Bellevue College Film Studies Instructor Michael Korolenko, of Issaquah, has won an Accolade Award of Merit for “Of Yesterday and Tomorrow,” a short film he directed and co-produced with Leslie Evers of his film production firm, Korry Productions.
A panel of national transportation experts gave its blessing to a regional plan to connect Interstate 405 with State Route…
A law enforcement task force that includes both local and national jurisdictions arrested three suspects Saturday as part of an ATM fraud ring.
The three suspects were alleged to have used skimming devices that read and record bank customers’ PINs when they use ATMs.
An 88-year-old Bellevue resident is facing a loss of U.S. citizenship over accusations that he lied about his position in the German Army during World War II.
An early morning fire destroyed five cars at a Bellevue apartment complex Friday and damaged five others.
The first call came in to the Bellevue Fire Department at 7:48 a.m. reporting a white truck on aflame in the parking lot of the Foothill and Woodland Commons apartments at 13700 Northeast 10th Place, near 140th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Eighth Street, but by the time firefighters arrived approximately seven minutes later, the fire had engulfed several nearby vehicles, BFD spokesman Lt. Eric Keenan said.
No one was hurt in the fire.
Neighbors of the soon-to-developed Kelsey Creek Center filled the Lake Hills Boys and Girls Club on Wednesday as city representatives and property owners sat in on an East Bellevue Community Council meeting to hear their concerns.
Less than 24 hours before election night, U.S. Senate hopeful Dino Rossi confidently spoke of the changes he would pursue if voted into office.
More than 40 police volunteers sat stunned last week at a luncheon to highlight their contributions when each one of them was awarded a night’s stay at the Old Hen Bed and Breakfast in North Bend.
With the Nov. 2 deadline passed, King County has received more than half of all ballots sent out for the 2010 General election.
Negative TV and online ads for political campaigns are no rarity, especially in this election. But, negative campaign signs about a specific candidate remain unusual – until this year.
The office vacancy rate in downtown Bellevue dropped by more than half a percent this quarter, but the rate remains significantly higher than it was a year ago, according to a report released Monday by Colliers International.
City Council Member John Chelminiak returned to the dais Monday – via telephone – 31 days after surviving a black bear attack.
Chelminiak’s first meeting was a big one, with discussions of the 2011-12 budget and the C9T tunnel funding as part of the Eastlink light-rail project on the agenda.
Bellevue-based Puget Sound Energy was fined more than $100,000 Tuesday for numerous violations in handling accounts, primarily of low-income customers who were disconnected from service due to nonpayment.
Bellevue-based Clarisonic is the kind of business that is going to help rebuild Washington’s economy, Gov. Christine Gregoire said during a visit to the company’s manufacturing facility Monday.
A panel of national experts told local leaders Thursday that a clear philosophy needs to emerge for tolling in the Interstate 405 corridor that balances the needs to finance a multi-billion project while also delivering the performance and congestion relief to make it worth the money.
A local developer has submitted an application to build two residential towers downtown, and an Iowa-based real estate company bought…
More than 100 people converged on Bellevue City Hall Tuesday to urge the King County Council to restore funding to the human services element of the 2011 county budget.
A large portion of the cuts to the county budget involve significantly reducing funding to human services groups.
The City Council Monday green-lighted $670,000 in spending for the first of three phases for further study of its preferred route for East Link light-rail through south Bellevue.
This first phase redefines the preferred B7 alternative, which takes the rail line down the BNSF rail corridor, adding a new Park and Ride in south Enatai, eliminating the 118th station and adding an East Main station at the Red Lion site.
King County residents will see a drop of nearly 10 percent in criminal defense departments (courts, police, etc.) unless they approve a .2 percent sales tax increase this election season.
Expectations of a difficult budgeting session were realized this week when City Manager Steve Sarkozy released his preliminary budget recommendations to the City Council. Sarkozy, saying the city faces a projected $11 million drop in revenues, recommended defunding several transportation projects and eliminating 59 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions, a reduction of nearly 5 percent of the city’s 1,318 employees.
