Redmond Reporter
New Washington state laws taking effect in Jan. 2025. New restrictions on cosmetics tested on animals, tougher penalties for negligent drivers, requirements for hospitals to offer drugs to people…
King County Council approves legislation to help bomb cyclone …
Dec 12, 2024 · The King County Council voted Dec. 10 to approve legislation that will alleviate expenses residents incurred due to November’s bomb cyclone weather event.. The storm, with wind gusts up to 74 ...
People speak up at ‘School Funding Crisis’ Eastside Town Hall
Jan 10, 2025 · Voices were filled with passion during a packed “School Funding Crisis” Eastside Town Hall gathering on the evening of Jan. 8 at Sammamish High School in Bellevue.
Minimum wage is going up in Washington | Redmond Reporter
Oct 1, 2024 · Washington’s minimum wage will climb to $16.66 an hour next year, a 38-cent-an-hour increase, the state Department of Labor & Industries announced Sept. 30.
Working toward justice for the missing and murdered in Washington
Nov 28, 2024 · In 1987, Whitefoot’s sister Daisy Mae Heath had gone missing at the age of 29. Her disappearance was ruled a suspected homicide by the FBI and she was presumed dead in 1994.
Where will all the waste go? King County’s only landfill expected …
Jan 10, 2025 · Construction is expected to be completed in mid-2025, and once Cell 8 is filled to a height of 800 feet (with 30 feet sealant of dirt on top), work will begin to fill the last remaining section of ...
Microsoft announces massive expansion to Redmond campus
Nov 29, 2017 · Microsoft announced Tuesday that it will begin construction on a massive overhaul and expansion of its facilities in Redmond. Microsoft, which settled in the city in 1986, will be replacing ...
Ferguson defeats Reichert in governor’s race | Election 2024
Nov 5, 2024 · Reichert, meanwhile, couldn’t match Ferguson’s fundraising and had spent nearly all the $6.5 million he raised. He also had to overcome a difficult primary in which the state Republican Party ...
Proposals seek new rules for transgender athletes in WA schools
Dec 12, 2024 · The Washington Interscholastic Association of Athletics (WIAA) shared 16 proposed amendments for the 2025 Representative Assembly, which takes place in April.
PSE says windstorm ‘comparable to a hurricane’ with …
As of 6 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22, 166,464 PSE customers remained without power. In the previous 24 hours, the company restored power to about 120,000 customers.