Bellevue WA

As part of ongoing work to make road and other infrastructure repairs following this winter’s intense flooding and rainfall, the Snoqualmie Valley Trail will be closed to walking and biking “as soon as February 16” as crews work to repair the nearby SE Edgewick Road, according to an alert from King County.

(‘Site plan’ from city permit filings) Two and a half weeks after we broke the news of a West Seattle site proposed for up to 72 RVs and 20 tiny houses [7201 2nd SW, map] – after which, our followup inquiries were largely met with “too soon to comment” – more details are finally emerging:

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Seattle, Washington – A wet and blustery day is ahead, as the city braces for showers starting this morning. Temperatures will hover around 47°F, with scattered rain throughout the day. The heavy rains will...

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Kirkland's Cooper McLeod is one of the country's top long track speed skaters. The rumors are true: he's actually spent more time in skates than in shoes. His first time on ice was at just 10 months old. "We had family friends that owned the skating...

Anyone over 50 years old will remember when downtown Bremerton was the major city in Kitsap County. Its downtown bordered on the Naval shipyard where over 20,000 employees went to work each day, it had multiple banks and office buildings and most of the major retail in the county. Downtown Bremerton was the home for...

A man who allegedly led a violent drug trafficking organization in the Puget Sound region pleaded not guilty in Seattle court Thursday. A federal grand jury indicted Jose Sanchez-Valencia, 58, on four felony charges in 2022. He is charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and three counts of illegal...

The City of Seattle will pay $29,011,000 to the family of a woman hit and killed by an SPD officer to settle a negligence lawsuit.

Seattle’s City Council has thrown an emergency roadblock in front of any plans to build or expand detention centers and jails inside city limits, moving to halt new facilities while the city scrambles to rewrite its zoning rulebook. The emergency legislation, introduced Friday, would create a one-year moratorium on...

A new report from Seattle’s inspector general found Seattle Police Department (SPD) officer bias may have escalated tensions at a May Day rally last year, which resulted in 23 arrests and 16 reported uses of force. The report found SPD expected violence from protesters and treated them as a...

A new Pakistani restaurant is set to open in Bellevue, expanding the city’s culinary footprint. Baba’s Kebab Shop, owned by Shan Janjua, will open at 595 106th Ave. Janjua also owns Naan N Curry, with locations in Issaquah and Renton. “We’re trying to expand the footprint of Pakistani...