A hybrid organic grocery store will soon fill the vacant store front on Bellevue Way, across from Bellevue Square.
Your Local Market blends a natural, organic selection with the mainstream brands – such as Coca Cola, Doritos, and others – to make a one-stop shop.
East Link debate has taken up much of the City Council’s time in recent months, but that’s not the only issue on Bellevue’s radar, council candidates said at a debate Tuesday.
The forum, hosted by the Bellevue Downtown Association, featured seven candidates for Bellevue City Council. John Chelminiak and Claudia Balducci drew challengers in their races, Jennifer Robertson is running unopposed, and candidates John Stokes and Aaron Laing are fighting to replace Grant Degginger who decided not to seek another term.
Jane Hague has been on the King County Council since 1994, but her opponent still doesn’t believe she has what it takes to lead.
Mercer Island resident Richard Mitchell questioned Hague’s leadership at a candidate forum hosted by the Bellevue Downtown Association on Tuesday, while the incumbent highlighted her history of reaching across the aisle to work with Democrats, in the county and Bellevue.
A top national health survey began in King County last week.
Each year, approximately 7,000 randomly-selected residents in 15 counties across the nation have the opportunity to participate in the latest National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.
Public debate over the location of East Link light-rail has not died down, despite Sound Transit’s decision to run the route along 112th Avenue Northeast and Bellevue Way.
Seventy-six people spoke at a public hearing yesterday, in what turned into a battle of property owners on the proposed route against those who wanted the council to push the project forward on its current path. A majority of those that packed City Council Chambers and the adjoining rooms were in favor of working with Sound Transit to make sure the project gets done on time.
Danny Khen waited for this day for more than a decade.
Khen, who arrived in the United States just weeks before the Sept. 11 attacks, saw both the lowest depths and highest highs of the American spirit. And now, 10 years later, Khen is officially an American.
Light-rail negotiations and discussion continue to grind forward, and the community hasn’t lost interest.
This civil engagement was evident at an open house for several design alternatives for East Link light-rail Tuesday. Close to 200 people attended the two-hour event filled with spirited discussions between citizens, staff members and Bellevue City Council representatives.
Bellevue-based Coinstar, the parent company of the popular Red Box movie kiosks, has been named to Fortune Magazine’s top 100 fastest growing companies.
Bellevue is facing a $25 million deficit over the seven-year life of its Capital Improvement Plan, but cost-cutting measures have kept the city’s two-year budget in balance, officials said.
The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, Sprint, has filed against AT&T in an attempt to block the $39 billion proposed acquistion of Bellevue-based T-Mobile.
Sprint’s suit will piggy back on the claim filed by the U.S. Department of Justice last week that argues the merger would increase prices and hurt competition in the wireless industry.
The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit to block a proposed acquisition of Bellevue-based T-Mobile by AT&T.
The department said the proposed $39 billion transaction would substantially lessen competition for mobile wireless telecommunications services across the United States, resulting in higher prices, poorer quality services, fewer choices and fewer innovative products for the millions of American consumers who rely on mobile wireless services in their everyday lives.
Nonprofits are famous for making a lot happen with little money. To sustain their efforts, more and more are turning to retail stores to boost the bottom line.
A pending trade agreement between the United States and South Korea could increase jobs and profits for exporting industries in the state, business leaders said at a forum Friday in Bellevue.
Bill Ptacek has always believed in the power of libraries. This passion and confidence in the potential of libraries took Ptacek all over the country, from Chicago to Idaho to Kentucky and finally to the Puget Sound area, where he has helped establish KCLS as the busiest library system in the nation.
A 74-year-old Mercer Island woman avoided injury – and potentially electrocution – after driving her car up a utility pole Friday morning.
Bellevue Police Officer Seth Tyler said the woman was driving westbound on Lake Washington Boulevard and looking to make a slight left turn onto Overlake Drive East. She did not see oncoming traffic and swerved to the right. In her attempt to avoid the cars, Tyler said, the woman drove up a PSE guide wire.
Marinepolis Sushi Land has been cleared to reopen by the King County Health department after being closed since Thursday.
When Mehta and Zhao met up for winter break last year, they decided it was time to learn coding to match up with their lofty ideas and business acumen. They started small. Now on deck for the group is a product they feel will make a significant impact in an intriguing, yet socially awkward arena: gift-giving.
The former police chief of Medina, Jeffrey Chen, and a current member of the Medina City Council have filed lawsuits to obtain public records related to the chief’s termination earlier this year.
In Bellevue, thousands of residents pay taxes on a hospital they don’t use. Jim Grossnickle is running for a spot on the Board of Commissioners for Valley Medical Center to fix that by removing Newport Hills, and other south Bellevue residents from Valley’s taxing district.
Madison Osborne sat comfortably aboard a flight to North Carolina. On the way to a family reunion, the Lake Forest Park native’s plane suddenly and inexplicably plummeted from the sky. As the vessel stabilized, an image was burned into Osborne’s head that has given her a fear of heights since that day. Not anymore. A week at the Camp Blaze firefighting school helped cure that.
