April 10 is Arbor Day, and this year, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is recognizing 82 cities, including Bellevue and Medina, that have been chosen as a Tree City USA.
Robotics team members from Newport High and International School, which helped protect Newport’s robot during game play, will head to the upcoming world championships in St. Louis.
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Gamers of any age can participate in the Super Mario Kart tournament to be held this weekend at Bellevue College. The event will include several seminars will help educate parents and others about autism.
The listener-supported radio station has moved its tower to Cougar Mountain in Issaquah, which will expand its geographical reach to new potential listeners.
Three of the escalator's safety-stop systems failed when a loose panel skirt snagged, the Department of Labor and Industries reported. Investigators found 32 code violations, 15 of which were related to the accident, according to a press release.
Patch will be among the panelists at a free workshop to advise nonprofits on working with local news media at the Crossroads Community Center. Other panelists include journalists from KCTS-9, KBCS-FM and the Washington Hispanic Media Association.
Blue and Kathy Lee are among the adoptable pets at the Seattle Humane Society featured this week on Bellevue Patch. Check this column soon to meet another featured adoptable pet.
The State Department of Health has issued a warning that several types of frozen food products using the brand-labels Farm Rich, Market Day, and Schwan’s brands could be contaminated with a deadly bacteria.
Slatter, a clinical pharmacist working in the biotechnology industry, will run for Bellevue City Council this year.
Tickets to the Bellevue Jazz Festival go on sale on Friday.
Police recovered massive amounts of stolen items taken from a series of burglaries stretching from Bellevue to Gig Harbor after searching the Tacoma apartment of a suspect.
Sound Transit and the City of Bellevue will host an open house on the East Link Cost Savings Ideas from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday April 3 at Bellevue City Hall.
Bellevue City Manager Steve Sarkozy, who has been with the city of Bellevue for 12 years, is resigning from his position effective in May.
Bellevue gun rights group, the Second Amendment Foundation, is challenging a Nebraska law barring resident aliens from obtaining a concealed weapon permit.
Two months after running out of his owner's car in Eastgate, Oban was found safely over the weekend.
Police are still searching for the suspect in a Saturday bank robbery at Wells Fargo Bank on Saturday in the Gilman Village area of Issaquah.
The Seattle Red Cross honored employees and a gym member of 24-Hour Fitness on Bel-Red Road for saving two clients who had heart attacks in separate incidents two days in a row.
Several churches have posted their services for today on Patch's calendar. However, several malls and the KidsQuest Museum announced that they will be closed in observance of the holiday.
Spring appears to have sprung in Bellevue with the sun shining and the trees blooming. Share your photos of Bellevue in springtime to this article, or to our Pics and Clips section.
Lakemont home, listed at $1.3 million, is in the Issaquah School District and has many features great for entertaining. Check out this and other properties for sale in a virtual house hunt.