In one of the most heated races around, early general-election results have incumbent Andy Hill (R) leading Matt Isenhower (D), 53 percent to 47 percent, for state senator in the 45th Legislative District. Both men are Redmond residents.
Redmond High completed its football season with a 48-24 loss to Issaquah High last Friday night.
Redmond police responded to two robberies on Sunday night about four miles away from each other, about 26 minutes apart and involving suspects with similar descriptions. Seventeen units — including three K-9 units — were called to the scenes.
Nice weather. A soccer match. A partnership between Microsoft Corp. and Special Olympics.
Monday’s hat trick at the Microsoft commons area was both playful and emotional for those involved in the announcement of a multi-year technology alliance to help Special Olympics modernize its operations by moving to the cloud.
Kennedy Kieneker didn’t see it coming.
Last week, the Redmond High senior soccer player was selected to compete for the West squad in the Second Annual High School All-American Game on Dec. 13 in Raleigh, NC. The University of Arizona-bound Kieneker is one of 42 of the nation’s elite girls prep players tabbed for the match.
With general election voting set to close less than a week from now, the 45th Legislative District race for state senator continues to heat up.
A tweet from Redmond’s Planetary Resources rolled out late Tuesday evening: “A3 was just a robot! We are making more.”
Donald Driver doesn’t hold anything back.
When the former professional football player tells his story to people, they get the whole deal. It’s an emotional and riveting ride dotted with harsh times — experiencing poverty and homelessness — that lead to victory in the end.
Ashley Graham has bounced her way back home.
As a Redmond High School (RHS) basketball star, the 2003 graduate was the 4A Kingco Conference most valuable player her senior year and started at point guard for three seasons with the Mustangs.
Adam Guo’s tennis world gets brighter with each ball he hammers toward opponents with his “killer” forehand, as described by his Redmond High coach Norm Vener.
Frontier Communications repair crews continue to splice copper wires today to restore voice and hi-speed Internet services to the remaining customers on Redmond Way and in the Cleveland Street corridor.
On day seven of the outage that hit last Saturday morning, Frontier Communications repair crews continue to work around the clock to restore copper services to its customers.
As Bret Larsen glanced at the screen displaying photos of the mangled underground cables, he noted, “It’s not a pretty sight.”
Melinda White added, “It’s a major catastrophe that happened in our network.”
Frontier Communications will host a community meeting this evening to address the FiOS and copper hi-speed Internet, phone and television outages to 6,000 residential and business customers in Redmond.
A construction crew working on the Redmond Way Stormwater Treatment Facility project on Saturday cut through fiber and copper cables and disrupted Frontier Communications FiOS and copper services for phone, television and hi-speed Internet, as well as some 911 services.
Redwood Family Church lead pastor Todd Puckett says, “I hate homelessness, but we love homeless people.”
If you drive by the Kieneker sisters on the road, you’ll probably hear the two girls blaring music, singing loudly and laughing in between songs.
Redmond High’s football players can’t wait to get under the Friday night lights and show fans and opponents what they’re made of.
Amber Debu already held one world record — although she didn’t know it yet.
Following a 46-minute, 49-second Railroad Days 10K fun run performance on Aug. 16 in Snoqualmie, the Redmond 8-year-old notched her second world record. On that day, race organizers informed Debu that her time was the fastest recorded for an 8-year-old running a 10K race.
Former Redmond Police Department (RPD) chief Steven Harris, who spent 40-plus years in law enforcement, died in a head-on car crash at around 10 p.m. on Sunday night.