People in and around Bellevue making news this week
Sammamish High School teacher Elayne Grueber will be honored by Symetra and the Seattle Seahawks during the Seahawk game today for educational excellence in the Symetra Heroes in the Classroom program.
State Supreme Court puts the Legislature in the corner over McCleary decision.
A 38-year-old homeless man pleaded not guilty Wednesday in King County Superior Court to charges he stabbed another transient man to death at a Bellevue Burger King on Aug. 17.
The Boys and Girls Club of Bellevue announced Thursday it’s $500,000 closer to constructing a new downtown club thanks to a pledge from the C. Keith Birkenfeld Memorial Trust.
QFC reopened its Bellevue flagship store on Northeast Eighth Street Thursday after a $6.7 million remodel that added 6,000 square feet of retail space.
After 55 years at Bellevue Square, J.C. Penney plans to close its doors on Nov. 1, but the Kemper Development Company sees the retailer’s exodus as remodeling opportunity.
Congressman Adam Smith took a brief tour of Bellevue’s Spring District on Tuesday, seeking answers as to how the city’s most anticipated developing neighborhood will mesh with a maintenance facility in its backyard.
The third annual Flavors of India, organized by the Vedic Cultural Center of Sammamish in partnership with the city of Bellevue, was held Saturday and Sunday, and included dancing with DJ Prashant, a number of cultural displays and a free Indian feast.
Bellevue Utilities crews will be closing the outside, northbound lane on Coal Creek Parkway at Forest Drive, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 2, to make repairs to the sidewalk, manhole, and wastewater system.
Speakers from the Employment Security Department’s Shared Work program will join members of the Washington Association of Accountants on Wednesday in Bellevue to present information about how the program can prevent layoffs and how employers can take advantage of a special enrollment period to save money over the next year.
Speakers from the Employment Security Department’s Shared Work program will join members of the Washington Association of Accountants on Wednesday in Bellevue to present information about how the program can prevent layoffs and how employers can take advantage of a special enrollment period to save money over the next year.
Business owners and residents living near the Bel-Red and Wilburton areas are invited to attend an 120th Avenue Northeast, Stage 2 (Northeast Seventh Street to Northeast 12th Street) open house before construction begins later this month.
Many of the volunteers in Bellevue’s public schools share a common secret: although their motive for volunteering is to help children, they often suspect they are getting more from the experience than the students they help.
Bellevue is seeking approval to convert 1.06 acres of Mercer Slough Nature Park land to transportation uses to support Sound Transit’s East Link extension.
Puget Sound Energy is seeking old, inefficient refrigerators and clothes washers and to replace with a limited number of Energy Star qualified models – for free.
People wondering or worried about their blood pressure or cholesterol can get a free health screening next month at Overlake Medical Centers.
Former Medina Police Chief Jeffrey Chen lost a racial discrimination lawsuit against the city on Aug. 21.
Author Frank Schaeffer, whose new book, “Why I am an Atheist Who Still Believes in God,” will speak in Bellevue on Sept. 22.
Art Uncorked, a new wine and art event, will debut on Mercer Island Sept. 12 with wine, art, food and music.