Puget Sound Regional Council recently announced the Redmond Central Connector, the BNSF rail corridor within Redmond city limits, was selected to receive $2,300,000 in federal transportation enhancement funding.
The funding will be used to construct a trail from the Eastlake Sammamish trail, through downtown, to the Sammamish River Trail.
The Medic One Foundation, City of Redmond Fire Department and Physio-Control Corporation will host a Mass CPR Awareness Event with the goal of training 100 people with the American Heart Association’s new “Hands Only” CPR technique for bystanders.
The Redmond Salary Commission recently approved a salary increase of $100 per month for city councilmembers.
This year, Redmond Lights Winter Festival will be held Saturday, Dec. 4 from 4-8 p.m. at various locations around the city.
Cold weather is expected through Tuesday. The King County Office of Emergency Management offers the following tips for staying safe…
In September, the Redmond City Council convened an independent salary commission to review and set salaries for council members in accordance with an established city ordinance.
The inaugural King County Parks Big Backyard 5K run and walk brought more than 500 runners and walkers to the trails of Marymoor Park this past May – and raised more than $20,000 for King County Parks.
Organizers are hoping the 2011 event, set for Sunday, May 22, will be even more successful. In an effort to kick-start early registration, everyone who signs up for the 2011 fun run and walk by Nov. 30 will receive a free training hoody. Early registration is just $25 and entrants will also receive a Parks t-shirt, plus food, drinks and more on race day.
Richard L. Everson On September 18, 1931 a fine Norwegian boy was born to Harold and Eleanor Everson in Redmond,…
Microvision in Redmond is holding a “Show ‘n Sell” event this weekend to benefit Hopelink.
The police blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up 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.
Evergreen Hospital held a public budget hearing on Nov. 12 and only one citizen showed up for it.
Could it be just apathy, or something else?
I hope the Redmond Reporter can help Evergreen Hospital get the word out in the future with public notice ads. The newspaper is Evergreen’s only mechanism for public notice.
Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) crews will close the off-ramp from eastbound State Route 520 to 124th Ave NE from 1 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 continuously until 4 a.m. Monday, Nov. 22 to drill a shaft for a new bridge over 124th Ave NE. The signed detour will route drivers to 148th Ave NE. Drivers should plan for delays.
Margo Engberg has been baking for as long as she remembers.
Whether it was for a birthday, the holidays or any other celebration, she would mark the occasion with sweets. So, it wasn’t too much of a stretch when she decided to open her own cupcake shop in Redmond Town Center.
A 22-year-old Redmond resident faces two counts of assault after obstructing an investigation for DUI on Nov. 16.
Just after midnight, state troopers conducted a routine traffic stop and arrest for DUI on State Route 520 just west of 84th Avenue Northeast, and were then assaulted by the passenger in the vehicle.
The completion of two major projects should noticeably help drivers on SR 520 between Redmond and Seattle.
Redmond police arrested a 24-year-old Redmond man for investigation of DUI, hit and run and reckless driving after he drove off the road and crashed his car into a wooden light post in the Grass Lawn neighborhood.
The Redmond High School (RHS) boys’ basketball teams will be playing in a preseason jamboree on Saturday, Nov. 27 in the Redmond High School gym. Along with the Mustangs, other teams participating will be Snohomish, Seattle Prep and Edmonds-Woodway.
The Overlake School senior Alexa Anthony has signed to join University of South Carolina’s 2011-2012 equestrian team. Anthony will be competing with the Gamecocks’ Hunt Seat squad.
Thanksgiving will take on a special meaning this year as the holiday Drive Hammered, Get Nailed campaign officially begins that day.
Between Nov. 24 Jan. 2, 2011, local law enforcement will conduct extra DUI patrols throughout King County to rid the roads of impaired drivers during the holiday season.
The Bear Creek School volleyball team won three games at the 2B state tournament last weekend at the Yakima Sun Dome to place 4th, the program’s highest finish in school history.