Tired of waiting for a transportation plan to pass in the state Legislature, King County Executive Dow Constantine on Tuesday announced his plan for filling a funding gap that would spare public transit service, but depend on the will of voters.
When the weather outside is frightful, more often than not, people will often turn to comfort food to warm their holiday spirits.
A Chinese investment firm closed on its purchase of the Bellevue First Congregational Church property on Monday for $30 million, but Pastor Kevin Brown says his congregation will remain there for the time being.
Washington House Transportation Commission Chairwoman Judy Clibborn says passing a transportation package this year will be up to Senate Republicans, but there is at least consensus on funding mechanisms for “mega projects” among party lines.
Bellevue Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying five suspects believed to have been the same people who attempted to rob Walmart customers in the parking lot of the store’s Kelsey Creek location on Jan. 2.
After three votes were held up by outgoing Bellevue Mayor Conrad Lee on Monday night, he reluctantly turned over his fourth ballot clearing Claudia Balducci to take the reins for the next two years.
A number of requests by the attorney for the family of Russell Smith were rejected Friday (Jan. 3) ahead of scheduling an inquest hearing to determine if Bellevue SWAT members were justified in shooting the 51-year-old Seattle man to death in March 2012. The last-minute inclusion of an attorney for Smith’s family had already pushed back the hearing, which is now tentatively set to start March 3.
A Bellevue Police officer on suspension following an alleged November drunk driving incident on I-90 in Issaquah pleaded not guilty Friday morning to a DUI charge in Issaquah Municipal Court.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified 54-year-old John H. Comstock as the man Bellevue Police say shot at officers in the Wilburton Hill Park area on the night of Jan. 2, which ended after an 11-hour search. While the police department reported and then retracted finding the gunman dead, the medical examiner’s office confirmed Comstock died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
With a 300,000-square-foot warehouse removed, the Spring District now has a clean slate — save for a little mud — for utilities and road construction for the $2.3 billion development project.
A Bellevue man alleged to have been high of marijuana when his vehicle struck a motorcycle and killed 23-year-old Blake Gaston on Oct. 4 pleaded not guilty today (Jan. 2) to a charge of vehicular homicide at his arraignment in King County Superior Court.
A last-minute rush on applications to grow, process and sell recreational marijuana topped out at more than 4,700 by the Dec. 20 deadline.
While the Washington State Liquor Control Board put no limits on how many people could apply to be growers and processors, the cap for retail at 334 licenses statewide and limits on production space leaves no question there will need to be a number of lotteries to decide who will get them.
An on-duty King County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested on New Year’s Eve for suspicion of being high on drugs after he was reported slumped over the wheel of his patrol car in a Newcastle parking lot.
Christmas Eve proved treacherous for a man hiking Rattlesnake Ridge with his 8-year-old son, who had to be airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after falling down a rocky crevasse.
CorePower Yoga has stretched into Bellevue with its Dec. 20 opening at the Avalon Towers marking the fourth studio to launch in the Seattle area since 2012.
The Denver-based yoga company opened its first Seattle studio in Ballard in 2012 and Capitol Hill and Green Lake studio earlier this year. Bellevue won’t be the last, with plans for a fifth studio in Queen Anne to open in late January.
A Bellevue man involved in a fatal vehicle-versus-motorcycle collision that killed 23-year-old Blake Gaston on Oct. 4 has been charged with vehicular homicide after toxicology reports show he was high on marijuana way over the legal limit in Washington.
Multiple units responded to a house fire in the Newport Shores community of Bellevue that caused major damage, but no injuries Thursday night.
Mike Edgar converted his garage into a commercial kitchen 10 years ago to whip up fanciful tiramisus for online consumers. Now the former Microsoft employee has expanded his menu and opened up shop in one of the smallest pieces of prime real estate in Bellevue.
“We’ve got the most powerful 96 square feet in Bellevue,” said Edgar from inside his Heavenly Cafe at Bellevue Square, formerly known as Dog in the Park. “Our motto is, ‘Heaven in your mouth.’ “
After 46 years of service in the Eastgate community, the Sjolander family wasn’t going to let a catastrophic fire let Lil’ Jon customers go hungry.
The restaurant and lounge on the 3000 block of 148th Avenue Southeast was shut down by a kitchen fire on June 13 that caused more than $475,000 in damage. With full insurance coverage, the Sjolanders were able to keep paying their 42 employees while construction took place over the past six months. Parker Sjolander said 39 are still with Lil’ Jon, which reopened Monday (Dec. 16).
Whether Bellevue SWAT members were justified in fatally shooting Russell Smith as he allegedly attempted to strike officers in his car in what seemed to be a desperate attempt to flee a blocked dead-end street in Columbia City, and explaining the differing perspectives among law enforcement about the events of March 22, will likely be taken up during an inquest hearing likely to start next year.
