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A Bellevue Police investigation into a high-profile Eastside car thief led its special enforcement and SWAT teams to Seattle's Lake City neighborhood last Friday.
BPD takes down Eastside car theft suspect in...
By Brandon Macz • May 11, 2015 3:31 pm

A Bellevue Police investigation into a high-profile Eastside car thief led its special enforcement and SWAT teams to Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood last Friday, where 20-year-old Brian Beasley was arrested and two stolen vehicles were recovered.

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Michelle Hilhorst is running for Bellevue City Council Position 5.
Planning Commissioner Hilhorst running for council
By Brandon Macz • May 9, 2015 11:03 pm

Bellevue Planning Commissioner Michelle Hilhorst has announced her candidacy for Bellevue City Council Position 5, making Mayor Claudia Balducci’s seat the most competitive race of the season to date.

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Don Cruickshank needed to clear a bevy of blackberry bushes from the backyard of a Crossroads home he's renovating. He called The Goat Lady in Duvall and on Friday
Goat where the work is | Couple uses...
By Brandon Macz • May 8, 2015 7:16 pm

Don Cruickshank bought a fixer-upper in Bellevue’s Crossroads neighborhood, but couldn’t start remodeling until something was done about the pesky mass of blackberry bushes in the backyard.

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Mindy Leffler
What a mother wouldn’t do | Documentary features...
By Brandon Macz • May 8, 2015 7:00 am

Aidan Leffler is doing well with his latest treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, but Mindy Leffler continues to fight for better drugs to save her son’s life. That work had been done mostly behind-the-scenes, until a documentary film crew came knocking.

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Bellevue Police believe the same suspect who robbed the U.S. Bank in Factoria last month struck again Thursday afternoon.
Police: Factoria bank struck again, possibly by same...
By Brandon Macz • May 7, 2015 5:24 pm

Bellevue Police believe the same suspect who robbed the U.S. Bank in Factoria two weeks ago struck again Thursday afternoon.

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New Bellevue Police Chief Steve Mylett says he’s relying on his officers and staff to tell him what’s working and what needs improvements.
New police chief working with officer feedback
By Brandon Macz • May 7, 2015 4:16 pm

After a month on the job, Bellevue Police Chief Steve Mylett says he’s about halfway through with one-on-one interviews with officers, asking them what the department does well and what it can be doing better.

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Council still questioning Energize Eastside demand | USE report supports PSE forecast
Council still questioning Energize Eastside demand | USE...
By Brandon Macz • May 7, 2015 3:25 pm

The Bellevue City Council had more questions than answers by the end of Monday’s report from an independent consulting firm whose technical analysis supports moving forward with Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside project.

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Council approves PSE substation application | EBCC is next hurdle for transmission line project in Lake Hills, Phantom Lake
Council approves PSE substation application | EBCC is...
By Brandon Macz • May 7, 2015 3:22 pm

Bellevue residents opposing the removal of nearly 300 trees for a Puget Sound Energy redundancy project between the Lake Hills and Phantom Lake substations lost their appeal to city council on Monday, however, they did so quietly.

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Bellevue Parks Board Chairwoman Sherry Grindeland announced her candidacy for Bellevue City Council Position 5 on Tuesday
Parks chairwoman announces city council campaign | Grindeland...
By Brandon Macz • May 6, 2015 12:02 am

Bellevue Parks Board Chairwoman Sherry Grindeland announced her candidacy for City Council Position 5 on Tuesday.

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An 18-year-old woman had her driver’s license for less than a day
Short driving history for hit-and-run suspect | Woman...
By Brandon Macz • May 5, 2015 11:33 pm

An 18-year-old woman had her driver’s license for less than a day, losing it when she allegedly struck a Bellevue school bus while exiting the Crossroads Mall and driving away.

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Update: Former BHS staffer charged with sexual misconduct with student | Former Wolverine allegedly fondled sleeping 16-year-old
Update: Former BHS staffer charged with sexual misconduct...
By Brandon Macz • May 5, 2015 8:06 pm

A former Bellevue High School staffer and football player was charged Tuesday with second-degree sexual misconduct with a minor following allegations the 24-year-old Medina man inappropriately touched a 16-year-old boy while he slept inside his home back in January.

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A sinkhole that opened up on Northeast Fourth Street in downtown Bellevue on March 15 was determined to have been caused by water backing up on the road
Records fault contractor for March sinkhole downtown
By Brandon Macz • May 5, 2015 4:30 pm

While the city of Bellevue claimed back in March it could take as long as a month to know what caused a sinkhole to open up in downtown Bellevue,public records show the city knew construction was to blame from the start.

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The Bellevue City Council on Monday
Council commits $20M to Tateuchi Center | PACE...
By Brandon Macz • May 5, 2015 12:15 pm

The Bellevue City Council voted late Monday night to commit $20 million toward completing the Tateuchi Center for performing arts on the condition it does not increase taxes for residents and serves a significant public benefit.

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Man who stabbed ex-wife 72 times receives 26 1/2 year sentence | Polak murdered Nataliya Vabishchevich inside Bellevue condo
Man who stabbed ex-wife 72 times receives 26...
By Brandon Macz • May 4, 2015 2:16 pm

A man who murdered his ex-wife by stabbing her 72 times in her Bellevue condo and briefly fled the state two years ago was sentenced to 26 1/2 years in prison Friday in King County Superior Court.

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Scoping meetings set for Energize Eastside environmental review
Scoping meetings set for Energize Eastside environmental review
By Brandon Macz • May 1, 2015 3:32 pm

Bellevue has begun the environmental review process for Puget Sound Energy’s Energize Eastside project, and will include five scoping meetings for the public to weigh in on details they want to see included when preparing the Environmental Impact Statement for the project, as required by the Washington State Environmental Policy Act.

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This city of Bellevue traffic camera documents congestion around the newly opened Chick-fil-A restaurant near the corner of Northeast Eighth and 116th Avenue Northeast.
UPDATE: Bellevue transportation director says Chick-fil-A plan working
By Brandon Macz • April 30, 2015 7:24 pm

Bellevue staff say the craze over the city’s new Chick-fil-A restaurant will last a few more weeks, but the latest steps taken to tackle the traffic congestion it’s caused appear to be working.

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No more East Link legal challenges left
No more East Link legal challenges left
By Brandon Macz • April 30, 2015 2:53 pm

Sound Transit reports the withdrawal of a petition to pull its permits for aligning light rail and a transit station in the Mercer Slough Nature Park marks the last legal challenge facing East Link.

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A Bellevue native is working to spare the historic Philbrook House downtown from demolition for a new office building. The Philbrook House was built in the 1890s and is the oldest structure in Old Bellevue.
Historic Philbrook House to leave city | Bellevue...
By Brandon Macz • April 30, 2015 2:52 pm

Old Main’s Philbrook House appears to be getting a reprieve, as a diamond company has extended its timeline for needing to remove the historic structure from its property, and a Bellevue native championing its preservation has secured a new site — in Carnation.

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Crossroads police substation volunteer Syd Darlington keeps busy at the department’s new location in the Crossroads Mall. Police Lt. Travis Forbush
Police substation move complete | Crossroads department expands...
By Brandon Macz • April 30, 2015 2:21 pm

Officers and volunteers are settling in at the Bellevue Police Department’s new Crossroads Substation, after having to change locations after 20 years this month to make way for a Jamba Juice in the mall.

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Residents weigh in on Bovee Park
Residents weigh in on Bovee Park
By Brandon Macz • April 30, 2015 1:58 pm

Bovee Park came one step closer to having its contentious name changed on Tuesday, when the city parks board took comments from the public for what its new title should be.

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