The Washington State Department of Transportation is advising Interstate 90 commuters to change their habits as work begins Friday, July 18 to replace aging bridge expansion joints westbound on the East Channel Bridge.
Bellevue Mayor Claudia Balducci made it clear to City Council on Monday they had precious little time left to approve options for a draft shoreline management plan ahead of an August public hearing. Councilmembers passed it back to staff, confident public opinion will change it again.
The King County Council will vote Monday on legislation outlining bus service reductions to shore up a long-time funding gap, the ordinance in question substantively no different than one that failed this week.
A Thurston County Superior Court judge last week reversed a decision approving Puget Sound Energy’s multi-year energy rate plan following an appeal by the Attorney General’s Public Counsel, which could roll back rate increases for the utility company’s customers.
Nearing five decades of service, Bellevue’s Fire Station No. 5 is an example of doing more with less, but Deputy Chief Michael Remington says replacing the old brick-and-mortar structure is also a top priority for the fire department.
Bellevue Police are investigating whether hundreds of items found in the tent of a man who died Wednesday at the Tent City 4 homeless encampment may have been stolen.
The Sound Transit Capital Committee agreed new information likely won’t surface in the next two weeks to ease a decision on where an operations and maintenance facility should be located on the Eastside, and opted not to forward a preferred alternative to the full board on Thursday.
The Bellevue Police Department on Thursday announced several arrests at a condominium where numerous fake IDs, fraudulent credit cards and hundreds of forged checks believed to belong to a prolific identity thief were recovered.
Bellevue-based Syntonic Wireless and AT&T announced Thursday a partnership to provide the wireless operator’s mobile subscribers with sponsored data through the local startup’s content store application.
Trusting in a promise from Kemper Development Company that its expanding downtown core will continue to offer free parking long into the future, the Bellevue City Council on Monday approved a transit master plan after two years in development.
A Lake Hills family escaped uninjured from an early morning fire Wednesday that destroyed their home on the 600 block of 155th Avenue Southeast.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office is searching for the donor of three human skulls to the Bellevue Goodwill, two of which are believed to have been used for medical purposes and the other identified as belonging to a Native American child.
The Washington Utilities Transportation Commission can’t prevent Puget Sound Energy from running upgraded transmission lines more than 100 feet above neighborhoods from Renton to Redmond, but it can prevent the energy company from recovering costs if the project is deemed unnecessary or excessive.
Green Theory on Main Street has become the first recreational pot store in Bellevue to be licensed by the state Liquor Control Board, but operator Mike Griffith said Monday it will be a few more weeks before he’s ready to open for business.
The Baird Financial Group closed its acquisition Tuesday of Seattle investment firm McAdams Wright Ragen, Inc., whose client assets are valued at $10 billion and include offices in Bellevue, Anacortes, Mount Vernon, Yakima and Spokane.
At 23 years and counting, Bellevue is host to the largest Fourth of July celebration on the Eastside – an undertaking organizers say they don’t take lightly.
Target Corporation has confirmed it is scrapping plans to construct a new store at the corner of Northeast Fourth and 116th Avenue Northeast after months of litigation with the city in order to expedite construction and amend the city’s land use code.
Interim Bellevue Fire Chief Mark Risen is seeking a major investment in public safety from the City Council through a facilities master plan unveiled Monday, replacing a 1979 model as outdated as some of the fire stations around the city.
Bellevue councilmembers voiced approval Monday of financing a $12.5 million renovation of the Meydenbauer Center to include technological upgrades in high demand by its users and modernizing the 20-year-old facility.
The Bellevue Strawberry Festival is in full swing at Crossroads Park and runs through the weekend. Come out for strawberries, strawberry shortcake, music, games, auto show, live performances and more.
