Kirkland’s Planning Commission meetings don’t normally have many citizens in attendance. Kirkland attorney Ken Davidson and the group Kirkland Citizens for Responsible Development (KCRD) are hoping for a better turnout at the next meeting when the board will receive public comment on the three zoning options submitted by developer Touchstone Corp. on plans for the redevelopment of Parkplace in downtown Kirkland.
Kirkland Firefighters are investigating what caused a kitchen fire at Raga Cuisine of India on Central Way Tuesday afternoon.
The Kirkland Tourism Program announces the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee’s (LTAC) Funding Request Application for 2011.
Kirkland Cub Scout Troop No. 595 recently visited the Kirkland Reporter office to learn what it takes to produce a newspaper.
The Kirkland City Council approved an employment agreement and officially appointed Kurt Triplett as Kirkland’s new City Manager. At its June 15 regular meeting, the City Council unanimously approved the resolution that sets forth the contract terms and conditions. Triplett will begin with Kirkland on June 28, 2010 and will be paid $174,000 per year, subject to a 3.4 percent temporary salary reduction currently in effect in 2010 for all management and other City employees. The contract expires in 2015.
The Kirkland Police Department investigation of a complaint about the ownership of a house in the 400 block of Eighth Avenue West has led to the arrest of a 30-year-old female who took up residence in recent days.
Kegan Salter and Jay Higgins, both from Montana, were arrested June 9 outside an apartment on 4th Ave South in Kirkland.
Kirkland Police arrested a man minutes after he robbed the Bridal Trails neighborhood Wells Fargo Bank on June 16.
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.
Kirkland resident Steven McCanless, who spent time in a hospital bed in a coma last month, was formally charged by King County Persecutors Thursday with second-degree rape of an Issaquah woman on May 23.
The man lapsed into the coma after being beaten by the woman’s husband and friend. McCanless has denied touching the 22-year-old woman.
It is beginning to look a lot like summer – with snow – as the poplar trees send out their seed packets of white fluff, and the summer resident birds get down to the business of raising a family at Juanita Bay Park.
The Washington State Auditor’s Office issued two reports on Monday, May 24, concerning Lake Washington School District.
This summer, Waste Management’s new Clean Cart Challenge Prize Patrol will be in local neighborhoods – including Kirkland – rewarding top-notch recyclers for their green habits.
A grant of $63,000 from the Lake Washington Schools Foundation will enable 115 elementary students who are academically at risk and in financial need to attend Core Academic Summer School at no charge.
Unlimited yoga, aerobics, core conditioning and ZUMBA! can be part of your fitness routine this summer. Offered by the City of Kirkland,
A 7,680-square-foot home for sale at 435 Eighth Ave. West in Kirkland’s Market neighborhood is at the center of a dispute between a Bellevue real estate agent, the bank he represents and the current occupants of the house.
Early this spring, several Spanish and French students from Kamiakin Junior High School in Kirkland participated in the National Spanish Exam and the French National Contest.
Juanita High School team members recently competed in the first annual Washington Strongest School Competition (WASSC) on May 22 at Memorial Stadium in Seattle.
The Juanita High School Concert Choir and Symphonic Band recently returned from their 2010 Spring Tour with five trophies. The group won Best Overall high school concert band;