Friday, July 3, 2009 - Page updated at 06:44 p.m.

Check out our new blog about news and happenings related to the city of Bellevue and the neighborhoods within it.

Latest from the blog:

A Free Day at BAM NEW - 7/02, 03:50 PM

Going to Gas Works Park? Good luck

Fourth of July crowds are expected to be very, very thick at Gas Works Park Saturday, and police have devised an elaborate plan to close streets to traffic at noon.

Construction, holiday travel likely to snarl region's traffic

Alleged leader of methamphetamine ring arrested in multiple-city raid

Eyman initiative looks likely for November ballot

Archive | Eyman appears at anti-tax rally in Olympia

Global warming may impede eelgrass growth

It's a blank slate now but will the Othello station fulfill plans for high-density shopping area?

6 jurors swear a cop's wife swayed panel in Kent civil rights case

Kercher trial: no staged break-in

Cyclist, 35, killed on Aurora Avenue is identified

UPDATE - 3:48 PM

Man dies in King County Jail in Seattle

$12,500 settlement reached in case of twice-Tasered homeless felon

Archive | Editorial: A stunning use of force

NEW - 04:00 PM

Amtrak cleared for 2nd daily train to Vancouver, B.C.

Anti-illegal immigration initiative falls short

UPDATE - 03:32 PM

Astro van killed Lake Stevens girl in May hit-and-run, automaker says

Bank-job suspect shot by Seattle police booked into jail

UPDATE - 06:00 PM

Fire sends service providers scrambling

Fourth death tied to swine flu in state reported in Snohomish County

Gauldine named new CEO at children's museum

Hanford being considered as storage site for mercury

Longtime Weyerhaeuser exec William Franklin receives Japan's Order of the Rising Sun award

N.Y. man indicted in tobacco case

NTSB: Pilot's lack of oxygen linked to 2007 crash that killed 9 Snohomish-based sky divers

Prisoner beaten by cellmate loses eye, remained in coma after surgery

VA clinic opens in Mount Vernon

Layoffs planned at Rainier School as DSHS deals with budget cuts

Fire still burning on Everett's Jetty Island

News targeted to your community

We're set to launch a series of new sections devoted to community news and happenings. Check out the first two pilot sections: Kirkland and Issaquah. And let us know what you think!

What you'll find here:

News from partner sites and blogs | Event listings | Photos | Community forum

Columnists

Nicole Brodeur
Tues, Fri

Jerry Large
Mon, Thu

Danny Westneat
Wed, Sun

The Bumper Connection with Charles E. Brown

Your green light to talk traffic

The Times' Charles E. Brown shares your traffic-related concerns.

Traffic home

Blogs

The Blotter NEW - 7/03, 07:45 AM

Snohomish County deputies shoot man during domestic-violence call

Politics Northwest NEW - 7/02, 11:12 AM

Eyman turns in signatures for new initiative to limit government spending

The Business of Giving NEW - 7/02, 01:53 PM

Buffett grant to Gates Foundation 30 percent less this year

Seattle Sketcher NEW - 7/02, 04:51 PM

Taking a recess to listen to Recess Monkey at Seattle's City Hall

Latest AP Local news

Updated at 11:33 p.m.

Winning lottery numbers chosen

Pedestrian hit in Spokane dies of her injuries

Johnson's 2-run double lifts Mariners to 7-6 win

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