Sound Publishing, Inc. — publisher of the Redmond Reporter — announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Washington Post Company to acquire the Everett Daily Herald, a 46,000 circulation daily and Sunday newspaper and its other print and online products. The transaction is expected to close in early March.
The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.
The City of Redmond is recruiting two new volunteer members of the Arts Commission to begin their service in April.
Bear Creek’s boys bounced past Tacoma Baptist, 41-29, and Crosspoint Academy, 65-47, last weekend to raise their league record to 9-0 (14-5 overall).
Overlake’s boys beat Northwest School, 54-22, and lost to Seattle Academy, 63-36, last weekend.
Eastlake defeated Redmond, 65-51, on Feb. 1 in the final 4A Kingco regular-season boys basketball game.
The City of Redmond’s poet laureate, Jeannine Hall Gailey will be at the Redmond Library, 15990 N.E. 85th, for a reading from her first book, “Becoming the Villainess,” at 7 p.m. on Feb. 20.
With the cost of tuition increasing, finding the right fit for college may be harder than families expect.
The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.
The Seattle Seahawks won the 2013 NFL Kick Hunger Challenge for the area’s hungry families.
Seven local players and one coach earned Washington State Soccer Coaches Association honors for their performances during the 2012 fall girls season.
The following Redmond students made the Seattle Pacific University 2012 autumn quarter Dean’s List. Students on the Dean’s List have completed at least 12 credits and attained a 3.50 or higher grade-point average.
Overlake Alumnae Panhellenic will sponsor a College Sorority Information Forum at 7 p.m. on March 5 at the Redmond Library, Meeting Room 1, 15990 N.E. 85th St. The forum is free and registration is not required.
Dr. Christina Lee is now seeing patients at the Overlake Redmond Urgent Care clinic. She completed medical school at Ross University School of Medicine in New Brunswick, NJ, and was a resident at Deaconess Family Medicine in Evansville, Ind. Lee speaks English and Korean and has a special interest in urgent care cases.
With local governments across the state struggling with budget woes, 45th District Rep. Larry Springer, D-Kirkland, is pushing a new set of bipartisan bills designed to streamline local government operations.
Collin Cottom will present a Free Youth Baseball Camp for his Eagle Scout project from 9 a.m. to noon on March 9 at Hartman Park Field 6, 17300 N.E. 104th St., Redmond.
A fund-raising event for Miss Washington USA Cassandra Searles of Redmond will take place at 1 p.m. on Feb. 9 at 910 8th Ave. in Seattle. The event — to raise funds for Searles to attend the Miss USA competition in the spring — will include a silent auction for jewelry and a photo-shoot session. Tickets will be $8 presale and $12 at the door. For tickets, contact Taylor at (360) 731-5054 or taylor-nicole@live.com.
King County Executive Dow Constantine today signed an executive order directing Public Health — Seattle & King County to develop innovative, data-driven local strategies for preventing gun violence in King County.
King County has reached its goal of getting half of the energy it needs for operations from renewable energy sources, said King County Executive Dow Constantine today in his 2013 State of the County address.
This month, the Lake Washington College Foundation established the Ralph L. Jones Memorial Endowment, creating two new annual $3,000 scholarships for students.
