http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bellevue RSS Feed for KING - News - Bellevue en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 17:19:37 GMT http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bellevue/Seattle-ranks-No-7-for-luxury-home-sales-207546281.html Seattle ranks No. 7 in the country for the number of million-dollar homes sold from January 2012 through March 2013, according to real estate broker Redfin. The Eastside 98004 zip code had 268 million-dollar-plus homes sold over the 15-month period. http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bellevue/Bellevue-gun-shop-fined-23480-for-exposing-workers-to-lead-207442461.html At least two workers have joined a lawsuit claiming safety laws were violated at Wade's Eastside Guns, and that waste was washed down storm drains. The owner said he supplies workers with protective gear, but said workers chose not to follow rules. http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bellevue/Seattle-Humanes-Tuxes--Tails-event-raises-15-million-207118561.html The Seattle Humane Society’s 24th annual Tuxes & Tails gala broke records on Saturday night, with more than 1,000 guests raising more than $1,586,000 for the animals in Seattle Humane Society’s care. http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bellevue/Budget-woes-drive-rise-in-partial-school-days-207301751.html Educators say the shorter school days allow teachers to complete required non-class work at a time when there is no money to pay teachers to do the work outside of school hours. http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bellevue/Bellevue-schools-ranked-among-the-nations-best-206296261.html Bellevue’s five high schools made Newsweek’s list of “America’s Best High Schools.” International School outranked the other local schools on the list, taking 31st among the 2,000 best public high schools in the nation and second in the state. http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bellevue/WSDOT-comprehensive-review-I-90-tolling-205792711.html The recently passed transportation budget now includes a requirement that WSDOT do an environmental impact statement and look beyond the I-90 corridor when considering whether to add a toll. http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bellevue/Bellevue-third-grader-a-finalist-in-Google-contest-205686711.html If you google the name, Eva Lindberg, you'll find a doodler with a dream. She is a Bellevue third grader who is now a finalist in the "Doodle-4-Google" contest. http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bellevue/T-Mobile-USA-completes-MetroPCS-acquisition-205594511.html Bellevue-based T-Mobile, the No. 4 U.S. cellphone carrier, is adding 9 million MetroPCS customers to its own 34 million. The combined company will still lag No. 3 Sprint Nextel Corp. in size. http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bellevue/Bellevue-Fire-and-Police-chaplain-revives-man-while-at-lunch-205406151.html Bellevue Fire and Police Chaplain Mike Ryan administered CPR and saved a man who was without a pulse while out to lunch. Ryan, who has volunteered with BFD for seven years, put his skills to use at the The King and I when a diner collapsed http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bellevue/Sound-Transit-expected-to-approve-East-Link-204682871.html The agreement commits Bellevue to provide more than $100 million to the 14-mile project, mostly to get light rail through downtown inside a tunnel.