Yasmin Luthra, a student at Stevenson Elementary School in Bellevue, placed third in the 14th annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest, sponsored by KCTS 9 in Seattle.
Slashes in the King County budget may force Sheriff Sue Rahr to cut as many as 100 deputies from the county roster.
Information furnished to the Bellevue Reporter and an editing error resulted in an incorrect date regarding the fire that closed Stamos restaurant in Lake Hills. The fire was in December, 2006.
Six students from the Bellevue area have won National Merit $2500 Scholarships. They were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors. The awards are provided by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s own funds.
A fire Sunday night damaged a Bellevue home in the Wilburton neighborhood. No one was home at the time of the fire, but neighbors reported the blaze at about 11:45 p.m. after hearing popping sounds and seeing flames. The fire occurred in the 12800 block of Southeast Second Street.
A May 8 meeting will give people a chance to voice their suggestions or learn about future transportation projects in Bellevue.
If Microsoft is the engine that drives the Eastside then Bellevue’s commercial real-estate market just got a turbo boost. The Redmond-based company put the pedal to the floor, leasing 561,000 square feet at the City Center Plaza office building.
Tickled pink, Jane Song stretched her neck out and smelled a cluster of yellow blooms from an overhanging kerria shrub.
Erik Lyn Frandsen, a sophomore from Bellevue, has been named to the president’s list at Gonzaga University for fall semester 2007. Students must earn a 3.7 or better grade point average to be listed.
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Here we see two views of the same intersection, one in 1959 and one in 2007. The maples seen in the earlier image were planted in the early 1900s. When the street was widened in the 1960s city planners had to remove them, but new trees were planted in their stead.
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Alex Ballinger of Bellevue is one of 20 high school seniors named as a finalist in the Ignatian Leaders Scholarship at Gonzaga University for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Tess McMillan, of Bellevue, has received a Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (WAVE) scholarship from the state Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board. McMillan is a student at Bellevue Community College studying .NET Programming and Web Development.
King County Councilmember Jane Hague will host a community Town Hall on “climate change,” “sustainable communities” and “environmentalism” and present practical, everyday ideas for protecting the environment.
Washington Women In Need raised $540,000 at its annual spring luncheons in Bellevue and Seattle that will provide financial assistance to low income women in Washington.
KidsQuest Children’s Museum in Bellevue will receive a $20,000 grant to help more children experience the displays inside.
Six students from the Bellevue area have won National
