The state high school softball title came back to Kirkland for the second consecutive season on Saturday but it wasn’t the team that won KingCo and Districts.
Kirkland Parks Foundation announces a collaborative project with the City’s Green Kirkland Partnership to fund native plants for Green Kirkland Day.
Drivers on Interstate 405 between Bellevue and Lynnwood should prepare for possible delays Saturday evening, May 30, through Sundaymorning, May 31.
Electric violinist Geoffrey Castle will help the Kirkland City Council and the community establish a new tradition of art and gathering on Park Lane with a free concert tonight.
The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Kirkland Reporter police blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Kirkland, which average about 1,000 per week.
For Kirkland resident Billy Roeseler and Lake Washington High School alumni Cory Roeseler, it all started out with a dream of using a kite to break the speed sailing record.
Dead men may tell no tales at the Kirkland Cemetery. Thankfully for Kirklanders, local historian Matthew McCauley is more than eager to regale them with incredible stories from their city’s past.
The Lake Washington High School PTSA is proud to announce the five winners of the 2015 Sheeley Scholarship award. The winners are Grace Muenz, Christopher Leavitt, Brooks Klinker, Kim Veldee, and Zena Halaweh.
Brick William Chojiro Kawabata, of Kirkland, received a bachelor of arts degree from the College of the Holy Cross at its 169th commencement on May 22.
On the final day of the special legislative session, Sen. Andy Hill, who represents Kirkland from the 45th District, released an updated budget reaffirming the Senate’s original priorities of fully funding education and protecting the state’s most vulnerable citizens without raising taxes. The new proposal, which was approved by the Senate Ways and Means Committee, made additional compromise steps to adopt positions in the House of Representatives’ original spending plan.
The sport of lacrosse is growing at an exponential rate in Kirkland. The local high school club team was forced to split into two teams during the fall because of the demand from prep athletes to play. But evidently the city has the talent, along with the numbers.
Saint Martin’s University has issued its spring semester 2015 dean’s list for outstanding academic achievement, which includes Kirkland resident Karissa F. Radke.
With a bipartisan 74-20 vote, the House of Representatives passed a 2015-17 transportation budget that has been agreed to by the Senate. The maintenance level budget continues the work already in progress on projects across the state.
The 11h Annual NAMIWalks Washington, benefiting the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Washington State and its 22 affiliates statewide will be held on June 6 at Marina Park in Kirkland. Check-in and family-friendly entertainment will begin at 8 a.m., with step-off for the 5K Walk at 9:00 am. The Walk will be held rain or shine.
Congresswoman Suzan DelBene will deliver the Lake Washington Institute of Technology commencement address at 2 p.m. on June 19 at the Lynnwood Convention Center.
Lake Washington School District’s Long-Term Facilities Planning Task Force has been working since December to find ways to address the district’s aging school facilities and its need for classroom space to serve a rapidly growing population. The Task Force is now asking the community for input on the community values it should use to evaluate potential solutions. Later in June, the Task Force will ask for input on specific strategies.
Juanita Friday Market will open on June 5, allowing those from around the area to enjoy Washington’s bounty. Located at the Juanita Beach Park, the Market features a wide variety of delicious fruits, beautiful flowers, fresh produce, handmade crafts, and products all grown or produced in the state of Washington.
Interstate 405 express toll lanes will launch later this year, and WSDOT has been busy installing readers, photo-tolling cameras and 21 new toll rate signs.
Taxable retail sales increased 6.6 percent to $124.85 billion during calendar year 2014 compared to 2013, the Washington State Department of Revenue reported on May 26.
Juanita High School Theatre Arts competed in this year’s state Thespian Conference in March. The following students are national qualifiers.