Medina News

Medina-mom and blogger Heija Nunn has made a name for herself around the mommy circuit.

King County executive candidates Fred Jarrett and Dow Constantine on Tuesday issued a joint statement saying they are the only two candidates to have been fully open in making public the detailed candidate questionnaires they have submitted to a wide range of constituency groups and organizations.

Elected is the key word because Ron Dunlap of Bellevue served as an appointed short-term executive for about a year in the early 1980s after John Spellman became governor.

In an unexpected move, the King County Council voted unanimously yesterday to push acting King County Assessor Rich Medved from office while he runs a campaign to become the elected assessor.

Dolly Turner is an artist. But her canvas is not made of white cloth, a music staff or even a piece of paper.

Mary Chodl , a Capitol Hill woman arrested late last year after Medina police said that she swiped a $55,000 wedding ring and other items from an Eastside home, was sentenced this afternoon to 22 months in prison.

State maintenance crews will close the SR 520 floating bridge for annual weekend inspection and maintenance work at 11 a.m. Friday, June 19.

Obama creates a trail. Give me a break! There are trails. The original is the on taken by Lewis and Clarke.

State Sen. Fred Jarrett, D-Mercer Island, is getting praise, promises and rave reviews from fellow candidates for King County Executive.

This article originally appeared in SLJ's Extra Helping. Sign up now! By Debra Lau Whelan -- School Library Journal, 6/8/2009 2:05:00 PM The Bellevue School District in Medina, WA - home to Bill Gates and other affluent families - is saying good-bye to all middle and high school librarians, yet another result of the ongoing recession.

The legislative session may have just ended, but the state's struggles with the budget has only just begun, legislators told Eastside chamber members during the 2009 East King County Chambers of Commerce Legislative Coalition Wrap Up event last Wednesday.

Opening a mission to write a new chapter on Islam and the West, President Barack Obama consulted Wednesday with the Saudi king "in the place where Islam began," prelude to a high-stakes speech in Egypt meant to ease long-held Muslim grievances against the United States.

The United States, grappling with how to counter the spread of Taliban militants on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, is turning to Saudi Arabia for help.

Six people came to Everett. It's all that's left of their family, as far as they know.

On June 28, the Symphony of Gardens is set to bring a collection of classic cars and live music to Bellevue.

As if the last weekend in May wasn't enough to get you in the mood for Summer, coming up in June you can experience the Symphony of Gardens on June 28th.

The quieter pavement laid down nearly three years ago on a stretch of I-5 here has not performed as well as hoped, state traffic engineers say.

Bruce Campbell, an 83-year-old Alzheimera s patient who lives on the 400 block of West Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast, has been reported missing.

Gov. Chris Gregoire used her veto pen Tuesday to spare the state auditor's efficiency-audit program from a $29 million budget cut.

The trusted, grandmotherly dog walker and house sitter accused of stealing from her clients' homes has pleaded guilty to theft, identity theft and trafficking in stolen property.