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Man Sentenced in Fatal Bellevue BMW Crash
Viorel Palanchuk will serve 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to DUI. One person died in the early morning downtown Bellevue crash in April.

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Viorel Palanchuk will serve 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to DUI. One person died in the early morning downtown Bellevue crash in April.

About 350,000 toll transactions from the State Route 520 and Tacoma Narrows bridges between December 2011 and June 2012 were not sent to motorists, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
Bellevue police arrested four Seattle men in connection with burglaries in Kirkland and Kenmore, according to court papers. Six handguns were stolen from one of the burglarized homes, according to police.
The State Route 520 Bridge will be closed for construction this weekend, but the weekend closure will end noon Sunday for the Seattle Sounders kickoff, the Washington State Department of Transportation said.
The Washington State Patrol continues to investigate the crash that took the life of Bryon T. Monge, 30, of Everett, and says it may be some time before the case is closed.
The State Route 520 Bridge will be closed for construction this weekend, but the weekend closure will end noon Sunday for the Seattle Sounders kickoff, the Washington State Department of Transportation said.
The State Route 520 Bridge will be closed for construction this weekend, but the weekend closure will end noon Sunday for the Seattle Sounders kickoff, the Washington State Department of Transportation said.
Video footage from a patrol car shows Washington State Patrol Trooper Michael Porter barely avoiding being struck by a vehicle that rolled several times toward him on the shoulder during a collision investigation.
A Mukilteo woman who says she witnessed the Saturday crash that killed Bryon T. Monge, 30, of Everett, called the scene tragic.
Didn't get a bill for your toll to cross the State Route 520 Bridge? Not an excuse, the Washington State Department of Transportation told the Seattle Times. Has this ever happened to you? What do you think?
Bryon T. Monge, 30, of Everett died Saturday when the Chevrolet S10 he was driving veered off Interstate 5 and struck a pillar at Northeast 185th Street.
A fatal rollover accident blocked Interstate 5 northbound just south of SR 104 (MP 177) for two hours, according to state officials. One man died.
A condo fire in an unoccupied unit at Kingsgate Ridge Manor was discovered late Friday when the downstairs neighbor smelled smoke, the Kirkland Fire Department reported.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) were at Bellevue College Friday to congratulate local colleges on an $11.8 million grant for health IT training. Bellevue College will get the bulk of the grant, $6.3 million
The National Weather Service says that the Puget Sound area can expect rain on Friday and through the weekend, with heavy rain falling by Saturday and through the weekend.
Gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna and his wife Marilyn join a dancing troupe onstage at the Global Korean Day celebration in Seattle.
The Bellevue Downtown Association and Sound Publishing are hosting a free public forum with the nine legislative candidates in the 41st and 48th State Legislative Districts - covering much of the Eastside, including portions of Issaquah and Sammamish.
Bail remained at $3 million for Seattle attorney Danford D. Grant, who pleaded not guilty to raping several massage therapists--including last month's attack of a Bellevue massage therapist and the rape of a Shoreline massage therapist at her home.
Gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna and his wife Marilyn join a dancing troupe onstage at the Global Korean Day celebration in Seattle.
Mercer Island Firefighers responded to a two-alarm fire in Newcastle on Saturday which damaged two homes, according to the Bellevue Fire Department.