More than 40 Eastside residents struggled with their allotted time to comment Monday on the land use code and comprehensive plan changes they want to see made to improve the city of Bellevue’s draft shoreline master program.
Bellevue City Council is poised to adopt an economic development strategic plan that includes working to draw in more next gen tech companies, promoting citywide assets and strengthening its focus on tourism following a Monday review.
Bellevue city councilmembers approved settlements Monday with Best Buy and Bellevue 116th Avenue LLC — three weeks after putting their final offers on the table to buy up property for extending Northeast Fourth Street.
Utility work for the highly anticipated Lincoln Square expansion is slated to begin Monday, closing Bellevue Way from Northeast Fourth to Sixth streets until May 23.
The fight to stop Puget Sound Energy from running a 18-mile transmission line from Redmond to Renton continues, with 74 Eastside residents claiming the power company has no legal right to do so along the Eastside Rail Corridor.
The former site of Bellevue’s Fire District No. 14 station was torn down Monday for new construction at 102nd Avenue Northeast and Northeast First Place. The fire station served the unincorporated, rural area of Bellevue, and construction began in 1946. It was used for 28 years, before Fire Station No. 1 replaced it at 766 Bellevue Way Southeast.
More than 300 volunteers came out to Bellevue parks Saturday to plant 1,000 trees and shrubs, restore trails and pull weeds as part of the city’s Arbor Day celebration, topped off at Kelsey Creek Park with the noon ceremonial planting of a red leaf maple.
The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance hosted the state’s first fundraising walk for bladder cancer Saturday, May 3, at Bellevue Downtown Park. Participants made two laps around the park to support cancer research and treatment.
Kaisho, a new izakaya restaurant in Bellevue Square, closed Thursday after being open just five months. Not from lack of success, says Jeffrey Lunak, but a need for a “culinary incubator” for Madison Holdings’ other thriving ventures.
The Washington State Liquor Control Board released today the results of its pot store lottery, ranking applicants for the limited amount of licenses available across the state.
Bellevue councilmembers had more questions than answers by the end of Monday’s third round of informational sessions provided by staff about the progress of creating a shoreline master plan the city hopes will pass state muster.
Whole Foods has tapped its Bellevue store to pilot a partnership with bio-clean tech company WISErg Corporation, tracking its food waste and turning it into organic fertilizer that the supermarket can sell back to its customers.
Four Bellevue teens are alleged to have stopped and robbed several pedestrians in Bellevue and Redmond over a one-hour period earlier this month, reportedly punching two and stabbing another.
The brothers behind Cactus restaurants have partnered with veteran restauranteurs James Weimann and Deming Maclise to bring Tavern Hall to Bellevue Square, promising a hang out spot complete with 20 beers on tap, dinner gatherings, shuffleboard and private dining space among its offerings.
The King County Council will hold a public hearing in May before potentially authorizing the $17.95 million sale of Bellevue City Hall-adjacent property to the city for undetermined future development.
Bodybuilders converged on the Meydenbauer Center on Saturday, April 26 for the continuation of the Emerald Cup 2014.
The city has approved a design review to convert the old Bally’s Total Fitness building in Eastgate to a new Bellevue Nissan dealership.
A 32-year-old man wanted in King County for his part in an alleged identity theft ring and believed to have fled to Mexico is now being investigated by the Eastside Narcotics Task Force for money laundering and selling heroin through various drug runners in the area.
The Bellevue Transportation Commission is passing along its recommendations for transportation project priorities to the City Council for consideration during its May 19 budget hearing.
Bellevue Parks and Community Services hopes to begin upgrading a Coal Creek trailhead along Newcastle Golf Club Road by late July, placing a nine-stall parking lot there, mitigating runoff and the planting of 12,000 square feet of native plants.
