In observance of Sunshine Week, Patch is providing some information on your rights to observe your government in action, and some resources for you to explore open records yourself.
Want to be part of the school boundary process? Applications are due Friday to be part of the district committee to redraw the district's school boundaries.
Richard Dawkins, bioethicist, secularist and author of "The Selfish Gene" and other books, will speak in a panel in Bellevue about secularism and government at Newport High School.
The detour around West Lake Sammamish Parkway, which has been shut for emergency repairs after a mudslide compromised the road, will be rerouted for scheduled sewer construction.
Redmond City Council President Pat Vache, board chair for the Eastside Human Services Forum, urges state lawmakers to maintain social safety net.
Resignation effective March 20
Publicola reports that Kittitas County Superior Court ruled against Kemper Freeman and the Eastside Transportation Association's effort to block Sound Transit' plans to build Link light rail on Interstate 90.
Purple, Daniel's Broiler and El Gaucho are pitching in with gift cards to help the city of Bellevue collect information on improving its transit. People who complete the survey have the chance to win one of three gift cards.
Ismail Sali, 53, of Kirkland, plead guilty, and has connections to others arrested in connection with an ATM "skimming" ring in the past 18 months, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
Sally is one of 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 bridge will remain open and safe to traffic as work starts on the repairs Friday (March 9) morning. However there is a planned weekend closure to work on the new 520 lids.
Dixie is one of 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 decision invalidates Redmond's previous initiative effort, according to The Seattle Times.
BECU issued $100,000 in community grants to 48 schools statewide, including five schools in Bellevue.
Eddy, a former mayor of Kirkland, was elected in 2006, and represents Kirkland, Redmond and parts of Bellevue.
Fire and police from Bellevue, Seattle and King, Snohomish and Pierce counties will converge upon Bellevue High School this weekend to train for a terrorism or multiple casualty emergency response.
We lose an hour on Sunday, as Daylight Saving Time begins.
The State Route 520 bridge will be closed from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday to demolish the old Evergreen Point Road overpass.
The Girl Scouts of Western Washington were on hand at the Bellevue City Council to mark the national group's 100th anniversary.
Sunshine Week celebrates open government, and begins on March 11.
