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Former Bellevue Arts Museum Offical Charged

Janet Ellinger, the former chief financial officer of the Bellevue Arts Museum was charged November 20th with 38 counts of felony theft for stealing what she admitted to be $300,000 during her tenure at the Museum. She worked for the Bellevue Arts Museum two years before the allegations came to […]

Bellevue Square Updates: New floors, stores, and get a shav(ing) set

If you’ve been to Bellevue Square lately, you know how crowded the place is these days on the weeknights and weekends. Parking is a struggle (even during the lunch hour), but what’s all the hype?! Well, first off, Bellevue Square is undergoing a $1.3B makeover and they’re slowly upgrading this […]

Bellevue School District Superintendent Departs

After twelve years of service as the Superintendent of the Bellevue School District, Mike Riley will move to the east coast to pursue a position with the College Board accepting responsibilities as the senior vice president for the “College Readiness System”. The Bellevue School District’s high school’s AP (Advanced Placement) […]

Hillary Clinton Visits Downtown Bellevue Westin Today

Hillary Clinton has been in the greater Seattle area since Monday. She will continue her trip in the area with a stop in Downtown Bellevue campaigning for the presidency at the Westin. Senator Clinton’s stop in Bellevue will consist of a fund raising breakfast event, which isn’t cheap, at $2,300 […]

Yahoo! opens up about move to Bellevue

Yahoo! was waiting until third quarter earnings were released before discussing their move to Downtown Bellevue and that’s exactly what happened. The Puget Sound Business Journal broke the news Friday afternoon, followed by the Seattle Times early this morning. Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and other tech companies can officially say hello […]

Underground Tunnel at Bellevue Collection Connects

A project was headed months ago to bring an underground tunnel to and from Bellevue Place’s parking lot and Lincoln Square’s parking lot on the 3rd floor parking level. The project will allow for those not wanting to walk through the street level traffic to avoid the hustle and bustle […]

Yahoo! moving to Bellevue

This our third story about Yahoo! in Downtown Bellevue. The Daily Journal of Commerce broke the news that Yahoo! Inc. has agreed to lease 115,000 square feet in the One Twelfth @ Twelfth office complex in Bellevue, a move that could bring nearly 600 new technology employees to that city. […]

Bellevue Square Nordstrom Under Major Construction

If you hadn’t noticed, the Nordstrom in Bellevue Square is under major construction for a serious remodel. The remodel has been done in phases and all the men’s sections and some of the women’s sections are now complete. Images shot within the last week, and show how aggressively Nordstrom is […]

Bellevue’s a Big Deal says Puget Sound Business Journal

The Puget Sound Business Journal asks the question, What city is No. 1? They recently posted an intriguing story about how, “Hot” Bellevue is right now, implying they are No. 1. (not that we didn’t already know this) Proof the article uses to back its case: Neiman Marcus chose to […]

Update: Bellevue crane accident

Quite possibly the biggest news in Downtown Bellevue last year was the crane that fell killing Matthew Ammon, an attorney at Microsoft and resulted in many Bellevuites looking up for the next couple months as they walked the streets of the city. Last night Komo TV 4 reported that the […]