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Enter Reporter’s first fall poetry contest | Editor’s Note

Every great literary work started with an interesting idea.

Tateuchi Center supporters celebrate the announcement that donors contributed $20 million toward the long-planned center

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Tateuchi Center in Bellevue gets $20M boost from donors

The long-planned Tateuchi Center got a major boost with three donations totaling $20 million, organization officials announced during…

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Opinion

Who is the best in Bellevue? | Vote now in annual contest

We only urge readers to play favorites once per year — now is that time.

Carrie Rodriguez

Opinion

Bellevue Reporter seeks new community columnists | Editor’s Note

Somewhere from deep within, there’s a twinge. It could have been

Carrie Rodriguez is the new editor of the Reporter.

Opinion

Bellevue — it’s great to be back | Editor’s Note

I remember standing in front of the Wilburton trestle in Bellevue.

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New Allied Health Building opens to students at Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Lake Washington Institute of Technology celebrated the grand opening of the school's new state-of-the-art Allied Health Building Sept.…

Michelle Nichols spends time with her dog

Life

When pets face death | Bellevue woman offers animal hospice help to distraught owners

Michelle Nichols didn't have a choice with her 7-year-old Boxer. Her dog, McKenzie, who suffered from a hereditary…

Ted Furst

Life

New bistro has an American touch with a French flair

Ted Furst, the Northwest culinary pioneer who created food concepts for more than 20 restaurants over his career,…

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Levy lid lift to increase Bellevue library services

While many organizations are tightening belts in the midst of an economic downturn, King County Library Services (KCLS)…

Conner Michael Schierman

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Bellevue man accused of killing Kirkland family faces trial | Victims’ family speaks on death penalty

A former Bellevue resident, Conner Michael Schierman, 27, will stand trial Jan. 13, accused of stabbing four Kirkland…

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Bellevue’s YES opens new facility at historic Kirkland site

Bellevue-based Youth Eastside Services has opened its newest – and oldest – facility in Kirkland. The new site…

Bellevue resident Marsha Stevens and her son

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Bereaved Bellevue mom finds lifeline, comfort from Compassionate Friends

Sometimes, when the wind blows gently, Marsha Stevens hears her son speak to her through wind chimes that…

Charlie Brown and his bright pink tongue will be part of a fundraiser for the Bellevue-based Seattle Humane Society.

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100 Hounds | Photographer’s project to benefit Seattle Humane Society in Bellevue

On a recent morning at Kirkland’s Juanita Bay Park and already exhausted from the blazing heat, Charlie Brown…

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Body of boater found in Lake Washington identified

Officials have identified the man whose body was pulled from Lake Washington near Juanita Beach Park June 5…

Tom Fowler

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Bellevue Sunrise Rotary Club does makeover on low-income apartments

About 50 volunteers from the Bellevue Sunrise Rotary Club and Woodinville-based Synergy Construction spent the day making over…

Charles Simonyi

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Students speak with Medina ‘space tourist’

Two hundred miles above Earth, the astronaut described to students what the planet looks like from outer space.…

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Students speak with Medina ‘space tourist’

Two hundred miles above Earth, the astronaut described to students what the planet looks like from outer space.…

Barbara McKay

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Dying woman mulls options as Washington’s Death With Dignity Act takes effect

When doctors told Barbara McKay she would probably not live much longer, she began to think about how…

Maya Ganesan reads from her first published book

Life

Young poet creates own laws of writing in new book

Maya Ganesan has broken the rules, and she’s not apologizing. She remembers her mother’s advice well: real poets…

King County Sheriff Sue Rahr speaks to students about how she has faced her fears.

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Sheriff speaks with students about fear, courage

Every day, Sue Rahr does something that gives her a queasy stomach. Fear comes with the turf for…