On May 6, 1933, the “fireproof and unsinkable” San Francisco Bay ferry Peralta burned in a spectacular fire at the Oakland terminal.
According to Dictionary.com, kith is a noun that means: “acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.”
The Moyer Foundation is partnering with Youth Eastside Services (YES) to continue offering a special camp for kids affected by a family member’s substance abuse.
The following students from Kirkland made the scholastic Honor Roll for the fall term at Oregon State University:
Air Force Airman 1st Class Jeremii W. Van Komen graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
Van Komen earned distinction as an honor graduate of the course.
After a constituent sent him proof that state-issued food stamp cards were being openly sold at deep discounts on Craigslist, Sen. Andy Hill, R-Redmond, reiterated his support for creating a division of special investigations within the state auditor’s office.
Ten Tiger cub scouts from Pack No. 595 visited the Kirkland Reporter, where Editor Carrie Wood spoke about the importance of newspapers in the community.
Ford of Kirkland and Hyundai of Kirkland presented Hopelink and the Kirkland Boys & Girls Club each with checks that totaled $15,000 on Jan. 28. The awards were for money raised as a result of winning a holiday sales challenge.
The member businesses of KirklandWeddings.com have again joined together to offer couples two special, affordable and stress-free wedding events in the scenic and historic waterfront town of Kirkland.
For more than a decade, Eastside residents have benefitted from an innovative partnership of the area’s cities and water districts known as the Cascade Water Alliance.
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 800 per week.
Counting the people who will be added to the City of Kirkland by the June 1 annexation of the Juanita, Finn Hill and Kingsgate areas will cost Kirkland taxpayers an estimated $225,000.
KDOG (Kirkland Off Leash Dog Group) is holding a meeting from 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 10 to welcome the public to help out in designing and building Kirkland’s first fenced dog park as approved by the Kirkland City Council last November.
Walking into the main building of the Totem Lake Malls is surreal, especially during the holiday season. The normal hustle and bustle, white noise of conversation and sale signs were replaced with a musty smell, shadows of old storefront signs and the echo of one set of footsteps.
The silence is deafening with only 10 of the 23 available spaces occupied in the lower mall. That feel has persisted for years.
In this fourth of a five-part series on Totem Lake Malls, the Reporter will look at the current state of the malls, the economic impact of the malls and how the larger neighborhood has survived during the decline of one of the most important pieces of real estate in Kirkland.
The poll is voted on by members of the Reporter Newspaper group across Washington. Boys Class 4A 1. Garfield (16-3)…
State Rep. Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland) is the first candidate to file with the Federal Election Commission to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert for his congressional seat.
On the first day of what most observers believe will be a very challenging Legislative session, House Democrats elected two Deputy Majority Leaders to coordinate and focus caucus action in two areas key to Washington’s future: education and opportunity, and jobs and economic development.
Nature’s Pet Market in the Houghton Center invites pet owners to meet local pet sitters and dog walkers from 12-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19 at the store, 10635 N.E. 68th St., Kirkland.
Bill Rynd of Windermere Real Estate Northwest recently presented a check for $30,000 from the Windermere Foundation to Jan Dickerman, executive director of KITH.
Hopelink Kirkland/Northshore is joining Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) to give away free $50,000 term life insurance policies to benefit children of working families throughout King County.