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Friday, April 18, 2014
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Issaquah police name man found dead on April 5 The new upper intake is narrow, only eight feet, in order to create more current, which sweeps silt and leaves through faster. LINDA BALL, ISSAQUAH REPORTER.
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“We were out of compliance with the fish ladder and the old water intake.”
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Darin Combs with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife points to the “brain” of the operation. The whole thing is computerized. upper intake. The operation is now in the hands of Fish and Wildlife, handed over from the contractor, SNC-Lavalin. Everything is running smoothly except that they still don’t have power, so temporarily a large diesel powered
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The project to create a better system for salmon habitat in Issaquah Creek is finally done. Originally scheduled to be completed in September 2013, the project was delayed by weather and ground water problems. Darin Combs with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said the contractors encountered much more groundwater than expected, and last September’s rainfall didn’t help matters. “We’d never seen the creek that high in the 10 years I’ve been here,” Combs said. The valves were opened on Monday, March 3 and Issaquah Creek water once again began flowing into the hatchery ponds and incubation trays from the
Issaquah police have identified the man found dead in Issaquah on April 5 as Jose Tavares. Tavares left Swedish/ Issaquah on March 20. Police are now asking for Jose Tavares the public’s help to clarify what happened next. Anyone who thinks they saw Tavares after March 20 is asked to call Issaquah police at 425-837-3200 and ask for a detective. Tavares was Hispanic, 5-feet, 4 inches tall; 150 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was 49 years old. His body was found in a field northeast of Northeast Juniper Street by another man who was exploring the area. The body appeared to have been at the location for several days. Police are continuing the investigation, but at this time it appears the cause of death was by natural causes.