuss their recent trip to Issaquah's sister city Chefchaouen, Morocco and the devastation of the recent earthquake in Morocco's Marrakesh–Safi region.

On this episode of Uniquely Issaquah Mayor Mary Lou Pauly sits down with the 2023 Issaquah Hall of Fame inductee Ken Konigsmark to discuss his long time service to the Issaquah community.

Mayor Pauly sits down with Kaylee Jaech, the Executive Director of the Garage, a Teen Café to discuss all things Garage. The Garage is a non-profit drop-in space exclusively for high school teens. It is a safe space for teens to come hang out with friends, grab a coffee and a snack​, ​play ​a game, play music, watch TV, talk over homework, meet with a counselor, and much more!

On this episode of Uniquely Issaquah Chief Ben Lane sits down with Issaquah Mayor Mary Lou Pauly to discuss his new role as Chief of Eastside Fire and Rescue.

Issaquah Mayor, Mary Lou Pauly sits down with co-owner of Issaquah's Fortunato Chocolate to hear the unique story on how this family of entrepreneurs became chocolate maker's using one of the worlds rarest cocoa beans.

Issaquah's Mayor Mary Lou Pauly sits down with Issaquah's new Police Chief Paula Schwan to discuss her promotion, priorities as chief and what makes policing in Issaquah both unique and rewarding.

On tis edition of Uniquely Issaquah host Tim Smith sits down with Peter Walters the City of Issaquah's first Park Ranger to learn more about this unique position with the city.

On this episode Erica Maniez, Museum Director for the Issaquah History Museums stopped to tell the story of the first women to be mayor of Issaquah Stella Alexander.

Host Tim Smith sits down with filmmaker/producer Nils Cowan and David St. John, environmental affairs officer for King County to discuss the new documentary "Spawning Grounds" and the plight of the Lake Sammamish Kokanee. To see upcoming viewing dates fro "Spawning Grounds" go to https://www.spawninggroundsfilm.org

Local Issaquah resident Roger Ulrich sits down and discusses his amazing 35 million year old discovery while building his new house in Issaquah.

On our first episode of Uniquely Issaquah we sit down with City of Issaquah’s Matt Mechler to discuss Coexisting with Carnivores, a unique program meant to document and inform about living with wildlife in and around our community.