Rite Aid at 17220 Redmond Way will be one of six Seattle-area stores to hold free health screenings and beauty demonstrations and give away product samples on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
After a night working to address power issues, crews shut down the toll-collection system on the SR 520 Bridge about 6:30 a.m. today, Jan. 17.
Redmond Mayor John Marchione announced Tuesday night that City Hall will be closed today with all non-essential employees not reporting for work.
The Greater Redmond Chamber of Commerce will postpone its luncheon on the developing One Redmond initiative until next month due to the threat of inclement weather, according to the chamber’s interim President and Chief Executive Officer Danielle Lynch.
The next Redmond Historical Society (RHS) meeting will be on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at The Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 N.E. 80 St. and feature Ed Lincoln, the man who created Seattle’s iconic Pink Toe Truck.
State Sen. Rodney Tom, D-Bellevue, introduced legislation last Friday to reduce smoking rates by raising the state cigarette tax by $1.
King County Metro Transit is remaining on snow routing countywide today and with continuing snowfall forecast, there could be some bus trips or routes cancelled today.
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 Thursday, Dominic Mein, an eighth grader at The Bear Creek School (TBCS), won the school-level competition for the National Geographic Bee, taking one step closer to a $25,000 college scholarship.
The Redmond Senior Center (RSC) at 8703 160th Ave. N.E. will host a speaker from Humanities Washington Feb. 28 from 1 to 2 p.m.
On Sunday Feb. 5 at 7 a.m., the City of Redmond’s Gridiron 1 Mile Downhill Dash race will begin at the intersection of Northeast 100th Avenue and 166th Avenue Northeast.
One of the best things I get to do as a sports medicine physician, while taking care of athletes and athletic injuries, is answer their questions about the world of sports injuries and injury prevention.
No topic has been as popular recently as head injuries and the possible long-term effects of those injuries. Part of this interest is fueled by press coverage of athletes dealing with head injuries, both current and past.
I applaud former Redmond Mayor Rosemarie Ives on her convincing, sensible appeal for revisions to the development approval by City Council of the Group Health site in Overlake.
Ives testified at the Jan. 10 Council business meeting, nearly a month after the Council voted 6-1 to approve the mixed-use development, which calls for the clearing of more than 1,100 trees. The Council however sat stone faced as Ives testified and did not respond to any of the requests to evaluate facts presented by several citizens.
Administrator Jane Todd is a leader in a time when we need leadership the most. And, who can possibly replace Traci Pierce as deputy superintendent of school support. It’s a massive job. The School Board should take a second look at their “preferred” candidate. In these times, LWSD needs a leader.
Is now the right time for the City of Redmond to ask for a tax increase?
Randomly selected residents will be asked to participate in an automated phone survey as early as Sunday, which will help city leaders answer this question.
Executives of Terex Aerial Work Platforms, a manufacturer of heavy equipment headquartered in Redmond, gathered from around the world to assemble bikes in a team-building exercise at the company’s yearly kickoff conference.
On Saturday, the Washington Student Math Association (WSMA), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, will be hosting an expo event at the Redmond Regional Library, 15990 N.E. 85th St., to teach kids of all ages different aspects of math.
Kindergarten registration for Lake Washington School District (LWSD) begins next month.
Makaela Hayward scored 12 points as the Redmond High School girls’ basketball team fell to Woodinville, 58-40, in a Kingco 4A contest Wednesday night.
Major construction will kick into high gear this weekend on State Route 520.
All lanes of the highway will close so crews can move in more than two million pounds of massive concrete girders for newlidded overpasses above the highway. SR 520 lanes and ramps will close at 11 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, between Montlake Boulevard in Seattle and Interstate 405 in Bellevue. All lanes and ramps will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, Jan. 16.