The Bellevue City Council next week will vote on whether or not to accept a broad term sheet as a framework to move forward with more in-depth negotiations. Councilmembers made it clear Monday night that there is still a lot of negotiating to be done between now and the final decision point on the tunnel agreement, Oct. 25.
East Link light-rail will run down Bellevue Way and 112th Avenue into a downtown tunnel, the Sound Transit Board of Directors decided Thursday.
But all is not solved.
The board identified a number of undecided issues, and the fears of financial difficulties with the projects caused two members to vote no on the downtown tunnel alignment.
A 15-vehicle crash has sent as many as seven people to the hospital and blocked the majority of westbound Interstate 90, according to Washington State Patrol and Washington State Department of Transportation officials.
The Bellevue City Council and Sound Transit have just over a week to find agreement on a number of unresolved issues before the regional board makes its final call on East Link light-rail alignment.
When one thinks of litter, the picture of used food wrappers and discarded bottles come to mind. But in recent months, the Crossroads area has been littered with a different kind of material – discarded shopping carts.
Bellevue police are now enforcing the taking of shopping carts from stores as a class three offense, which carries a $50 fine.
The Bellevue Police Department has added a new, green mode of transportation to its fleet.
Officers are now patrolling in the downtown core of Bellevue in a T3 Motion Law Enforcement vehicle.
Amy Li and Liv Nam didn’t want to spend their summer getting coffee and making copies at an office. The two Bellevue natives and current Ivy Leaguers sought a job that made a difference. This summer, Li and Nam are getting hands-on experience to apply their academic skills in a teaching format, and also build a business from the ground up.
Recent negotiations with Sound Transit may soon pay off, as officials from that agency will join the Bellevue City Council next week to publicly discuss mitigation for East Link light-rail.
Starting a business based on home remodels in the midst of the worst economy in modern times may seem like a bad idea, but it’s worked out well for Dana Wolk and Laird Laabs. The two, along with Laabs’ son, Blake, and Steve Corey, founded Discount Tile Outlet a little over a year ago. And business is booming.
Former Medina Police Chief Jeffrey Chen will file a claim for $14 million against the city for damages to his character caused by months of investigation and a subsequent firing.
The opening date for tolling on State Route 520 remains up in the air as testing continues.
As the plan went through the Legislature earlier this year, the goal was to open it as soon as possible to collect revenue to help rebuild the floating bridge. But the testing has proved complex, and the opening date has been delayed several times. As a result the Washington State Department of Transportation doesn’t have a firm date in mind. Testing is expected to continue through July, at least.
City of Bellevue officials are now projecting a $6 million budget shortfall over the next two years, prompting a hiring freeze as they look at options.
A 23-year-old Bellevue man was arrested and charged with murder this week in the case of a Des Moines woman who was stabbed 63 times last August.
South Bellevue residents could see a shift in their representation on the King County Council next year, when district lines are redrawn.
When Adam Stafford and his wife moved to Issaquah from California five years ago, they thought they were actually moving to Issaquah. Turns out, the couple ended up in a small patch of unincorporated area that didn’t fall within the jurisdiction of Bellevue or Issaquah. The difficulty of relying on King County support became plainly obvious on a night when Stafford’s security alarm went off. It appeared to be a misfire, and Stafford thought nothing of it. But more than an hour later, King County Sheriff’s officers responded.
For Stafford, who was unaware of the legal status of his area, the event proved to be a catalyst. Stafford’s tale is commonplace among the 5,500 residents in Eastgate and other areas representing unincorporated islands, surrounded by city. They lack the police, fire and other non-emergency services that their neighbors receive.
T-Mobile has responded to critics of the proposed deal for AT&T to buy the Bellevue-based mobile company for $39 billion.
The most vocal critic of the deal has been Sprint, the third leading wireless carrier behind Verizon and AT&T. Sprint last month filed a formal 377-page complaint to the Federal Communications Commission in which the companied urged the FCC to block the deal or risk creating a duopoly in wireless communications between AT&T and Verizon.
A semi truck crashed on westbound I-90, spilling more than 100 gallons of fuel on the roadway in East Bellevue.
The crash occurred at 3:30 a.m. Friday morning and ended with the truck skidding off the freeway onto city streets.
With Sound Transit’s final East Link decision looming, the Bellevue City Council cut its independent study of its preferred route short.
The council decided that a finalized version of the interim report released last month by Arup North America would be enough to show to Sound Transit and the public as a way to persuade the transportation body to change its minds and consider a route that goes along the west side of Interstate 405 through South Bellevue, bypassing 112th Avenue and Bellevue Way, as Sound Transit prefers.
A group of more than 100 Medina citizens took over the City Council meeting Monday to protest the city’s handling of former Police Chief Jeffrey Chen.
They paraded to the microphone for public comment representing the 431 individuals who have signed a petition to have the former chief restored to the position. The raucous crowd, wearing name tags that read “I support Chief Chen” flashed green “thumbs up” for things they liked, and red “thumbs down” cards for the opinions they didn’t agree with.
Gov. Chris Gregoire will not seek a third term as governor, she announced Monday morning.
