When it comes to a child’s safety, every parent could benefit from a little P.E.A.C.E of Mind. Parenting Education And Child Empowerment is a Bellevue-based, nonprofit organization formed in 2007 by Kim Estes and Sabrina Sessa, both certified agents through the National Security Alliance and completion of the Bellevue Police Department Citizens Academy.
The most important thing to remember if you experience symptoms of heart attack is to call 911, says Stephen Marshall, medical director of the Emergency Department at Overlake Hospital.
Residents are asked to contact the King County public health department if they see dead birds. The request is prompted by the start of the mosquito season being under way and West Nile virus once again being a concern.
Bruce Watson is in good spirits. After rallying support from friends and family for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Watson is recharged for his fight against cancer. (The Reporter wrote a full story in the June 21 issue). Watson was first diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 2005 and has since journeyed on a long road of hospital stays, treatments, and tests.
The Bellevue Philharmonic board of directors has approved a 44 percent increase in the pay rate for its musicians. The increase takes effect at the opening night concert of the new season on Oct. 3.
An Eastgate home was heavily damaged by a fire early Tuesday morning, but the family was able to escape safely.
County residents will be better able to assess the performance and efficiency of King County government under a countywide effort to increase accountability and set identifiable performance standards, adopted unanimously Monday by the Metropolitan King County Council.
A $40.5 million parks levy request will go before the Bellevue City Council on Monday, July 21, with councilmembers indicating they will put the measure on the Nov. 4 general election ballot.
Janet Ellinger, who pleaded guilty to embezzling about $300,000 from the Bellevue Arts Museum, was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday.
The Evergreen Point floating bridge is closed this weekend while Washington State Department of Transportation crews perform annual inspection and maintenance work.
The Bellevue City Council on Monday reviewed the results of a year-long effort designed to assist the community, and themselves, in evaluating and planning for a proposed light rail system in Bellevue.
On the day 44-year-old Talal Al-namrouti died, he enjoyed a game of soccer with his three sons that morning at Robinswood Park.
The Bellevue City Council will consider Monday, July 14 whether to proceed with a second round of regulations to limit the impacts of “teardown” development – the replacement of older homes with large new residences that may seem out-of-scale compared to existing neighborhood development.
The Bellevue-based Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle will be featured in the Real Estate & Construction Review – 2009 Northwest Edition for the school’s new two-phase gymnasium project.
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For students at Lake Hills Elementary, it was a reading frenzy this past school year. The students participated in Read to Feed, a program linked to Heifer International, a non-profit organization that helps send animals all over the world in an effort to end hunger.
Five-year-old Gus is a very very shy boy who is waiting for someone special who can see what a rare jewel he is. He actually is a very affectionate boy once he gets to know you.
Peter Adler, Senior Vice-President of Bellevue-based PeaceHealth and CEO of its HealthVentures subsidiary, has been named president of the Bellevue Community College Foundation Board of Directors.
Students at Bellevue’s Interlake High School will see first-hand that solar power is a viable means of alternative energy thanks to a $20,000 grant from Puget Sound Energy. The grant was presented to the Bellevue School District on Tuesday, July 8.
