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Driver improvement program offered

The AAA Driver Improvement Program is accepting reservations for its refresher course on defensive driving skills. The course…

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Kids, babysitters to team up to fight cancer

SeekingSitters will host the first Alex’s lemonade stand fundraiser in Bellevue on Aug. 23 in an effort to…

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Julie Burke joins GA Creative

Julie Burke has joined Bellevue’s GA Creative, a graphic design and marketing firm.

Business

Greg Smith joins Wallace Properties

Greg Smith has joined the brokerage division of Wallace Properties. He will specialize in industrial, flex and office…

Bellevue city officials

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Bellevue Hosts Pacific Rim bankers

The city of Bellevue along with the Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the University of Washington…

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Cummins wins rowing gold in Beijing By Joel Willits

Anna Cummins made her final Olympics her best yet.

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CityU to offer program at LWTC

Bellevue-based City University of Seattle and Lake Washington Technical College (LWTC) have joined to bring CityU of Seattle’s…

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New program targets people 16-24 with limited skills

Five local organizations are joining together to help young adults who have limited basic skills. Through a shared…

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Woman identified in fatal fall

A 25-year-old woman from Bellevue who fell to her death from a balcony has been identified as Chelsea…

Richard Boehmer

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Route 222 bus driver in Bellevue honored the best

It was 1979 and Richard Boehmer hired on at Metro while he looked for a “real job.”

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Bellevue store picked for liquor project

Matthews at Lakemont grocery store is one of 30 stores cross the state chosen for a pilot program…

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PSE foundation awards grants to area organizations

The Puget Sound Energy Foundation has awarded grants totaling almost $130,000 to more than 30 charitable organizations throughout…

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Bellevue Arts Museum awarded grant

The Bellevue Arts Museum has been awarded a $478,492 grant from the federal government’s Institute of Museum and…

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Restaurants adding nutritional information to menus

By the new year, King County residents will be able to weigh the nutritional value of their dine-out…

The closure of southbound lanes on I-405 won’t be needed this weekend as construction crews completed the removal of the Wilburton Tunnel in two weekends instead of three. Southbound traffic on I-405 from Southeast Eighth Street to I-90 was closed over the weekends so crews could remove the tunnel so more lanes could be added to the freeway. More photos on page 11.

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I-405 tunnel work finishes a week early

Crews finished demolishing the Wilburton Tunnel over southbound I-405 in Bellevue, one week ahead of schedule. The third…

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I-405 Wilburton tunnel demolition milestone reached as roof removed

Demolition crews made a major breakthrough Saturday, Aug. 16 when they brought down the roof of the Wilburton…

Letters to the Editor

Backstrom is right

Amen, Mr. Backstrom. Well said. I have long felt that without “victims” the liberal leaders in this country…

Letters to the Editor

Global warning should be a priority

I have two granddaughters and a grandson that live close to me in the Bellevue area and they…

Letters to the Editor

Bicyclists have right to use the road, too

Thanks for your editorial in the in the Bellevue Reporter on the bicycle issue. It’s true that cooler…

Opinion

King County’s ‘Guardian One’ chopper an important law enforcement tool

Heavy rains and floods isolating communities. A child separated from a group hiking Tiger Mountain. A fugitive on…