When sites such as Groupon and LivingSocial touted more than half-off deals on a variety of products, customers were thrilled and businesses were excited for the new way to get people in the door.
Bellevue police have made a public plea to the mother of a missing 2-year-old Redmond boy to come forward and speak with investigators.
“We are open and willing to interview Julia (Biryukova) and take information from her whenever she is ready to do that,” Bellevue Police Maj. Mike Johnson said during a press conference Thursday.
Though police maintain that the mother of missing 2-year-old Sky Metalwala has cooperated with the investigation, holes are beginning to appear in her story.
Problems with the private contractor setting up a highway tolling system will again delay tolls on State Route 520 bridge, transportation officials said Wednesday according to a seattlepi.com story.
Patsy Bonincontri only got a brief taste of service as a Bellevue City Council member, but she’s gunning for more.
Bonincontri filed paper work this week with the state Public Disclosure Commission officially entering her into the race for the Sixth District seat on King County Council, currently occupied by Bellevue’s Jane Hague. Hague was originally elected in 1993, and she is seeking her sixth term in office. The Sixth District includes parts of Redmond.
East Link light-rail is a key piece of the drive to bolster downtowns and link major communities in King County, Executive Dow Constantine told political and business leaders Tuesday.
The state House passed a pair of bills Saturday that would authorize tolling on major Eastside highways.
House Bill 1382 narrowly passed by a 52-46 margin. The bill authorizes high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes in which single drivers can pay to use carpool lanes, as with the system on State Route 167.
King County residents will see a drop of nearly 10 percent in criminal defense departments (courts, police, etc.) unless they approve a .2 percent sales tax increase in November.
The proposal is the centerpiece of County Executive Dow Constantine’s budget, which seeks to make up a shortfall of more than $60 million through department efficiency improvements and payroll savings.
Constantine outlined his proposed budget to an editorial board of Reporter Newspapers editors Tuesday.
