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.
Wendy Warrington (left) of Integrity Plus Inc., a construction design firm in Redmond, was the lucky winner of the Redmond Reporter’s Best of Redmond drawing, which was sponsored by the Redmond Town Center.
The City of Redmond could receive close to $1.1 million in new revenue in 2012 if voters approve a countywide sales tax increase in November to pay for public safety services.
At their July 20 meeting, the Redmond City Council listened to a presentation by Jennifer Ziegler, Director of Communications and Government Relations for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Tolling Division, on the SR 520 Bridge tolling plan.
Waste Management’s Clean Cart Challenge Prize Patrol paid a visit to Keeney’s Office Supply on July 15, bearing gifts of $150 and a plaque lauding the company as one of Redmond’s most exemplary recyclers.
The Municipal League of King County has released its non-partisan evaluations of 122 legislative, judicial and local candidates. The full list of ratings is available online at www.munileague.org.
For contested races affecting Redmond, candidate ratings include the following:
The following students from Redmond have graduated from Seattle Pacific University, a premier Christian university with a comprehensive academic program:
There is no set time when the Redmond Pool at Hartman Park will reopen, as the city continues repairs and searches for a new pool operator.
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland has received the Get with the Guidelines for Stroke Silver Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.
The award recognizes the hospital’s successful commitment to ensure that each stroke patient receives the Association’s recommended treatment aimed at improving outcomes and reducing death and disabilities.
Aegis Living, a national leader in senior living and assisted living communities, will hold a job fair for local, full-time and part-time community positions from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, July 20 at the Marriott Hotel at Redmond Town Center, 7401 164th Ave. NE in Redmond.
Nathan Cooprider, 12, of Seattle, falls backwards as he attempts to stand on a float as his cousin Gabe Lysen,…
The Municipal League of King County (Muni League) will release its 100th set of election ratings next week for 124 legislative, judicial and local candidates.
Sunrise Elementary School, a Northshore District school located in Redmond, is one of seven facilities that has just been awarded a Puget Sound Energy (PSE) grant for the Renewable Energy Education Program, formerly called the Solar Schools Program.
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 Metropolitan King County Council today reformed nearly a generation of labor policy by adopting a comprehensive labor reform package that may mean greater employee contributions to their health and dental benefits, wages tied to regional economic conditions and layoffs based on merit rather than seniority.
Police departments throughout King County, including Redmond, will inundate area roads, highways and interstates with extra police patrols to target speeding drivers, beginning Friday, July 16 and continuing through Aug. 1 as part of the statewide “Slow Down or Pay Up” campaign.
“Ask and you shall receive” has become somewhat of a motto for the Redmond Youth Partnership Advisory Committee (RYPAC), a City of Redmond board that gives local youth a voice in government and provides opportunities of interest to those constituents.
This year, two AmeriCorps volunteers, Kayla Bergquist and Megan Unden, have been working with RYPAC advisor Nancy Chang to organize and implement programs such as the “After-Hours” homework help and activities at Redmond Junior High and Rose Hill Junior High, the RYPAC Youth Summit and a Teen Job Shadow program that’s now in session for the first time.
According to KIRO TV News, an alleged member of a Russian spy ring, Alexey Karetnikov, lived in Redmond and worked…
The Redmond Derby Days started out as a bike-race fundraiser for the city of Redmond to raise money for holiday decorations.
It has since evolved.
Three Redmond residents, who attended Inglemoor High School, and two other students who attended The Overlake School in Redmond are among more than 1,900 additional winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities.