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Sound Transit is asking residents throughout the region to take part in the most intensive public involvement effort the agency ever has undertaken. In addition to open houses around the region, community members can sound off on their views about mass transit through an online questionnaire and, for the first time, using touch-tone phones.
Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Robert E. Milam Jr., son of Rebecca Milam of Greenville, Texas and Robert E. Milam of Bellevue, departed on a scheduled deployment as part of the Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) while assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey homeported in San Diego.
Rebuilding Together Eastside is offering free home repairs to eligible homeowners including the elderly, disabled or families with young children.
The release last Thursday of a report by the Brookings Institution ranking the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan area as the sixth lowest in the nation in terms of per capita carbon emissions comes at a time when Bellevue has been aggressively working to reduce its carbon footprint, officials say.
Four students with developmental disabilities will make history June 13 when they step to the Bellevue Community College (BCC) commencement stage to receive Associate of Occupational and Life Skills (AOLS) degrees.
Starting today, TOP Food stores will provide free prenatal vitamins to anyone who has prescriptions for them. No insurance plan is required.
When BECU opened its Neighborhood Financial Center in downtown Bellevue on Thursday, May 29, it did so with a statement. The ribbon-cutting came with the presentation of a $10,000 to the Bellevue School District’s VIBES program.
Medina Detectives are currently investigating a residential burglary that occurred between Thursday May 22 and Monday May 26.
A group of fashion-forward women got “Carried Away” at a private screening of Sex & the City: The Movie on opening day, part of a breakfast benefit for Hopelink. Lincoln Square Cinemas buzzed with excitement as 240 people, most of them women, gathered to spend the morning with four of their closet friends: Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda.
Sheriff Sue Rahr has opened the Cedar River to recreation use.
A Bellevue physician has pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of controlled substances.
Judith Powers, of Bellevue, died on May 26, 2008 in Bellevue. She was 86.
Funds from a new county sales tax designed to pay for mental illness and drug dependency services should initially be targeted at community-based programs, jail and hospital diversion initiatives and school programs to assist youth, Bellevue City Council members said last week.
Growing concerns regarding the rising costs associated with healthcare and long term financial security brought people together in Bellevue recently as AARP Washington hosted the “Divided We Fail” public forum at the Red Lion Hotel. The event was part of a nationwide campaign set to address what millions of Americans believe are the two most pressing domestic issues facing our nation.
Bellevue resident Xinhang Hu has received a Margin of Excellence Award from the Bellevue Community College (BCC) Foundation in recognition of her outstanding work in support of the college and its students.
Cherry Crest Elementary second grader Ben Buckley sat in the council chambers at Bellevue City Hall and studied the man’s face.
Bellevue City Council members last week put the Light Rail Best Practices Committee on a fast track to finish a nearly year-long effort that will help the council prepare for a proposed light rail system in Bellevue.
A pocketful of change may not seem like much, but for the increasing number of people feeling the effects of a weakening economy, a nickel and dime goes a long way.
