The City of Redmond has received two Governor’s Smart Communities Awards for 2012.
A new chapter in life began this week for retired Redmond Police Department (RPD) Commander Terry Morgan, who helped develop several innovative policing partnerships over the course of his 30-year cop career.
Students from Lake Washington School District (LWSD) traveled to College Park, Md. last week to compete in the National History Day Contest.
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.
On Tuesday, June 19, I received a political “poll” call from Mountain West Research.
It began as a regular poll, then began asking questions which started out as merely insulting to candidate Cyrus Habib, then became viciously racist.
Boaters, endangered salmon and out-flowing water from Lake Sammamish share “The Slough” to the Sammamish River at Marymoor Park.
Over the last decade, this 1960s Corps of Engineers flood control project has been altered. Though King County agreed to “operate” the project, infrequent maintenance, an illegal rock dam and sediment build-up now block flow.
The Lake Washington School District (LWSD) will add badminton as a high school girls’ sport, starting in the spring of 2013.
Mike Town, a Redmond High School (RHS) teacher, is one of 18 teachers selected nationwide to receive the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators.
A 15-year-old Kirkland boy was arrested for suspicion of robbery after he allegedly stole money from a fellow student last Friday afternoon.
Due to popular demand, the exhibition of knit artwork at Anderson Park has been extended through August.
Redmond High School (RHS) honored 492 graduates at Tuesday’s commencement ceremony at KeyArena.
Two-time Class 4A high school state breaststroke champion Heather Harper, who swam for Redmond High School and now swims for Boise State Univeristy, will compete in next week’s U.S. Olympic Trials in Omahoa, Neb.
Two fires in a two-day span at a Redmond mobile home park have been ruled suspicious by the Redmond Police and Fire departments, according to police spokesman Jim Bove.
The City of Redmond and Forterra are partnering to sponsor a work party on Saturday, June 30 from 9 a.m. to noon at Viewpoint Park, 18440 N.E. 24th St. in Redmond.
On June 26, the City of Redmond will hold a special re-opening event for Spiritbrook Neighborhood Park, from 12:30-2 p.m.
Redmond High School (RHS) seniors Peter Hendron, Conner Floan and Allie Nichols were honored by the RHS Athletic Department as Athletes of the Year during a Monday graduation assembly.
On Monday, Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. introduced Surface, the tech giant’s newest tablet.
On June 15, Bellevue College (BC) honored nearly 2,600 graduates, including 186 Redmond residents, at the school’s 45th commencement ceremony.
City of Redmond Mayor John Marchione will be attending the Bellevue Downtown Association’s (BDA) third annual Eastside Mayors Forum on June 27.
The Redmond Fire Department (RFD) will host a free pancake breakfast for the community during this year’s Derby Days Festival on July 14 from 8 a.m. to noon.