Five Bellevue students have been named to the president’s list or dean’s list at Gonzaga University.
A total of 89 students graduated from Bellevue Christian School on Thursday, June 19. Ceremonies were held at The City Church in Kirkland.
Community members, political leaders and the general public joined together at Bellevue City Hall on Wednesday to review the latest progress of the SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project. The open house gave the public a chance to assess the current stages of the four key components associated with the project, including the proposed toll on the existing bridge, the pontoon construction, the design of the east side corridor and the proposed alternative plans for the west side corridor.
John Stephen Davies of Bellevue has graduated with honors from Montana State University. To qualify for graduation with honors, students must possess a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 to 3.69.
Susan Dailey, of Bellevue, was the student speaker at this years Lake Washington Technical College commencement.
The first “Festival Sundiata ‘Unity in the Community’ Family Reunion” will be held today at Lake Sammamish State Park.
A large crowd turned out for Monday’s City Council study session to hear Sound Transit staff update elected officials on a proposed East Link Light Rail project that would run from Seattle to downtown Bellevue and possibly to Overlake.
The Bellevue City Council Monday authorized staff to move forward with the purchase of the Lincoln Center property for future public uses.
Starting Tuesday, July 1, the Washington State Patrol will begin enforcing a new law requiring drivers talking on cell phones to use a headset or speaker-phone.
A pet was adopted every 2½ minutes at Super Pet Adopt-a-thon held June 21 at the King County Animal Shelter in Kent.
For the 11th time in 12 years, a team of Bellevue Community College mathematics students has finished in the national top 10 in the annual American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges’ Student Math League competition.
One of three men who robbed a jewelry courier outside a Bellevue McDonald’s restaurant last year was sentenced Monday, June 23 to 70 months in prison.
Medina Police responded to a report in late May that a suspicious person was reportedly rummaging through the medicine cabinet of a home during an open house. When confronted, the subject quickly left the residence. Medina officers contacted the subject, who was uncooperative.
Two major summer events in Bellevue – the Strawberry Festival and the Seafair Marathon – arrive today and Sunday. In addition, families can go on an orienteering adventure at Lewis Creek Park.
Six-year-old Sinai Pacheco is excited that she will soon have her own bedroom.
But her mother, Georgina, is relieved that her family will finally have what she has been praying for – a stable home.
On Tuesday afternoon, Georgina stood in front of the new Kensington Square housing units that were just completed in Crossroads. The single mother held her youngest, 1-year-old Max, on her hip while her 3-year-old son, Josue and Sinai sat on a concrete step of their new home.
The four-unit building and two single-unit dwellings will provide transitional housing for six homeless Eastside families for up to two years – including the Pacheco’s.
In 1934, Tony Valentino scored the winning touchdown for his high school, carrying the football 55 yards for a team victory. Always involved in sports, he grew up playing pickup games with the neighborhood kids on the streets of New York and later played high school and college ball.
King County Metro Transit is bringing “In Motion” back to downtown Bellevue. The program is aimed at increasing the use of transit, carpooling, bicycling and walking in the downtown area by providing information and incentives to residents willing to take a pledge.
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