520 Toll Date Set, Patch Contest Can Bring $100,000 to Bellevue Schools and More

No longer time to procrastinate on that Good to Go pass. The Washington State Department of Transportation will start tolling the 520 bridge on Dec. 29.

Restaurants and businesses weigh in on how the tolls might affect their businesses.

Election 2011 is finally over in Bellevue, as John Stokes upholds his lead over Aaron Laing in the race for a vacated position on the Bellevue City Council.

Neighbors captured on camera this fire in the West Lake Hills neighborhood Saturday morning. The cause is undetermined. No one was injured.

Lorill Sinclaire was last seen on Nov. 8 near the Market Place in Factoria  in Bellevue. Her car was later found a short distance from the mall.

Win $100,000 for the Bellevue School District, plus $500 for your December electric bill, by entering Patch's nationwide Deck the House contest.

An update from an earlier story. The band's leaders, Ann and Nancy Wilson, who grew up in a military family and graduated from Bellevue schools, are notable for being among the women pioneers in rock music.

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