Bellevue – November 03, 2026 -- Snowflake Lane, a free parade with falling snow, runs every night at 7 p.m. from Friday, Nov. 27 through Thursday, Dec. 24 in downtown Bellevue.

Now in its 22nd year, the parade covers the stretch between Bellevue Square and Lincoln Square, from NE 4th to NE 8th Street. Dancers, costumed characters, parade floats, holiday music and lights fill the route. The Bellevue Collection and the Kemper Freeman family present the event.

WASHINGTON – November 03, 2026 -- Players can now check accessibility features directly on game pages from Electronic Arts, Google's YouTube Playables, Nintendo of America, Riot Games, Ubisoft and Xbox, all of which have begun using Accessible Games Initiative tags.

Moses Lake – November 02, 2026 -- Before you book a first appointment with a primary care provider, check whether the clinic takes your insurance, sits near home or work, and is accepting new patients. Those are among the practical steps in a HelloNation article featuring Sheila A. Berschauer, a Healthcare Services Expert at Moses Lake Community Health Center in Moses Lake, Washington.

Moses Lake – October 31, 2026 -- Most adults should book a professional dental cleaning every six months, but some patients need to come in every three to four months. That is the guidance in a HelloNation article featuring Dr. Calvin Despain of Skyview Dental in Moses Lake, Washington.

Sequim – October 31, 2026 -- Most drive through safari visits last one to two hours from entry to exit, but a Washington park expert advises families to block out two and a half hours so nobody feels rushed.

The guidance comes from a HelloNation article featuring Robert Beebe of Olympic Game Farm in Sequim, Washington. The range of one to two hours reflects how active the animals are on a given day, how often visitors stop to feed them, and how long families linger at each encounter.

Bellevue – October 28, 2026 -- Families in Bellevue, Washington, can now apply for kindergarten through Grade 4 at a new BASIS Independent Lower School campus that opens in Fall 2027 for the 2027–28 school year.

The Lower School sits directly across from the current campus

The new campus is at 15760 NE 4th Street, across the street from BASIS Independent Bellevue's existing school. Once it opens, the current campus becomes the Upper School for Grades 5–12.

Washington – October 28, 2026 -- Microplastics turned up in the blood of 27 of 28 people tested in a new report, a 96% detection rate across participants in Canada and the United States.

The report, titled Microplastics in Me: Finding Plastics in Human Blood, comes from Plastic Pollution Coalition, Plastic People, and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. It is the first to publicly identify a group of individuals who have microplastics in their bodies.

Washington – October 19, 2026 -- Nearly three in four Americans (74%) now own at least one pet, and 98% of pet owners report at least one health benefit from it, according to a new benchmark survey from the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI).

Another 15% of Americans plan to get a pet. Multi-pet homes are common: 64% of owners report more than one pet. The survey counted an average of three pets per household across all pet types, and 2.2 when only dogs and cats are counted.

Washington – October 15, 2026 -- Parents of new drivers can get free training, a customizable family driving agreement and a practice-tracking app through the National Safety Council's DriveitHOME program, offered with General Motors ahead of National Teen Driver Safety Week (Oct. 18-24).

Crashes remain the top preventable killer of teens

Car crashes are the leading cause of preventable death for U.S. teens. In 2024, 5,247 people died in crashes involving drivers ages 15-20, a 6.5% decrease from the prior year.

Washington – October 15, 2026 -- Medicare-eligible Americans can now compare insurers using the 2027 U.S. News & World Report ratings for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D, published as Open Enrollment begins. Open Enrollment runs from October 15 to December 7, for coverage that takes effect January 1, 2027.