With Memorial Day marking the start of summertime outdoor projects, such as building a new fence or deck, planting trees and shrubs, or even pulling out a tree stump, Puget Sound Energy is asking homeowners and excavators to contact the 811 “call before you dig” hotline.
The King County Charter Review Commission has proposed 12 amendments to the King County charter. The amendments now will be considered by the King County Council for possible inclusion on the November general election ballot.
An influx of 22 new articulated hybrid buses is about to make the ride a little easier for many Metro customers.
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CFO Selections, a financial services consultancy has established the CFOS Foundation that will focus on providing help to needy Washington children.
South Asia has held a special place in Rob Rose’s heart since he was 16; he lived in Calcutta, India, for eight months through an exchange program his junior year of high school. He still calls his Indian host parents “Ma” and “Pa” and visits them often, usually taking along his wife, Gina, and/or one of his sons.
The Bellevue City Council is considering whether to ask voters this fall to approve more money for parks.
Jasmine Hentz’ aunt never talked about it.
Yet she had been sick for a long time and nobody knew – until Hentz’ family found her aunt’s journals after she died.
After pouring through her writings, Hentz discovered that her aunt had been depressed and needed help.
“She slowly committed suicide with alcohol,” Hentz said, adding that her aunt died of liver failure. “Life was just very hard for her and my family didn’t know.”
The Bellevue resident, who struggles with depression herself, hopes her participation in the national “Out of the Darkness” overnight walk this weekend will help others ask for help without shame when they need it.
If you’re a longtime local, you may remember the Columbus Day Storm of 1962, otherwise known as “The Big Blow,” or recall what you were doing when that 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Puget Sound in 1965.
How about the December 2007 floods?
Fact is you don’t have to be an old-timer to know the kind of emergencies we face around here. If you’ve weathered just one Northwest winter, chances are you’ve experienced a power outage, flooding, or worse. Then there are those personal disasters – like fires and falls – that can happen anytime of the year.
By Marianne Binetti
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Alison Fisher, daughter of Judith and Stephen Fisher of Medina, received a bachelor of arts degree from Hamilton College on May 25.
Lucy is one of the friendliest cats you’ve ever seen – such a fun, fabulous girl.
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Seven of the Huskies first 12 games have been pre-selected to appear on TV through the league’s contracts with FSN, ABC/ESPN and Versus.
It’s been 50 years, but Ed (Bud) Hill fondly recalls the fishing trip. He and his brother-in-law, Jiggs, were at a Canadian lake, and they were catching fish galore — returning to the fish house before lunch and dinner with their limit of fish. An angry crowd watched Hill clean the fish before lunch, a bigger crowd before dinner.
Interlake High School music students were winners in a recent contest.
Teens from the Bellevue South Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints helped out at a Special Olympics event on Saturday, May 31.