Newcastle News

The date is set for the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce's 2013 Diamond Awards, and attendees can expect to see a few differences at this year's annual celebration.

Contributed Hazelwood Elementary School second graders get a tour of Bellevue Fire Department's Station Nine during an exploration of the city.

Days after state health officials suspended the license of Newcastle massage therapist Matthew E. Usher, his current employer, Elements Therapeutic Massage Issaquah, terminated him from its staff.

The suspect pictured below is suspected of committing a series of bank robberies the first on January 16, 2013 at a Key Bank in Newcastle.

State health officials have suspended the license of Newcastle massage therapist Matthew E. Usher, according to a June 12 Washington State Department of Health release.

Just two days after a kitchen fire caused $200,000 in damage, displacing four people, firefighters were called out to Newcastle again to respond to a separate incident.

A residential fire in Newcastle caused about $200,000 worth of damage and displaced four people the evening of June 10. The Bellevue Fire Department arrived to find heavy flames and smoke coming from the kitchen area of a home in the 8800 block of 122nd Court Southeast.

Bellevue Fire crews Monday responded to a report of a residential structure fire and found heavy flames and smoke coming from the kitchen area of a single-family home on the 8800 block of 122th Court Southeast.

The Bellevue portion of Coal Creek Parkway between Southeast 60th Street and Forest Drive will be reduced to one lane in each direction for 24 hours a day until December.

The city of Newcastle will offer its full array of summer activities this season, beginning with the Fourth of July celebration at Lake Boren Park.

John Drescher and Mark Greene both filed to run for Position 6 on the council. Councilman Bill Erxleben currently occupies the seat but said earlier this year that he would not file for re-election.

A Newcastle family received quite a scare the morning of April 24, when their 12-year-old bichon frise, Hannah, narrowly escaped the grips of a bobcat.

At the 2012 Newcastle Days celebration, the city's rich history was celebrated with the festival's theme, Return to Newcastle.

A 24-year-old Renton man riding his motorcycle on northbound I-405 was injured in a three-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Bainbridge Island police officers have arrested a Renton man for a multi-county spree of liquor thefts that may solve cases in Newcastle.

Child safety seats can be lifesavers for our most precious cargo when used properly.

King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn has been endorsed by the Renton Firefighters IAFF Local 864 and Maple Valley Firefighters IAFF Local 3062.