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Omar Abdelbadie is accused of sex with a minor. The UW neurobiology graduate lived for eight years in Bellevue.

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Bellevue resident charged with rape of 12-year-old girl

A University of Washington neurobiology student and long-time Bellevue resident, Omar Abdelbadie, 22, was charged with child rape,…

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Ex-husband charged in Bellevue murder | Update

Bellevue police have arrested a 46-year-old Edmonds man in connection with the murder of 35-year-old Nataliya Vabishchevich, who…

Tote bags made of recycled promotional material. Upcycle Goods

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Used items take on a second life in Bellevue business Upcycle Goods

Darron Losse turns over a green iPad case, pointing out the faint imprint of old ads. In another…

P-Patch owners in front of a plot constructed in Crossroads mall in 2009. The mall has been lauded as one example of successful “third places

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Bellevue neighborhoods finding connections in ‘third places’

When Crossroads Community P-Patch opened in 2009 in a space the shopping center couldn't develop, it quickly became…

A group of students on a recent field trip

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Proposed reservoir expansion raises concerns in Bridle Trails

Tucked in the southeast section of Bridle Trails State Park, the Pike’s Peak reservoir, a 24-foot tower, is…

The East Link alignment

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Property acquisitions to begin along East Link alignment

Scott Rodgers' unit is one of 41 in Carriage Hills and Carriage Place condos that faces full acquisition…

Bellevue's main post office

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Midlakes post office moving to Factoria in June

Bellevue’s Midlakes post office will move to Factoria in the coming months. The move to 12402 SE 38th…

Siobhan Donohue in front of the new storefront for Liebchen Delicatessen

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German deli serves heart, community

It’s lunch rush at the Liebchen Delicatessen, a German deli in the Overlake neighborhood. Liebchen only recently reopened…

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Let’s cut the Millennials a little slack | Reporter’s Notebook | Celina Kareiva

With the onslaught of new social media platforms – Twitter, Instagram and Facebook – it’s really no surprise…

Steve Williams aligns an old photograph of the Newcastle mines with a trailhead along Cougar Mt.

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100 years of hidden history

Steve Williams stands near the head of the Cougar Mountain trailhead. To the untrained eye, many of the…

Rendering shows residential units atop a retail base at what is planned to be an urban-commercial village.

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Lake Hills Shopping Center moving ahead to 2nd phase

After more than a decade of community outreach, planning and demolition, the Lake Hills Shopping Center entered phase…

Last fall

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New program hopes to lessen burden of 9-1-1 calls

Non-emergency 9-1-1 calls plague police and fire departments in every city. Now a new program, launched in September…

The latest branch of Grocery Outlet opened Thursday in Crossroads. Though they're part of a national chain

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New Grocery Outlet keeps it in the family

Greg Powell, co-owner of the newly opened Grocery Outlet in Crossroads, has been in the business since he…

Delaney Ruston last week screened her film

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Local filmmaker spotlights global mental health agenda

When Patricia first met Jeff on the streets of Bellevue, he'd been homeless and living undiagnosed with severe…

Battalion Chief Moulton (right) shakes hands with Chaplain Mike Ryan

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Bellevue’s fire and police chaplain saves man’s life

Mike Ryan was sitting down for lunch at Bellevue's the King and I, a Thai restaurant off Main…

Linda Hays of Forest Fairy Bakery prepares sticky buns. A family owned operation

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Small business bakers sell homemade goods at market

Fancy Free Bakery to join others at Cottage Bakers Market in Bellevue

Travis Miner first started participating in NAMI Walk in 2007. Joined by friends and family

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Marchers to take on stigma of mental illness

Travis Miner had his first manic episode his senior year of high school. He remembers his mind racing…

Peamouth fish arrive in Bellevue streams in the months of April and May.

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Peamouth fish in streams a sign of spring in Bellevue

Peamouth's arrival in Bellevue streams from Lake Washington, are as much a sign of spring as Groundhog Day.

A car sits in the middle the street in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood where robbery suspect Russell Smith was shot and killed by members of the Bellevue Police Department SWAT team as they attempted to serve a warrant.

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Seattle neighborhood wants answers in fatal shooting by Bellevue SWAT team

Forty-third Avenue South, near South Hudson Street in Seattle's Columbia City area is a quiet, dead end road.…

The City Council opted for an elevated downtown station instead of one underground.

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Bellevue City Council makes its choices to save light rail costs

The Bellevue City Council has voted for its preferred cost savings options on the future East Link alignment.…