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Inclement weather closures

Bellevue City Hall and other non-emergency city facilities will be closed today (Friday, Dec. 23) due to hazardous weather conditions. The city offers online delivery for most city services, which…
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Ice and snow hit Bellevue

Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022 City of Bellevue crews responding to the recent snow and ice storms have mostly resumed their normal operating hours and are no longer working 24/7 shifts. Standby staff are…
Transportation's Garry Kroshko plows Coal Creek Parkway Southeast at around 1 a.m. Saturday morning.

Introducing map that tracks which Bellevue streets are plowed

As we enter snow and ice season, the Bellevue Transportation Department is launching an online map that will track which streets are plowed almost in real time during winter weather events. 
A snowplow clears a neighborhood street.

Popular Snowflake Lane returns Nov. 25

Bellevue’s holiday events season makes its return with nightly performances at the popular Snowflake Lane Nov. 25-Dec. 24. The parade starting at 7 p.m. each evening will require the following street…
Floats go down Bellevue Way during an evening when it turns to Snowflake Lane. Photo courtesy of Bellevue Collection

National Transportation Safety Board chair checks out Bellevue's street safety measures

Trip features walking and biking tours Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, visited Bellevue on Monday and viewed multiple city projects that are making it safer for…
NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy (front row, second from right) takes a walking tour of Bellevue with Mayor Lynne Robinson (right, front row) and County Commissioner Claudia Balducci (second from left, front row).

Expect population boom (and some bass) in Bellevue this weekend

600 locals among 9,000 runners in Rock ‘n’ Roll running event More than 600 runners from Bellevue and thousands more from 38 states and several international locations will take part this weekend in…
Bellevue runner Kate Hildyard shares her excitement about participating in the St. Jude Rock 'n' Roll Washington running event in Bellevue.

Back-to-school time calls for increased awareness on streets

Drivers and other street users should be on the lookout for students walking to school for the '22-'23 school year.
Newport Heights Elementary students use a crosswalk on the way to school.

Mobility Implementation Plan wins Governor’s Smart Community Award

Bellevue has won a 2022 Governor’s Smart Communities Award from the state Department of Commerce for its Mobility Implementation Plan, a new long-range planning framework that will help city…

Traffic collision results in fatality

On Monday, a collision involving a King County Metro bus and a car killed an 81-year-old man who was passenger in the car. The incident occurred around 8 a.m. at the intersection of 156th Avenue…

Arts fairs make summer return downtown July 29-31

The return of Bellevue’s annual combined arts and crafts fairs – one of the largest collections of art for sale in the Pacific Northwest and a highlight on Bellevue’s calendar – will bring fun, food…
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