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These binders contain documents for numerous investigations by the Bellevue Police Department into suspected prostitution and sex trafficking in the city.

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Sex trafficking an old problem in Bellevue with new challenges

Bellevue has been in the spotlight over the past month regarding a perceived uptick in sex trafficking and…

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Rep. Smith talks congressional gridlock with council

U.S. Rep. Adam Smith offered his assistance to the Bellevue City Council on Monday, expressing more optimism about…

More than 40 protesters gathered outside the Mars Hill Church Bellevue on Sunday to call for the ouster of its pastor

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Protest calls for Mars Hill pastor’s ouster

More than 40 protesters gathered outside the Mars Hill Church Bellevue on Sunday to call for the ouster…

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P.F. Chang’s affected by data breach include Bellevue, Lynwood chains

P.F. Chang's in Bellevue and Lynwood are among 33 of the restaurant chains the company reports were possibly…

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Prostitute’s story aids Bellevue investigation of alleged sex trafficker

The confessions of a prostitute who allegedly faced regular beatings, living in fear of a controlling pimp, helped…

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Auburn man indicted on sex trafficking charges | BPD investigation alleges victims forced into prostitution through violence, threats

The U.S. Attorney's Office announced today the indictment of a 33-year-old Auburn man by a federal grand jury…

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Man steals woman’s bag in strong arm robbery

A woman in Factoria reported being robbed by an eastern Indian man in his late 20s early Saturday…

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Feds building sex trafficking case against Bellevue anesthesiologist

The Drug Enforcement Administration is building a case against a Bellevue anesthesiologist alleged to have secured rental units…

Camp Blaze campers

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Camp Blaze stokes future female firefighters

About 40 young women are participating in this year's Camp Blaze, which shows girls 16-19 what it takes…

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UPDATE: Chism Beach Park reopens for swimming

Chism Beach Park has reopened for swimming after a blocked sewer line in Lake Washington was cleared today…

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Red Lion Hotel Bellevue up for sale

The Red Lion Hotel Bellevue is on the market, with broker Kidder Mathews highlighting the listing as a…

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Development Services feeling weight of building boom

Bellevue's latest building boom brought Development Services Director Mike Brennan before the City Council on Monday to request…

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Transit board taps BNSF site in Bellevue as preferred option for rail yard

The Sound Transit Board emphasized the need to explore all options for mitigating the impact of constructing a…

This rendering shows what a two-story retail structure proposed by KG Investment Management would look like at the corner of 116th Avenue Northeast and Northeast Fourth Street.

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Investment company moves on to next plan for Wilburton area

The Target Corporation may have scrapped plans for a new retail center in Bellevue's Wilburton subarea, but that…

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County council passes September Metro cuts

The King County Council has approved the first 161,000 hours of Metro transit reductions that cuts seven bus…

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Parking monitors to fix City Hall walk-offs

Bellevue City Hall has changed the way it does parking to discourage nearby retail and restaurant employees from…

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Council renews, extends red light camera contract

The Bellevue City Council on Monday approved expanding the use of red light cameras in the city for…

A local food truck operator is looking for space for a dining roundup in Bellevue

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Food truck popularity hits Bellevue | City lacks regulations for mobile businesses

A dozen food trucks that had parked for business in the former Rudy's Barbershop lot downtown over the…

U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan announced Tuesday the charging of seven people allegedly tied to four hash oil manufacturing operation explosions and fire.

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US Attorney’s Office files charges in four Puget Sound hash oil explosions | Three related to Hampton Greens fire

Three men whose hash oil manufacturing operation is alleged to have caused the fiery explosion that decimated the…

A construction worker in his 30s fell to his death from the fourth floor of the Bellevue College's Health Sciences building this morning. Police and the state Department of Labor and Industries is investigating.

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Construction worker falls to death at Bellevue College

A construction worker died at Bellevue College this morning after falling from the fourth floor of the campus'…