Tuesday, Jan. 12
Fraud: Redmond police took a fraud report at 10:08 p.m. in the 5600 block of 160th Avenue Northeast. A resident was a victim of an attempted online scam, in which her license was requested when someone posed as a potential employer.
Redmond police arrested two 16-year-old suspects on Tuesday night for the theft of jewelry from a store at Redmond Town Center. Another suspect, an 18-year-old, was processed for an existing warrant. All suspects are from Seattle.
The Redmond Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Jan. 27 in the Council Chambers at City Hall at 15670 N.E. 85th St. regarding potential zoning code and policy changes for retail marijuana stores.
On Jan. 8, AT&T hosted 30 students and chaperones from the Wenatchee High, Tonasket High and Brewster Middle schools at its West Region Headquarters in the Redmond Town Center.
Thor Hanson, author of “Feathers,” “The Triumph of Seeds” and countless nature-related articles, will join students and the community at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24 in The Overlake School campus’ Discovery Hall.
The American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 21-RD of Redmond is offering a $500 scholarship to a Redmond High School (RHS) student.
For the sixth consecutive year, The Bear Creek School is hosting Building Bridges.
During the holiday season, AAA Washington teamed up with local shelters, food banks and other charitable organizations to provide unused toiletries for those in need. The program’s eighth year proved to be the most successful year yet, bringing in 148,159 items or 12,347 pounds across Washington and northern Idaho.
With the winter months upon us, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is reminding homeowners about the fire dangers associated with heating equipment. Improper use of such equipment like portable or stationary space heaters, wood burning stoves and fireplaces can be incredibly dangerous, and their misuse is a leading cause of U.S. home fire deaths.
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission announced that Jan. 17 and Jan. 18 are the next state parks “free days” when visitors are not required to display the Discover Pass for day visits at state parks. The free days are in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday.
Redmond’s Heather Williams has earned a master of arts in teaching degree in the biological sciences from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) with coursework through Project Dragonfly and Woodland Park Zoo.
In this time of heated rhetoric, political posturing and heart-breaking violence, we have a choice. We can succumb to fear. We can build walls, fences and make policies that protect us from the outside, from those who are different than us. We can raise our voices and shout, “Keep out! I’m afraid.” But the real cost of a defense built out of fear is not in dollars or even in lost opportunity to expand our diversity; it is in the callousness, cynicism and hatred with which we embalm our hearts.
Mark Karasek, 22, who pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder after his father, Zdenek Karasek, was shot and killed on Jan. 9, 2015 will have his case-setting hearing Thursday, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Christine Welker’s trial has been scheduled for Monday, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney Office.
Melvyn Bravo-Flores, who was arraigned and entered a not-guilty plea in August 2015 at King County Superior Court for a charge of one count of child molestation in the first degree, has a case-setting hearing scheduled for Tuesday, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney Office.
Robert Malsch, a 21-year-old man from Lynnwood who pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide, hit-and-run felony and reckless driving in Redmond in February 2015, had his trial continued to Jan. 28, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney Office.
Redmond resident Daniel Haggart, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Redmond’s Cara Neil in July 2014, has his trial date set for Feb. 1, according to a press secretary for the King County Prosecuting Attorney Office.
The old Nokomis building in downtown Redmond was torn down Friday afternoon.
I was reading the letter to editor from my friend, Patsy Rosenbach, about the outcome of the Nokomis building. Patsy raised several questions about the legal and ethics of the project to construct a dormitory-styled building in place of the Nokomis building, built in 1933 during the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration for intended use as a library and use of the community.
A proposed rule would set Washington’s first-ever limits on carbon pollution, acting to help slow climate change and limit projected effects on the state’s coastal communities, agricultural industries and drinking water supplies.
