Winners of the Greater Redmond Transportation Management Association’s (TMA) 2010 Tour de Redmond will be recognized at an awards celebration from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15 in the Center Street Plaza at Redmond Town Center.
A man believed to be connected with last Saturday’s triple killing in Lewis County was arrested in Redmond early Sunday morning and is now in custody of Lewis County authorities.
Overlake Terrace, an assisted living and memory care community at 2956 152nd Ave. NE in Redmond, invites the public to upcoming fundraising events to battle’s Alzheimer’s disease and breast cancer.
The downtown Redmond branch of the United States Postal Service (USPS) will be moving to a new location, still in the downtown neighborhood, within approximately eight months, according to Ernie Swanson, communications expert in the Seattle office of the USPS.
“Nationwide, we are selling off small properties and consolidating our operations,” Swanson told the Redmond Reporter.
More than 1,000 churchgoers from Redmond’s Overlake Christian Church, Northshore Baptist Church in Bothell and other community churches and organizations will offer their help at elementary schools, private homes and other locations serving clients from agencies such as Hopelink and Vision House this weekend.
The second annual Community Serve Day on Saturday, Aug. 21 is aimed at empowering churchgoers and others to give back to their communities.
Volunteers will be at Einstein Elementary School, 18025 NE 116th St. in Redmond from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. during the Community Serve Day on Aug. 21. Other locations for service are in Kirkland, Kenmore and Shoreline. For hours, addresses or other details, visit www.communityserveday.org or call Josh McQueen at Overlake Christian Church at (425) 260-2780.
If there’s an anti-incumbent, electoral revolt going on in the United States this year, voters in the Evergreen State evidently aren’t interested in playing a part in it.
The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.
The City of Redmond is “making some good progress” on the repair project at the Redmond Pool at Hartman Park and hopes to reopen the pool sometime next month, according to Mark Hickok, Redmond’s Recreation Division assistant manager and pool repair project supervisor.
While national mean scores for college-bound students fell slightly this year, Lake Washington School District (LWSD) students scored higher on three of the four ACT tests (English, Reading and Science) and improved their average composite score. In addition, LWSD students continue to show significantly greater college readiness than state and national averages.
Donations are being collected for two community-centered fundraising drives to help pay medical bills for Chanel Cogan.
Eighteen-year-old Cogan, a June graduate of Redmond High School (RHS), has been hospitalized since July 31 when she fell 100 feet from a cliff while on a camping trip near Kachess Lake. She suffered numerous serious injuries in the hiking accident.
The Lake Washington School District (LWSD) announced three new acting principals, including two at Redmond schools, in a Wednesday press release.
Based on early primary elections returns, several local races are setting the stage for a tight battle in November.
As of Thursday morning, Republican candidate for state Senate from the 45th District and Redmond resident, Andy Hill, was beating incumbent Democrat and Kirkland resident Eric Oemig 51.20-48.68 percent.
Based on early primary elections returns, several local races are setting the stage for a tight battle in November.
As of Thursday morning, Republican candidate for state Senate from the 45th District and Redmond resident, Andy Hill, was beating incumbent Democrat and Kirkland resident Eric Oemig 51.20-48.68 percent.
Officially, Aug. 12, the day he talked with the Reporter, marked Redmond resident Eric Murray’s fourth day on the job as president of Cascadia Community College in Bothell.
Kirkland residents Dey Sanchez, 16, (left) and Oscar Velazco, 16, (right) watch as Edwin Alvarez, 15, falls off an inflatable tube during a watersports event, sponsored by the Lake Sammamish Water Ski Club (LSWSC) at Idylwood Park in Redmond on Monday.
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) maintenance crews will spend this weekend inspecting and making repairs to the aging State Route 520 floating bridge to make sure it will continue to carry traffic safely through winter weather.
While the bridge is closed, drivers should allow extra time to travel across or around Lake Washington during the work.
The annual weekend bridge closure starts at 11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20, and the bridge will re-open by 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23.
From Aug. 16- Sept. 14, King County invites its residents outside the city of Seattle to submit their stories of how well they recycle, as part of the county’s first “Recycling Superstar” online contest.
The Redmond Police and Fire Departments are pleased to offer a free information session about three programs that make your community better prepared for emergencies and disasters.
The session takes place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25 at the Redmond Police Department Training Room, 8701 160th Ave. NE.
Hundreds of people will put on their walking shoes and head to King County’s Marymoor Park in Redmond this Sunday, Aug. 15 in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and its second annual Walk for Wishes.
This family-friendly 5K walk will raise funds and awareness for the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
If you drove by the Redmond Target store at 17700 NE 76th St. on the morning of Aug. 10 and spotted a fleet of Redmond Police and Fire vehicles, rest assured it wasn’t due to a crisis.
The officers and firefighters, joined by other employees from the Cities of Redmond and Kirkland, were happy chaperones for young back-to-school shoppers at a special outreach event.