Good news for state Auditor Brian Sonntag – and the rest of us, too. Gov. Chris Gregoire did the right…
King County Assessor Russell Scott Noble pled guilty Wednesday to one count of felony vehicular assault. Sentencing is set for…
I’m now on Twitter, although you wouldn’t know it by the lack of “Tweets” I file. Still, it is part…
I recently completed two weeks of jury duty. I found it an excellent lesson in civics. To those looking the…
By Craig Groshart cgroshart@bellevuereporter.com The number of single-family homes and condos listed for sale on the Eastside increased in March…
April 26, 2009. That is the last day of the Legislature under the state Constitution. That’s less than one month…
The Overlake area between Bellevue and Redmond is going to grow. Redmond wants it, Bellevue accepts it. Puget Sound Energy…
So, the P-I is for sale. Its parent company, the Hearst corporation, says that it it doesn’t find a buyer…
Eastside business leaders came looking for answers Thursday to the state’s budget woes as they met over breakfast with area…
We finally got to celebrate “snow watch” here at the Bellevue Reporter this week. Did we ever.
News Item: The state agency that oversees the Capitol grounds has put a moratorium on any more displays in the Capitol building until it completes a review of its policy on exhibits.
It’s no surprise that our area is going through a tough time. Like the rest of the nation, we find our pocketbooks pinched by a recession. People are skittish about spending and officials are worried.
Looking at Bellevue’s high rise downtown today, it’s hard to imagine that 47 years ago it was a small town of only 13,000 people and encompassed but 6 square miles.
As the Bellevue Reporter went to press on Monday, I didn’t know who won the football game between Bellevue and Capital High School for the chance to play for the state title.
The country is in a “nasty recession,” but will come out of it probably stronger, a national economist told attendees at the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce Eastside Economic Forecast Breakfast on Thursday, Nov. 20.
Just a few weeks after she won re-election, Gov. Chris Gregoire now faces a $5 billion state budget shortfall.
Chris Gregoire was re-elected governor Nov. 4, but from the way she’s talking, you’d think her opponent, Dino Rossi, won the election.
The election is over, but the sniping carries on.
Elections give us winners and losers. Here are some, in addition to the candidates and issues.
Barack Obama and John McCain aren’t the only politicians getting national press coverage. There’s also Scott Lees of Bellevue.