The Bellevue City Council directed staff to negotiate a new contract with the county for animal control services, with the caveat that Bellevue begin preparing proposals to opt for a sub-regional model that would see the city hire its own animal control officers and include four or five other Eastside cities.
Commuters’ greatest enemy on the State Route 520 bridge used to be gridlock. Then it was tolls. But recently, drivers have encountered a new foe: boats.
Last weekend I traveled to Portland, home of my inlaws, to help out with a home improvement project. I figured I would help, but my role would be minor. Take a few things to the dump, help out with some sawing and other things. Boy was I wrong.
It’s been a long three years for Bruce Arbtin.
The 47-year-old spent much of his career in construction and since management. But then, like millions of others around the country, he became victim to the dwindling economy. He was picked up by one of the company’s contractors after being laid off, but that opportunity soon ended, as well. Family health issues worsened the problems, and Arbtin hasn’t been able to focus solely on finding a new job, but he is starting to look harder.
Arbtin’s story was no rarity among those who attended the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce job fair Tuesday.
Bellevue gained more than 5,000 new residents Monday night, in a unanimous vote nearly 25 years in the making.
A gleeful City Council voted to make the areas of Eastgate, Tamara Hills and Horizon View a part of Bellevue. Starting June 1 the new areas will receive Bellevue city services and pay taxes to the city.
A man steals hundreds of thousands of dollars from a large airline company where he works. It’s not out of reasons of pure greed, but the need to pay for rising medical bills for his family.
The case was one of Johal’s first, and most difficult investigations since he opened his own firm, Be Prepared Investigative Services and Survival Supplies, last fall. The California-born Johal combined his years in the police force, along with his emergency training, to build a business with a wide array of services.
For Safeway shoppers, the days of waiting for the Sunday paper to clip coupons are numbered.
Thursday the Bellevue Way location rolled out the beginning of it’s Just For U application, an online/mobile program that gives shoppers targeted savings based on what they buy at the store. Shoppers only need to load their Club Card and some basic identification to be eligible for the program. Once shoppers have registered, coupons can be viewed on an Android or iPhone, or online for those without a smartphone, and used in store.
The Bellevue City Council got its first feedback during the 2013-2014 budget process, and like the ledger itself, little took shape.
Only three individuals showed up to testify about the budget, which is in its earliest phases, with no concrete proposals offered.
The Spring District, a mixed-use development in the Bel-Red corridor, received a key approval from the city last week.
Planners OK’d the master plan for the project, paving the way for development to begin as early as 2013. However, that doesn’t mean planners are done with the process. According to city documents, design review will have to be undertaken for several different parts of the project, as specific designs and uses of the buildings haven’t been designated yet.
The Bellevue Farmers Market will return for its ninth year Thursday.
Held each week through October at First Presbyterian Church in Bellevue, the market is a showcase for growers throughout the state, and a community gathering place during the warmer months.
A long-running lawsuit over light-rail on the Interstate 90 bridge is heading back to the State Supreme Court.
Tutors are brought in to help kids get the extra attention they need. But in the ultra-competitive and challenging Bellevue School District, sometimes tutors aren’t even enough. But what about tutors who are also Bellevue School District teachers?
This is the premise of Atlas Academics, a team of Sammamish High School students who recently took first place in the high school division of the 10th annual Washington State University Business Plan Competition. The three-student team of Elizabeth Arnold, Alex Honn and Nick Phillips won a $5,000 prize for their idea.
Weight loss can be tricky. People can do all the right things, and lose weight, but it may not be the right kind. They may be dropping their lean muscle mass while retaining fat. Of course, this problem can be fought through careful observation. But most body fat tests are invasive at best, and wildly inconsistent at worst.
One office in Bellevue can get people the exact results they need.
Bellevue commuters heading Seattle may get at least a one-day pick-me-up from a promotion sponsored by online search database Ask.com.
An online and in-person poll begins May 1, asking residents in around Seattle to choose from three options to make life a little easier for a day. Oakland, Calif-based Ask.com will provide the temporary solution for the winning plan, as part of a new marketing campaign to help the site become more involved in communities nationwide.
From 5-year-old kids, to a 97-year-old man, Sun Villa Lanes has been the go-to spot for bowlers in Bellevue for decades, but the Eastgate alley is in its final frame.
The facility will close at the end of May, leaving hundreds of bowlers, specifically league players, looking outside of the city limits for other options.
Students strolling through the University of Washington’s Bothell campus are confronted with countless challenges – tests, research papers, and many more – but invading robots fighting a biological battle isn’t the typical academic bout.
Walmart opened a hiring center in Bellevue on Monday for those seeking a job at the company s’ Local Market store at the Kelsey Creek Center in Bellevue. The company also has received hundreds of applicants online. Walmart plans to hire 90 workers for the store.
When Ken Seal first came to Bellevue, it was not the towering, simmering urban center it has become, but a rolling expanse of farm land and small homes. It was a bedroom community for Boeing employees looking for a quiet place to settle as the company continued to grow.
Bellevue hasn’t opted out of animal control services from King County, but it hasn’t indicated it will stay either.
Volunteers for the Bellevue Police Department are getting some interesting perks.
