According to the Bellevue Police Department, officers arrested three suspects and recovered thousands of dollars of merchandise, disrupting an organized retail theft ring. The three suspects were arrested outside of Bellevue Square at the end of May. Security witnessed the 18, 22, and 27 year olds stealing from stores inside […]
We reported in late April that detectives from the Bellevue Police Department were investigating an armed robbery that occurred in the early morning of April 26th at the 7-Eleven convenience store. The 7-Eleven is located on Bellevue Way Southeast. According to a statement released by the Bellevue Police Department, the […]
Sharmila Rathinam and Sunita Shastri founded the non-profit organization, Eat Happy Now in June 2022. Their mission is “Solving for hunger by rescuing healthy food going to landfill and delivering it real time to those in need, through nonprofit partners.” Eat Happy Now connects the supply and demand for surplus […]
On April 26th, the KCLS Board of Trustees approved changes to charging late fees on library books. Since May 9th, the library no longer charges fines on overdue items. Since 2022, the KCLS Board of Trustees have been analyzing the impact of late fines. After gathering and reviewing information for […]
As reported in February 2023, Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, announced that the company has concluded that everyone is to be back in the office the majority of the time as of May 1st. This is defined as three days per week. In Bellevue, employees will be moving into two additional […]
At the most recent Bellevue City Council meeting, staff discussed the idea of a new program to improve mobility options in Bellevue. “Bike Bellevue” aims to implement bicycle network improvements in the urban core area of downtown, Wilburton, and BelRed. According to the City of Bellevue, the goal of “Bike […]
Detectives from the Bellevue Police Department are investigating an armed robbery that occurred early this morning at a 7-Eleven convenience store located in the 100 block of Bellevue Way SE. According to a statement released by the Bellevue Police Department, the incident took place just before 3:00 am when three […]
According to a recent press release, Kiki Gram of Vulcan Real Estate announce the launch of a Bellevue 2030 District. The vision of the 2030 Districts Network is to establish a global network of thriving high-performance building districts and cities, uniting communities to catalyze transformation in the built environment and […]
Bellevue recently celebrated the reopening of City Hall Plaza, which has been years in the making. The plaza is located adjacent to the future East Link light rail Bellevue Downtown Station and has been reimagined as a welcoming public space along the Grand Connection. The project began in June 2017 […]
The East Link light rail project has been delayed for the third time. After investigating long-standing concerns with construction quality and durability with raised concrete structures supporting the tracks in key sections of the alignment, a necessary path has been determined. After attempting to repair the issues with the concrete […]
